World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering September 7 - 12, 2009 Munich, Germany (eBook)

Preface 6
Table of Contents 9
Education and Training of the Medical Physicist in Europe 14
Concerns of Editors and Publishers: Plagiarism, Rights of Authors, Open Access, etc. 18
Quantification of the experimental limitations of a semiconductor PET camera 26
Nanosecond-Duration Electric Pulses Open Nanometer-Size Pores in Cell Plasma Membrane 30
Thermosensitive Mn2+- Liposomes for MR-Guided Hyperthermia – Solvent- Dependent Mn2+- Release. 34
Causes, Detection and Characterization of Tumor Hypoxia 45
Electroporation and Behind: The Action of Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Field 62
IMAGE-GUIDED STEREOTACTIC SMALL ANIMAL IRRADIATOR 68
Nanoparticle-mediated radionuclide-gene therapy of liver cancer 76
MEDICAL PHYSICS DEGREE: A MATURE CHOICE FOR GREECE 91
Numerical models of microneedle electrodes for gene electrotransfer in skin 97
Small Animal Imaging with Micro, Flat-panel and Clinical CT-Scanners: An Applicability Analysis 101
Intramuscular fat content estimation in the loin muscle of pig carcasses by ultrasound spectral parameter analysis 105
Sound velocity and attenuation of porcine loin muscle, backfat and skin 109
Design and Synthesis of A Novel Inhibitor of 5- Enolpyruvylshikimate - 3- phosphate Synthase 113
Introduction of Apoptosis and Inhibition of SMMC-7721 Growth by 2- Arsonoacetic Acid 115
Laser-accelerated ion beams for future medical applications 119
Medical Physics Status in the Middle East Countries 121
Locoregional hyperthermia in combination with chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer patients: The Mammatherm- trial 124
The Future of Medical Physics The Role of Medical Physics in Research and Development An Opinion 127
Thermographic measurements of allergen-induced skin reactions 133
Automated Laboratory of Electromagnetic Radiation for the Study of Biological Effects and Oncologic Hyperthermia 145
Medical Physics Education and Training in South East Asia 156
The Assessment of Heart Rate Variability (HRV) and Task Load Index (TLI) as Physiological Markers for Physical Stress 159
Method for treatment planning of tissue ablation by irreversible electroporation 163
Effects of automation to the surgeons 167
Object-oriented Model Library of the Cardiovascular System Including Physiological Control Loops 179
AFOMP’s Draft Policy #2: “Recommended Clinical Radiation Oncology Medical Physicist Staffing Levels in AFOMP Countries” 199
Mechanical Ventilation: Much Ado about Ventilation Modes 206
Phase contrast imaging for medical diagnostics: towards clinical application with compact laser- based X- ray sources 213
ETHICS IN RESEARCH William R. Hendee PhD Distinguished Professor Medical College ofWisconsin P. O. Box 170970 Whitefish Bay, WI 53217 whendee@ mcw. edu 414.351.6527 ( H) 414.531.1756 ( M) 217
WORKSHOP THE CHALLENGE AND THE REWARD OF BEING AN ENTREPRENEUR IN MEDICAL PHYSICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 219
The Art of Grantsmanship 221
Author Index 237