RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATION PORTFOLIO
Journal Articles:
Recent Abstracts
INVITED PRESENTATIONS:
American Association of Physicist in Medicine Florida Chapter Meeting Sept 2017
Presentation: Minimizing Accelerator Downtime
American Association of Physicist in Medicine Annual Conference August 2016
Presentation: Predicting Accelerator Dysfunction
Radiological Society of North America Annual Conference December 2014
Presentation: Predictive Maintenance of Medical Accelerators: A customized Dashboard Interface
Demonstration Video: Predictive Maintenance Customized Dashboard Interface
American Association of Physicist in Medicine Annual Conference July 2014
Presentation: Analysis of Accelerator Generated Log Files for Preemptive Maintenance
Radiological Society of North America Annual Conference December 2013
Presentation: Analysis of Predictive Maintenance of Linear Accelerator Beam Uniformity Using Statistical Process Control
American Association of Physicist in Medicine Annual Conference August 2013
Presentation: Effective Control Limits for Predictive Maintenance of Accelerator Beam Uniformity
Demonstration Video: Predictive Maintenance of Medical Linear Accelerators
Research Collaborations Meeting at VMS Imaging Laboratory March 2012
Presentation: Accelerator Predictive Maintenance (PdM) Using Statistical Process Control Techniques
Southeast Chapter-American Association of Physicist in Medicine April 2012
Presentation: Clinical Quality Control Metrics in Radiation Oncology
North Carolina IMRT/IGRT Symposium October 2010
Presentation: Statistical Process Control – A New Paradigm in Radiotherapy QA
16th International Conference on the Use of Computers in Radiation Therapy May 2010
IHE-RO: Use Cases - From Conception to the Clinic
North Carolina IMRT/IGRT Symposium July 2009
Presentation: IMRT/IGRT Patient Treatment: A Community Hospital Experience
International Congress on Medical Physics, Beijing, China Nov. 2008
Presentation: Linear Accelerator Quality Control Using Clinical Treatment
Delivery: A Feasibility Study
South Carolina State University October 2008
Presentation: Statistical Process Control: Linear Accelerator Mechanical
Quality Control
South Carolina State University October 2007
Presentation: Brachytherapy in Treatment of Prostate Cancer
American Association of Medical Dosimetrist Annual Conference June 2007
Presentation: Treatment Planning Quality Assurance in the Era of Image Guided Radiotherapy
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Nov 2006
International Conference on Quality Assurance and New Techniques in Radiation Medicine, Vienna, Austria
Presentation: New phantom design testing MR image transmission integrity and image fusion in radiotherapy treatment
planning
Journal Articles:
- Able, C.M., Mills, M.D., Hogstrom, K.R., McNeese, M.:Evaluation of a total scalp electron irradiation technique. Int J Radia Onc Biol Phys 1991 Sep;21 (4):1063-72.
- Able, C.M., Thomas, M.D.: Fundamental Reproducibility Test for the Phillips ADAC Pinnacle3. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, 2005 Aug:6(3):13-22
- Field, C., Able, C.M., Linton, N.: IHE-RO: Use Cases - From Conception to the Clinic. Proceeding of the 16th International Conference on the Use of Computers in Radiation Therapy 2010
- Rengan, R., Curran, B., Able, C., et al: Addressing Connectivity Issues: The Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise- Radiation Oncology (IHE-RO) Initiative. Practical Radiation Oncology,( 2011) 1, 226-231
- Able CM, Hampton CJ, Baydush AH, Munley MT.: Initial investigation using statistical process control for quality control of accelerator beam steering. Radiation Oncology 2011 6:180. doi:10.1186/1748-717X-6-180.
- Able, C.M., Bright, M., Frizzell, B.: “Quality Control of High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy: Treatment Delivery Analysis Using Statistical Process Control”. Int J Radia Onc Biol Phys, 85 (2013), pp 828-833. doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.05.016
- Frizzell, B., Lovato, J., Foster, J., Towers, A., Lucas, J., Able, C.M.: “Impact of Bladder Volume on Radiation Dose to the Rectum in the Definitive Treatment of Prostate Cancer”. J of Community and Supportive Oncology, 13 (2015), pp 288-291.
