11th International Congress of the IUPESM - Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering World Congress 2009 - For the benefit of the Patient Program Tuesday, Sep 8 08:00 - 09:45 Th. 01/1.8: Immobilization and Localization Techniques : Hardware and Methods Room: Hall 04a Chair: James M. Balter (University of Michigan, USA) , Gabriele Sroka-Perez (University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany) 8:00 Invited: Innovative Methods for Patient Positioning: Alternative patient positioning based on implanted markers and external skin contours Katja Langen (Orlando Health, USA) 8:30 Image-guided stereotactic body radiation therapy using a low-Z target imaging beam line and a high dose rate unflattened beam Olivier Gayou (Allegheny General Hospital, USA) 8:45 An Augmented Reality application for patient positioning and monitoring in radiotherapy James Talbot (Auckland District Health Board, New Zealand); Juergen Meyer (University of Canterbury, New Zealand); Raphael Grasset (University of Canterbury, New Zealand); Richard Watts (University of Canterbury, New Zealand) 9:00 Extend distance treatment for Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy of Lung Cancer Long Huang (University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, USA); Lech Papiez (University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, USA); Ramin Abolfath (University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, USA); Ewa Papiez (UT Southwestern Medical Center, USA); Robert Timmerman (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA); Timothy Solberg (University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, USA) 9:15 Out-of-treatment room set-up for patient positioning in external beam radiotherapy Lars Weber (Lund University Hospital, Sweden); Kjell Westerlund (ONCOlog Medical, Sweden); Ingemar Naslund (Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden); Hans Dahlin (ONCOlog Medical, Sweden) 9:30 Patient setup using a 3D laser surface scanning system Thorsten Frenzel (University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany) Th. 09/1.12: Innovative Orthotics and Prostheses for Amputees 1 Room: Hall 11 Chair: Marc Kraft (TU Berlin, Germany) , Jörg Subke (Fachhochschule Friedberg-Gießen, Germany) 8:00 Patient-Specific Finite Element Models of Transtibial Amputation in Several Prosthetic Users: The Inter-Subject Variability Sigal Portnoy (Tel Aviv University, Israel); Itzhak Siev-Ner (Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Israel); Noga Shabshin (Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Israel); Anat Kristal (Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Israel); Ziva Yizhar (Tel Aviv University, Israel); Amit Gefen (Tel Aviv University, Israel) 8:15 A New Lightweight, Robust and Forceful Finger for an Artificial Limb Marc Franke (University of Leipzig, Germany); Martin Bogdan (Universität Leipzig, Germany) 8:30 Field applications of a prosthetic mobile measuring system Simone Oehler (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany); David Hochmann (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany); Marc Kraft (TU Berlin, Germany) 8:45 Design of a Hybrid Powered Upper Limb Orthosis Stefan Schulz (Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany); Christian Pylatiuk (Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany); Artem Kargov (Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany); Immanuel Gaiser (Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany); Markus Reischl (Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Germany); Oliver Schill (University of Karlsruhe, Germany); Ute Eck (Orthopaedic University Hospital, Germany); Ruediger Rupp (Orthopaedic University Hospital, Germany) 9:00 The use of muscle “creep” as opposed to relaxation in stretching braces: a pseudoelastic device Simone Pittaccio (Italian National Research Council, Italy); Stefano Viscuso (Italian National Research Council, Italy) 9:15 Functional assessment of orthopedic aids using open vertical MRIs Martin Tettke (Technical University of Berlin, Germany); Roland Bittner (Helios-Clinic Emil-von-Behring, Germany); Marc Kraft (TU Berlin, Germany) Th. 02/1.5: X-Ray Imaging / Methods Room: Hall 14a Chair: Franz Pfeiffer (Technical University Munich, Germany) , Stephen Glick (University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA) 8:00 Laser-driven particle acceleration utilizing nm-thin diamond foils: Improved ion acceleration for cancer therapy, improved electron acceleration and potentially ultra-brilliant X-ray beams for medical diagnostics Dietrich Habs (LMU Munich, Germany) 2 8:30 Evaluation of The Parameters of The Quality of Radiographic Image Obtained with Rex Simulator Luis Alexandre Magalhaes (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); Carlos Eduardo de Almeida (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); Gunter Drexler (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 8:45 Use of CNR as metric for optimisation in digital radiography Nadia Oberhofer (Health Service South Tyrol, Bolzano Hospital, Italy); Gaetano Compagnone (S.Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Italy); Ehrenfried Moroder (Health Service South Tyrol, Bolzano Hospital, Italy) 9:00 The Effect of Rare Earth Screen on Dose Reduction for Conventional Imaging Procedures Stephen Inkoom (Ghana Atomic Energy Comission, Ghana) 9:15 A new technique based on coded-apertures capable of taking X-ray phase contrast imaging into clinical use Alessandro Olivo (University College London, United Kingdom); Konstantin Ignatyev (University College London, United Kingdom); Peter Munro (University College London, United Kingdom); Robert Speller (University College London, United Kingdom) 9:30 Phase-Contrast and Dark-Field Imaging - Advanced Contrast Modalities in X-Ray Radiology Franz Pfeiffer (Technical University Munich, Germany) Th. 10/1.2: Cellular Mechanics Room: Hall 14b Chair: Jochen Guck (University of Cambridge & Cavendish Laboratory, United Kingdom) , Josef Kaes (Universitaet Leipzig, Germany) 8:00 Keynote: Quantitative analysis and manipulation of cell adhesion to molecular resolution Daniel J. Müller (Biotechnology Center, Germany) 8:30 Invited: On the impact of single cell biomechanics on the spatio- temporal organization of regenerative tissue. Galle Jörg (IZBI Interdisciplinary Center for Bioinformatics, Germany); Axel Krinner (University of Leipzig, Germany); Peter Buske (University of Leipzig, Germany); Dirk Drasdo (French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control, France); Markus Loeffler (University of Leipzig, Germany) 8:45 Finite element simulation of mechanical tests of individual cells Jiri Bursa (Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Czech Republic); Vladimir Fuis (Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Czech Republic) 9:00 Effect of fluid shear stress on tubular kidney epithelial cell structure 3 Lucia Condorelli (Mario Negri Institute, Italy); Irene Cattaneo (Mario Negri Institute, Italy); Chiara Arrigoni (Mario Negri Institute, Italy); Luca Antiga (Mario Negri Institute, Italy); Norberto Perico (Mario Negri Institute, Italy); Andrea Remuzzi (University of Bergamo, Italy) 9:15 Transforming growth factor β 3 causes decreased HaCaT cell alignment to extracellular matrix proteins Fibronectin, Laminin and Collagen type I as a result of an enhanced migratory phenotype Rebecca Berends (University of Bradford, United Kingdom); Morgan Denyer (University of Bradford, United Kingdom) Th. 04/1.11: Image Registration and Reconstruction Room: Hall 03 Chair: Heinz Handels (Universität Hamburg, Germany) , Xavier Pennec (INRIA, France) 8:00 4D Lung Reconstruction with Phase Optimization Mark Lyksborg (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark); Rasmus Larsen (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark) 8:15 A method for 3D motion correction of nuclear medicine planar imaging data Francisco Caramelo (Faculty of Medicine of University of Coimbra, Portugal); Diogo Faria (HPP Medicina Molecula , SA, Portugal); Nuno Ferreira (Faculty of Medicine of University of Coimbra, Portugal); João Pedroso Lima (Faculty of Medicine of University of Coimbra, Portugal) 8:30 Registration of planar scintigraphy data onto video images obtained at different perspectives Francisco Caramelo (Faculty of Medicine of University of Coimbra, Portugal); Diogo Faria (HPP Medicina Molecula , SA, Portugal); Nuno Ferreira (Faculty of Medicine of University of Coimbra, Portugal); João Pedroso Lima (Faculty of Medicine of University of Coimbra, Portugal) 8:45 Atlas guided Identification of Multiple Abdominal Organs in Small Animal PET SooMin Song (Ewha Womans University, Korea); Myeong-Hee Kim (Ewha University, Korea) 9:00 A comparison and evaluation of several algorithms as part of a template matching registration method Markus Graf (German Cancer Research Center, Germany); Oliver Nix (German Cancer Research Center, Germany) Th. 02/1.4: MRI-Molecular Imaging (1) (former session MR - Technological Issues) Room: Hall 13b Chair: Jochen Mosig (IMST GmbH, Germany) , Thomas Schmitz- Rode (RWTH Aachen, Germany) 8:00 Invited: Labeling of cancer cells with magnetic nanoparticles for magnetic resonance imaging 4 Ben Fabry (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany); Fabian Blank (Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Perth, Australia, Australia); Adrian West (Physiology, UWA, Australia, Australia); Gregory Black (Department of Physics, UWA, Australia, Australia); Robert Woodward (Department of Physics, UWA, Australia, Australia); Matt Carroll (Department of Physics, UWA, Australia, Australia); Elizabeth Hallam (ANU, Australia, Australia); Jeremy Shaw (Centre for Microscopy, UWA, Australia, Australia); John Murphy (Centre for Microscopy, UWA, Australia, Australia); Wey Yang Teoh (School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, UNSW, Australia, Australia); Rose Amal (School of Chemical