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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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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Poster Poster Program

Jul 19 · 07:00

Assessing Photon Treatment Planning Using Relative Electron Density Map with Dual-Energy CT

Contrast-enhanced single-energy CT (SECT) scans provide superior image contrast and better differentiation of the target volume and vascular structures compared to non-contrast CT scans at the cost of deteriorated dose calculatio...

Yunhe Xie, PhD

Therapy Physics 0 people interested

Poster Poster Program

Jul 19 · 07:00

Assessing Prostate Cancer Response to MR-Guided Adaptive Radiotherapy Using Apparent Diffusion Coefficient (ADC) on a 0.35T MR-Linac

To investigate whether the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) from diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) acquired at a 0.35T MR-Linac can determine prostate and intraprostatic lesion changes caused by adaptive radiotherapy performed...

Evangelia Kaza, PhD

Therapy Physics 0 people interested

Poster Poster Program Exhibit Hall | Poster Lounge

Jul 19 · 15:15

Assessing SPECT-CT Scanners for Lung Cancer Screening

Explore the possibility of using SPECT-CT scanners for Lung Cancer Screening (LCS).

Thorarin A. Bjarnason, PhD

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology 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