presenting physics to radiologists

My first time at the Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) was a great one! The vendor display area was by far my favorite. We were able to see several scanners (how do they transport these things?) and new technologies. It was also great to see multiple 2 and 3 story vendor displays with couches and meeting rooms on top of their displays. I won't lie and say I didn't have a ton of free cappuccinos as we cruised around the vendor area (for the love of physics!).

A large team of diagnostic physicists from UF attended, including both of my research advisors and one of our residents. We also had several administrative people from Radiology attend, as this was the conference where we would interview vendors to consider which imaging equipment we would purchase for our new cardiovascular and neurological towers. We also met with various dose reporting vendors. It is so interesting to see how several companies have different approaches to answer the same question.

I also gave an electronic poster presentation in the chest imaging arena:

• ​Lipnharski I, Lamoureux R, Carranza C, Mench A, Gyapong S, Rill L, Mohammed T, Arreola M (2015, November). Direct organ dose measurements and image quality analysis in low dose lung cancer screening CT scans. Oral presentation at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), Chicago, IL.

This was so great, since all of my audience were actually thoracic radiologists! I was very happy to explain to them dosimetry and image quality of lung cancer screening, and to hear their feedback. Since a large part of our physics work supports radiologists, it is always a pleasure to speak to them, it really puts our clinical work into perspective. 

We also had a sit down meeting with the big guys (including the CEO) from Toshiba all the way from Japan! 

This was my first time in Chicago, I was able to explore the city with my husband and even saw snow for the first time!