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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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 Room 220

Jul 22 · 10:17

A GPU-Accelerated Monte Carlo Track-Structure Simulation Tool for Silicon Detectors

Track-structure Monte Carlo simulations are essential for modeling stochastic energy deposition at micro- and nanoscales relevant to radiobiology and for validating experiments in solid-state microdosimeters such as silicon-on-in...

Miao Qi

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Talk Proffered Program Room 118

Jul 19 · 09:20

A GPU-Based Computational Platform for Multi-Scale Modeling of Tumor Growth and Treatment Response In Lung Cancer Radiotherapy

Tumor growth and response to radiotherapy (RT) is a multiscale biological process encompassing cellular dynamics, extracellular transport, vascular and immune modeling. This work develops a comprehensive simulation platform to mo...

Xingyi Zhao

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Poster Poster Program Exhibit Hall | Poster Lounge

Jul 19 · 15:15

A GPU-Based Multi-Criteria Optimization Algorithm for LDR Brachytherapy

In current prostate permanent implant (PPI) low-dose-rate (LDR) brachytherapy planning, algorithm-generated treatment plans are frequently sub-optimal, requiring time-consuming and user-dependent manual adjustments. This work aim...

Olivier Charette, BSc

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

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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