International Conference on Radiation Medicine (ICRM2012)
Clinical Applications and Innovative Approaches

King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
27 February to 01 March 2012

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM DAY 2
Day 2 (Tuesday, 28 February 2012)
8:00-9:30 AM Session 6: Continuing Education Courses (Part II)
Course No CEC1 CEC2 CEC3 CEC4 CEC5 CEC6 CEC7
Course Title Introduction to Radiation Medicine Advanced Radiotherapy Clinical Applications IAEA Brachytherapy Radiography Advanced Nuclear Medicine Techniques Radiobiology & Radiation Protection Writing & Publishing
Venue PGC CR3 Prince Salman Auditorium  RC 304 PGC CR8 PGC Auditorium PGC CR1 PGC CR7
Coordinator Yasser Khafaga Adnan Al-Hebshi Belal Moftah Gary Sayed Mahmoud Tuli   Ghazi Alsbeih Peter Hall
Chairperson Osman Elhanafi Jazi Al-Mokhlef Sameer Natto Rhonwyn Tighe Mohei Abouzied Ibrahim Al-Anazi Khalid Abu-Khabar
CEC Lecture 4
8:00-8:20 AM
Radiobiology
(Ghazi Alsbeih)
Radiation Therapy: New Approaches for Treating Prostate Cancer
(Roberto Orecchia)
L10: Image Guided Brachytherapy
(Slobodan Devic)
Radiation safety concerns in CT
(M. Gary Sayed)
Advances in SEPCT/CT Technology
(Salem Sassi)
IAEA Quality Assurance Team for Radiation Oncology (QUATRO) Project
(Mohammad Al-Shabanah)
How not to annoy the Editors and reviewers: read the instructions
( Peter Hall)
CEC Lecture 5
8:20-8:40 AM
Nuclear Medicine
(Mahmoud Tuli)
Status and Future Plan of HIMAC
(Koji Noda)
Recent developments in Radiography and Radiologic Technology  (Elwin Tilson) Radioisotope Targeted Therapy: State of Play
(Salem Sassi)
Radiobiology of clinical high-LET beams
(John Guelette)
Get it right first time! Language, structure, phrasing, format etc
( Peter Hall)
CEC Lecture 6
8:40-9:00 AM
Medical Imaging
(Nabill Maalej)
Multi-dimensional Image Guided Carbon Ion Radiotherapy
(Shinichiro Mori)
L11: Acceptance Testing & Commissioning of HDR
(Jack Venselaar)
Recent developments in Nuclear Medicine Technology – Updates
(Mohammed Al-Rowaily)
Characterization of single pulmonary nodules with Standard Uptake Values: Myth or reality
(Hani Abdel Nabi)
Fetal dose and radiation risk
(Ibrahim Al-Anazi)
Writing style
( Peter Hall)
CEC Lecture 7
9:00-9:20 AM
Radiopharmaceuticals and Tracers
(Ibrahim Aljammaz)
Clinical Benefit of TomoTherapy
(Stefan Rieken)
Ultrasound Techniques
(Nabil Iqeilan)
Variation of radiosensitivity between individuals
( Ghazi Alsbeih)
Figures, graphs and tables
( Peter Hall)
9:20-10:00 AM Coffee Break
 
10:00 AM -12:30 PM Session 7: Plenary State-of-the-Art Lectures B
Venue: Prince Salman Auditorium
Chairpersons: Tarek Amin and Ali Al Zahrani
 
10:00-10:30 AM SoA Lecture 4
Title: “Atoms for Peace: Meeting basic human needs through Science and technology”
Lecturer: Daud Mohammad
10:30-11:00 AM SoA Lecture 5
Title: “The Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG): Recent History and Future Opportunities”
Lecturer: Walter Curran
11:00-11:30 AM SoA Lecture 6
Title: “Labeled monoclonal antibodies in diagnosis and therapy: Past, present and future”
Lecturer: Hani Abdel  Nabi
11:30 AM-12:00 PM SoA Lecture 7
Title:  “Molecular image guidance in the radiation therapy process”
Lecturer: Fridtjof Nusslin
12:00-12:30 PM SoA Lecture 8
Title: “Intraoperative Irradiation as a Component of Treatment for Locally Unresectable/Locally Recurrent Cancers ”
Lecturer: Leonard Gunderson
 
