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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Jul 19 · 07:00

Impact of Inverse Optimization Settings on Plan Quality In High Dose Rate Prostate Brachytherapy

This study quantifies how two inverse optimization-based planning parameters: dwell time deviation constraint (DTDC) and active step size (AS) affect target coverage, dose heterogeneity, and organ‑at‑risk (OAR) doses in prostate...

Meysam Tavakoli

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Poster GPD-T-434 Poster Program Exhibit Hall | Poster Lounge

Jul 19 · 15:15

Impact of Machine Delivery Characteristics and Patient Motion on Interplay In Free-Breathing Proton Therapy with Mevion S250i

Respiratory motion during proton therapy introduces uncertainties that can lead to dose inhomogeneities, primarily due to the interplay between tumor motion and spot-scanning beam delivery. Understanding and predicting this effec...

Giorgio Cartechini, PhD

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Poster GPD-T-994 Poster Program Exhibit Hall | Poster Lounge

Jul 19 · 15:15

Impact of Machine-Specific Parameters on Proton Beam Delivery Accuracy of Mevion Hyperscanning System: Lessons from One-Year Psqa Failure Analysis and Planning Strategy Refinement

To identify key factors influencing proton beam delivery accuracy with a Mevion Hyperscanning system equipped with Adaptive Aperture, and to address parameters contributing to patient-specific quality assurance (PSQA) failures th...

Akbar Anvari, PhD

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