AAPM | COMP Joint Meeting · Vancouver · July 19-22

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Abstracts 2869 +453 (+18.8%) 2416 in 2025 Sessions 229 -50 (-17.9%) 279 in 2025 Authors 7751 +1533 (+24.7%) 6218 in 2025 Prolific authors 1396 +232 (+19.9%) 1164 in 2025 Institution hubs 643 +66 (+11.4%) 577 in 2025 Countries 68 -14 (-17.1%) 82 in 2025

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1BC Cancer+84 2UT Southwestern Medical Center+42 3Stanford University+36 4Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences+33 5University of British Columbia+29 6Mayo Clinic+28
Poster Program 1942 Invited Program 657 Proffered Program 492 General Events 7

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67% poster-heavy
1928posters to browse 941talk abstracts 100%scheduled on calendar
Poster Program 1942 Invited Program 657 Proffered Program 492 General Events 7

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1897 Therapy Physics 501 Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Physics 205 Radiopharmaceuticals, Theranostics, and Nuclear Medicine 151 Professional 39 Clinical Trials Specialty Program 27 Education (Innovation in Medical Physics: Arthur Boyer Award) 13 Keynote Events 8 TH- Brachytherapy

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Talk Proffered Program Ballroom A
Jul 20 · 17:30
Routine Clinical Use of Clinical-Criteria–Driven Automated IMRT and VMAT Planning

Despite extensive research on automated treatment planning, manual trial-and-error optimization remains common in clinical practice. Knowledge-based and AI-driven approaches show promise but often lack robustness to evolving clin...

Masoud Zarepisheh
Therapy Physics 0 people interested
Poster Poster Program Exhibit Hall | Poster Lounge
Jul 19 · 15:15
Safety and Precision In a Same-Day, MRI-Only Simulation with Adaptive VMAT SRS/SRT Workflow: Integrating Synthetic CT and AI-Driven Quality Assurance

The efficacy of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and radiotherapy (SRT) for brain metastases is often compromised by tumor growth and soft tissue changes between simulation and treatment. To eliminate these latencies, we clinicall...

Marvin Kinz, MS
Therapy Physics 0 people interested

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clinical trials 15 education 15 artificial intelligence (AI) 15 brachytherapy 11 radiation therapy 8 dosimetry 8 breast 7 protons 6 MRI 6 adaptive radiotherapy 6 quality control 6 quality assurance 6

Institutions

Output leaders

643 hubs · 1523 normalized affiliations · 68 countries
1The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center161 2UT Southwestern Medical Center151 3Mayo Clinic120 4Stanford University100 5BC Cancer95 6University of Wisconsin-Madison93 7Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center87 8Emory University77