12:30-1:45 PM Prayer and Lunch Break (Al-Maather Cave Park)
 
  Session 8: Parallel Sessions II
1:45-3:30 PM Session 8 A: Radiation Oncology
Chairpersons:Eyad Alsaeed and Ueber Miola
Session 8 B: Diagnostic Imaging
Chairpersons:Ahmed Alenezi and Suliman Alghamdi
Session 8 C: Radiobiology, Radiation Protection & Other Topics
Chairpersons:Saad Aldelaijan and Khaled Al-Yousef
Venue Prince Salman Auditorium Post Graduate Centre Auditorium Post Graduate Centre (Class Room 1)
1:45-2:15 PM RO Lecture 5
Title: Innovations in Brachytherapy: Moving from 2D to 3D, and on to IGABT, A Medical Physicist Perspective
Lecturer: Jack Venselaar
DI Lecture 5
Title: “4D PET/CT Imaging and its Application”
Lecturer: Osama Mawlawi
RRPO Lecture 5
Title:  “Biological applications of radio induction therapy”
Lecturer:  Mohammed Mohiuddin
2:15-2:40 PM RO Lecture 6
Title: “Principles and Technique of PBI (Partial Breast Irradiation) and ELIOT”
Lecturer: Roberto Orecchia
DI Lecture 6
Title:  “Personalized Medicine: The Role of Molecular Imaging”
Lecturer: Salem Sassi
RRPO Lecture 6
Title:  “Intestinal Crypt Regeneration in Mice as a Biological System for Clinical Hadron Beam Intercomparison:  Rationale, Procedure and Results “
Lecturer: John Gueulette
2:40-3:05 PM RO Lecture 7
Title: “Esophago-Gastric Cancer:  Chemoradiation, Indications & Results”
Lecturer: Leonard Gunderson
DI Lecture 7
Title: “New development in MRI guided radiation therapy”
Lecturer: Abdelhamid Saoud* and Suliman Alghamdi
RRPO Lecture 7
Title:  “Carbon Ion Radiotherapy for Patients with Locally Recurrent Rectal Cancer and Pancreatic Cancer”
Lecturer: Shigeru Yamada 
3:05-3:30 PM RO Lecture 8
Title:  “Challenges of the Medical Physicist as a team player in a Radiotherapy Department”
Lecturer: Fridtjof Nusslin
DI Lecture 8
Title: "Monitoring of effective dose in interventional and cardiac catheterization procedure”
Lecturer: Terry Yoshizumi
RRPO Lecture 8
Title:  “Carbon Ion Radiotherapy for Prostate and Liver”
Lecturer: Hiroshi Tsuji
 
3:30-4:00 PM Asr Prayer and Coffee Break
 
4:00-5:30 PM Session 9: Parallel Sessions
  Session 9 A: Who's Who at ICRM 2012
Chairperson: Sultan Al-Sedairy and Saleh Almofada
Session 9 B:
Radiation Oncology Track
Chairperson: Rana Mahmood andYassir Al Barakati
Session 9 C:
Radiation Oncology Physics Track
Chairperson: Nabeel Maalej and Noor Mail
Session 9 D:
Diagnostic Imaging Track
Chairperson: Saleh Othman and Fahd Abdulkhaliq
Session 9 E: Radiation Biology and Safety Track
Chairperson: Ibrahim Alenazi and Salman Milliebari
Venue Prince Salman Auditorium Post Graduate Centre Auditorium Post Graduate Centre (Classroom 1) Post Graduate Centre (Classroom 3) Post Graduate Centre (Classroom 8)
4:00-4:10 PM



- King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSH&RC): Prof. Dr. Rashed Al-Rashed Al-Hmaid


- Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA): Dr. Saleh Al Tayyar

- World Health Organization (WHO): Dr. Maria del Rosario Perez


- Interanational Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): Prof. Daud Mohammad


- National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS): Prof. Hirohiko Tsujii


