Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
Ryan Mansfield is a second year Master’s student at Duke University, working in a lab studying AI in treatment planning. He majored in Nuclear Engineering at the United States Naval Academy where he conducted research on the dosimetry and modeling of neutron protection factors utilizing Bonner Sphere spectrometry and the MCNP Transport Code as well as a capstone project designing radiation shielding for cosmic radiation. His work won “Best Paper Submission in Radiation Protection & Shielding” issued by the American Nuclear Society. Following his time in Annapolis, MD, Ryan service selected the submarine community. He attended Nuclear Power School and Prototype in Charleston, SC and was stationed in Pearl Harbor, HI on the fast attack submarine USS Columbia. During his time in the Navy, Ryan served on 1 South American and 2 Western Pacific deployments, earning the “Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal”. Ryan is a student member of AAPM and ASTRO and intends to work clinically as a board certified Radiation Therapy Medical Physicist.
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2365 - Vertices Geometric Efficiency Optimization for Lung Cancer Lattice Therapy Treatment Planning
Sunday, September 29, 2024
4:45 PM – 6:00 PM ET