6th CT users group meeting: 14/10/2004

The 6th meeting of the CT Users Group was held in Bristol on 14/10/2004. The programme is shown below with links to pdf version of some of the talks.

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Meeting Programme

10:00 An assessment of foetal doses due to CT pulmonary angiography for suspected maternal pulmonary embolism - Susan Doshi, UBHT, Bristol

10:20 Paediatric dose reduction and image quality - Alan Whiteside, Aberdeen

10:40 Update on national survey of CT doses - Paul Shrimpton, NRPB

11:00 National survey of CT doses - the next steps - Matt Dunn, University Hospital, Nottingham

11:40 The effect of CT reconstruction kernel and post processing filter upon Hounsfield number constancy in Radiotherapy treatment planning - Sarah Kirwin, Nottingham City Hospital

12:00 Automated image analysis software for quality assurance of a Radiotherapy CT-simulator - Andrew Reilly, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh

12:20 Dose measurements for simulator cone beam CT - Jane Shekhdar, Mount Vernon Hospital, London

14:00 An axial sensitivity test object suitable for use with multi-slice CT scanners - Denise Hoban, Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry

14:20 Assessment of automatic exposure control systems on CT scanners using a custom made phantom - Nick Keat, ImPACT, London

14:40 The relative performance of cone-beam reconstruction algorithms and standard multi-detector algorithms - David Platten, ImPACT, London

15:20 Update on revision of IPEM 77 - Jaddy Czajka, Christie Hospital, Manchester

15:40 Helical overscanning - Ian Negus, UBHT, Bristol

15:40 Dealing with tube current modulation in patient dose calculations - Elly Castellano, Royal Marsden, London