- American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO): Prof. Leonard Gunderson


- American Association of Physicist in Medicine (AAPM): Prof. M. Saiful Huq


- The European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO): Prof. Roberto Orecchia


- Saudi Cancer Society (SCS): Dr. Abdullah Al-Amro



- Saudi Oncology Society (SOS): Dr. Esam Murshid


- Saudi Society of Medical Radiologic Technology (SSMRT): Dr. Essam Mattar

RO Abstract 1
Combination of Advanced Radiation Techniques of Adaptive IMRT/IGRT with CyberKnife SRS and Volume Based 3D HDR Brachytherapy in a Single Case With Critical Challenges, R. Mahmood, A. Hebshi and M. Aldehaim
ROP Abstract 1
Commissioning a Monte Carlo Based Treatment Planning System at King Fahad Specialist Hospital Dammam, L.A. Abdullah, B. Jalal, N. Maalej and W. Abdel-Rahman
DI Abstract 1
An Observer Performance Study With Two CAD Systems Having The Same Standalone Performance: Can Reader's Aided Performances With The Two Systems Differ?  Omer Demirkaya and Berkman Sahiner
RBS Abstract 1
Computer Software for Radiation Safety training in Hospitals, Mahmoud Ahmed
4:10-4:20 PM RO Abstract 2
RapidArc: Two Years Clinical Experience,  Y. Albarakati, E. Khawandanah, Y. Khan, M. Khan, F. Saeedi, N. Mail, N. Al-Safadi, S. Al-Ghamdi and A. Saoudi
ROP Abstract 2
The Impacts of Dental Filling Materials on RapidArc Treatment Planning and Dose Delivery: Challenges and Solution, Noor Mail PhD, Yasir AlBarakati MSc, Mohammed A. Khan MSc, Fathy Saeedi PhD, Nabil Safadi MD, Suliman Al-Ghamdi MD, Abdelhamid Saoudi PhD
DI Abstract 2
Assessment of ASIR Reconstruction Algorithm in Terms of Image Quality and Patient Dose, F. Abdulkhaliq, N. Mail and A. Saoudi
RBS Abstract 2
Software for the Management of Health Physics and Radiation Safety Program, Mahmoud Ahmed
4:20-4:30 PM RO Abstract 3
IORT for Breast Cancer, King Abdulaziz University Hospital Experience, M. Bahadur, A. Constantinescu, E. Fawzy, M. Ezzat and A. Hassona
ROP Abstract 3
Radiochromic Film Dosimetry of HDR Ir-192 Source Radiation Fields, S. Aldelaijan, H. Mohammed, N. Tomic, L. Liang, F. DeBlosis, A. Sarfehnia, W. Abdel-Rahman, J. Seuntjens and S. Devic
DI Abstract 3
Role of Magnetic Resonance in Breast Cancer, H. Serrai, A. Saoudi, A. Al-Shehri and S. Al-Ghamdi
RBS Abstract 3
Biodistribution and Internal Dosimetry of Technetium 99M Pertechnetate in Thyroid Scintigraphy: In Vivo and Phantom Study, A. Rei and D. Soejoko
4:30-4:40 PM RO Abstract 4
Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) versus Conventional 3-DRT for Pediatric Abdominal Neuroblastoma, Mohamed El Beltagi and Yasser Khafaga
ROP Abstract 4
Spatially Fractioned Grid Radiation Therapy (SFGRT) : The first Grid Block Fully Clinically Integrated with Treatment Planning System,  A. Nobah, M. Mohiuddin and B. Moftah
DI Abstract 4
Classification of Sub-masses in malignant breast ultrasound image: A case study, Alwaleed Basheer and Omer  Hamid
RBS Abstract 4
King Abdulaziz Medical City Patient Reference Dose Levels in Fluoroscopic Procedures, Aderrahmane Senhou, Abdulrahman Al Suwayan and Samson Penn
4:40-4:50 PM RO Abstract 5
Systematic Re-planning During Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) in the Treatment of Nasopharyngeal Cancer, M. Khan, N. Safadi, S. Al-Ghamdi, N. Mail and A. Saoudi
