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                                                         RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATION PORTFOLIO
Journal Articles:

1. 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.
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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.
6. 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
7. 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.
8. 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

1. 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 
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. CM Able, J Esham. “Reducing Accelerator Downtime – Log Monitoring and Active Management”. Med Phys 44(7) (2017): SU-I-GPD-P-1
6. 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

Professional Association Editorial Articles:

1. AAPM Newsletter May/June 2008: Getting credentialed of Advanced Technology Clinical Trials: One Physicist’s Experience
2. ASTROnews June 2010: IHE-RO: Registration of Multi-Modality Images
3. ASTROnews Sept 2010: IHE-RO: Creating Building Blocks for the Future
4. ACR Bulletin March 2011: Radiation Therapy, Reintegrated
5. 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
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