Bulletin of the American Physical Society
2021 Fall Meeting of the APS Division of Nuclear Physics
Volume 66, Number 8
Monday–Thursday, October 11–14, 2021; Virtual; Eastern Daylight Time
Session AA: Plenary I: Nuclear Science Delivering for Society I |
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Chair: Sherry Yennello, Texas A&M Room: Grand Ballroom |
Monday, October 11, 2021 3:00PM - 3:45PM |
AA.00001: Nuclear Science: from Fundamental Physics to Medical Technology Invited Speaker: Cynthia E Keppel Discoveries and technological advances spurred by the demands of nuclear physics research find applications in many disciplines, including providing benefit to society through the treatment and diagnosis of disease. An overview of the connection between nuclear physics and medicine will be presented, with some emphasis on landmark and recent technological developments. As an example, proton radiation therapy is a precise form of radiation treatment for cancer. Due to the characteristic Bragg peak associated with ion energy deposition, proton therapy provides the radiation oncologist an improved method of treatment localization within a patient, as compared with conventional radiation therapy using X-rays. This can be accomplished only in concert with advances in tumor identification and localization, patient motion and positioning, treatment planning and evaluation, and a host of supporting technologies that can leverage nuclear physics detection and data processing techniques. |
Monday, October 11, 2021 3:45PM - 4:30PM |
AA.00002: Isotopes for Society Invited Speaker: Jehanne Gillo The Department of Energy Isotope Program produces high priority radioactive and stable isotopes in short supply for the Nation that no domestic entity has the infrastructure or core competency to meet market demand; the Program is typically the only, or one of few, global or domestic producers for these novel isotopes. Isotopes are high-priority and often rare commodities of strategic importance for the Nation and are essential in medical diagnosis and treatment, discovery science, national security, advanced manufacturing, space exploration and communications, biology, quantum information science, clean energy, climate and environmental science, archaeology, and other fields. Isotopes can directly enable emerging technology, and contribute to the economic, technical and scientific strength of the United States. |
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