ROP Abstract 5
Quality Assurance Using 3D Gel at KFSH&RC,  A. Al-Mousa, Moh'd A. Al Kafi, K. Rabaeh, A. Basfar and Belal Moftah
DI Abstract 5
Image Quality and Dose Management for Chest X-rays in Digital Radiology, A. Alshafea, A. Sulieman, H. Osman
RBS Abstract 5
The Multi-transmit Approach in Localized Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy: Feasibility and Applications, Hacene Serrai
4:50-5:00 PM RO Abstract 6
Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Idiopathic Trigeminal Neuralgia : Is CyberKnife Safe?,  A. Al-Hebshi, A. Mousa, M. AlDeham, A. Hussain and F. AlOtaibi
ROP Abstract 6
Novel Composition of Normoxic 3D Polymer Gel Dosimeters fro Radiation Therapy Planning,  K . Rabaeh, A. Basfar, A. Al Mousa, Moh'd A. Al-Kafi and B. Moftah
DI Abstract 6
PET and Breast Lesions, Ashraf Zytoon and Koji Murakami
RBS Abstract 6
Dosimetry of Radiobiological Irradiations Using Radiochromic Film, S. Aldelaijan, A. Nobah, I. Aldahlawi, N. Tomic, G. Alsbeih, B. Moftah and S. Devic
5:00-5:10 PM RO Abstract 7
Palliative Radiotherapy for Patients Hospitalized in a Palliative Care Unit: A Report from Saudi Arabia, Al-Shahri, M;  Al-Omir, A., Al-Shabanah, M., El-Sebaei, M.
ROP Abstract 7
Linearization of the Radiochromic Film Dosimetry System Dose Response,  S. Devic, N. Tomic, S. Aldelaijan, F. Deblois, J. Seuntjens ; D. Lewis
DI Abstract 7
Gated SPECT Phase Analysis for Predicting CRT Response, Saleh Othman
RBS Abstract 7
Relationship Between Genetic Polymorphic Variations and Complications to Radiotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer Patients, N. Al-Harbi, M. Al-Buhairi, K. Al-Hadyan, M. ElSebaie, Nasser Al-Rahi and G. Alsbeih
5:10-5:20 PM RO Abstract 8
Pretargeted Radionuclide Therapy in Breast Cancer, Mohammed Al-Rowaily, Macho Chico
ROP Abstract 8
Application of Gold Nanoparticles in Radiation Therapy,  Abdulaziz Alanazi
DI Abstract 8
Classics of Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: A History of the Most Frequently Cited Articles (1973-2010),  M. Gary Sayed and Mahmoud Tuli
RBS Abstract 8
Establishing a Reference Biological Dosimetry Laboratory for the Assessment of Radiation Overexposure in Saudia Arabia, G. AlSbeih, K. Al-Hadyan, A. Venturina, M. Shoukri, B. Moftah and A. Al Zahrani
5:20-5:30 PM RO Abstract 9
Helical Tomotherapy Versus Conventional Planning for Post Mastectomy Breast Cancer , Zeinab Hassan, Osama Hassad, Medhat Elsebai, Mohamed Al Shabanah, and Belal Moftah
ROP Abstract 9
Significance of Bright and Dark Streaking in CT Images of KV and MV Qualities,  Abrar Hussain, Belal  Moftah, Noor Mail and Abdelhamid Saoudi
DI Abstract 9
Investigating the Role of PACS in MRI Quality Control, Mohamed Bayoumi, Ayeda Bahri, Abdul Rahman, Ameinah Abdouli, Noora Al Shibli, Sara Buhumaid and Jamila Al-Suwaidi
RBS Abstract 9
Establishing a PET Radiopharmaceutical Production Facility, Salam Milliebari and Khalid Al-Safi
 
5:30 PM Bus Pick-up for King Abdulaziz Museum (In front of North Tower Main Entrance)
8:00-10:00 PM King Abdulaziz Museum Visit
Evening Presentation and Dinner
Sponsored by Gulf Medical Co.
Presentation by Dr. Stefan Rieken
Venue: MAl-Maather Cave Park