Spinal Radiosurgery Intrafraction Motion and Dosimetric Impact
Nzhde Agazaryan, professor of Radiation Oncology at the University of California Los Angeles discusses intrafraction motion and dosimetric impact in spinal radiosurgery. He opens with a short background on intrafraction movements before delving into the role of intrafraction imaging for minimizing misalignments. He then addresses the dosimetric impact of misalignments. He goes into planning cord constraints as opposed to actual cord tolerances and ends on a planning tool proposal for quantifying dosimetric susceptibility to misalignments.
About the speaker

Nzhde Agazaryan, PhD
University of California Los Angeles, USA
Professor of Radiation Oncology, Professor of the Physics and Biology in Medicine, and the Chief of Clinical Medical Physics
David Geffen School of Medicine UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Dr. Agazaryan is a Professor of Radiation Oncology and the Chief of Clinical Medical Physics at the UCLA Radiation Oncology. He is also a Professor of Physics and Biology in Medicine (PBM) Graduate Program. His appointment in the Department of Radiation Oncology involves research, teaching and clinical practice. His research and clinical interests include stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), small field dosimetry, image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT), gated radiotherapy and eye plaque brachytherapy. Dr. Agazaryan is a Diplomate of The American Board of Radiology (DABR) – board certified in Therapeutic Radiologic Physics. He is also California State Qualified Medical Physicist (QMP).
Dr. Agazaryan is the President of the AAPM Southern California Chapter since January 2015. He is a member of AAPM JACMP Board of Editors since May 2011. Dr. Agazaryan has been an Associate Editor for the Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics (JACMP) since 2004. Dr. Agazaryan is an Expert Panel Member of Novalis Radiosurgery and SBRT Credentialing since September 2010.
Actual Position:
- Professor of Radiation Oncology, Professor of the Physics and Biology in Medicine, and the Chief of Clinical Medical Physics at David Geffen School of Medicine UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Education:
- 2001, Ph.D. in Biomedical Physics, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA
- 2001, M.S. in Biomedical Physics, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA
- 1997, B.S. in Physics, UCLA College of Letters and Science, Los Angeles, USA
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