- CM Able, AH Baydush, C Nguyen, J Gersh, A Ndlovu, et al. “A Model for Preemptive Maintenance of Medical Linear Accelerators – Predictive Maintenance”. Radiation Oncol. 2016; 11:36. doi: 10.1186/s13014-016-0602-1
Recent Abstracts
- Y Wang, J Park, J McCoy, C Able. “A Prospective Study of Prone Positioning in Whole-Breast Irradiation” , Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 2015: S2079
- CM Able, AH Baydush, C Nguyen, J Gersh, A Ndlovu, et al. “Predicting accelerator Dysfunction”. Med Phys 43(6):3754-3755 (2016). DOI: 10.1118/1.4957532
- R. Zakikhani, CM Able. “MLC Based SRS Beam Commissioning – Minimum Target Size Investigation”. Med Phys 43(6):3595-3595 (2016). DOI: 10.1118/1.4956759
- CM Able, R Zakikhani, K Yan, et al. “Photon Beam Matching Analysis at Multiple Sites Up to Twelve Years Post Installation”. Med Phys 43(6): 3576-3576 (2016). DOI: 10.1118/1.4956676
- CM Able, J Esham. “Reducing Accelerator Downtime – Log Monitoring and Active Management”. Med Phys 44(7) (2017): SU-I-GPD-P-1
- R. Zakikhani, H Lee, CM Able. “Portal Dosimetry for SRS/SBRT Patient Specific Plan Quality Control”. Med Phys 44(7) (2017): SU-I-GPD-T-494
- AAPM Newsletter May/June 2008: Getting credentialed of Advanced Technology Clinical Trials: One Physicist’s Experience
- ASTROnews June 2010: IHE-RO: Registration of Multi-Modality Images
- ASTROnews Sept 2010: IHE-RO: Creating Building Blocks for the Future
- ACR Bulletin March 2011: Radiation Therapy, Reintegrated
- AAPM Newsletter July/August 2011: IHE-RO: Use Cases - From System Incompatibility to Clinical Solutions
INVITED PRESENTATIONS:
American Association of Physicist in Medicine Florida Chapter Meeting Sept 2017
Presentation: Minimizing Accelerator Downtime
American Association of Physicist in Medicine Annual Conference August 2016
Presentation: Predicting Accelerator Dysfunction
Radiological Society of North America Annual Conference December 2014
Presentation: Predictive Maintenance of Medical Accelerators: A customized Dashboard Interface
Demonstration Video: Predictive Maintenance Customized Dashboard Interface
American Association of Physicist in Medicine Annual Conference July 2014
Presentation: Analysis of Accelerator Generated Log Files for Preemptive Maintenance
Radiological Society of North America Annual Conference December 2013
Presentation: Analysis of Predictive Maintenance of Linear Accelerator Beam Uniformity Using Statistical Process Control
American Association of Physicist in Medicine Annual Conference August 2013
Presentation: Effective Control Limits for Predictive Maintenance of Accelerator Beam Uniformity
Demonstration Video: Predictive Maintenance of Medical Linear Accelerators
Research Collaborations Meeting at VMS Imaging Laboratory March 2012
Presentation: Accelerator Predictive Maintenance (PdM) Using Statistical Process Control Techniques
Southeast Chapter-American Association of Physicist in Medicine April 2012
Presentation: Clinical Quality Control Metrics in Radiation Oncology
North Carolina IMRT/IGRT Symposium October 2010
Presentation: Statistical Process Control – A New Paradigm in Radiotherapy QA
16th International Conference on the Use of Computers in Radiation Therapy May 2010
IHE-RO: Use Cases - From Conception to the Clinic
North Carolina IMRT/IGRT Symposium July 2009
Presentation: IMRT/IGRT Patient Treatment: A Community Hospital Experience
International Congress on Medical Physics, Beijing, China Nov. 2008
Presentation: Linear Accelerator Quality Control Using Clinical Treatment
Delivery: A Feasibility Study
South Carolina State University October 2008
Presentation: Statistical Process Control: Linear Accelerator Mechanical
Quality Control
South Carolina State University October 2007
Presentation: Brachytherapy in Treatment of Prostate Cancer
American Association of Medical Dosimetrist Annual Conference June 2007
Presentation: Treatment Planning Quality Assurance in the Era of Image Guided Radiotherapy
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Nov 2006
International Conference on Quality Assurance and New Techniques in Radiation Medicine, Vienna, Austria
Presentation: New phantom design testing MR image transmission integrity and image fusion in radiotherapy treatment
planning