2026

• Best Paper: Kevin J. Chung (MGH Martinos Center & Harvard Medical School) -Quantitative PET imaging and modeling of molecular blood-brain barrier permeability

• Best Paper: Duhee Jeon (Emory University) - Improving decomposition image quality in dual-energy chest radiography using two-dimensional crisscrossed anti-scatter grid

• Best Abstract: James J. Sohn (University of Wisconsin-Madison) - Large Language Model (LLM)-Based Linac Downtime Analysis

• Best Abstract: Hyesun Yang (Yeonsei University, Korea) - Evaluation of Three-Dimensional Fiducial Marker Position Fidenlity in FBPConvNet-Based Sparse-View Reconstruction Using Treatment kV Images for Prostate SBRT"

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2025

• Best Paper: Hoyeon Lee (University of Hong Kong) -TOPAS-imaging: extensions to the TOPAS simulation toolkit for medical imaging systems

• Best Abstract: Gawon Han (University of Alberta) - PCA-based future frame prediction for real-time MRI-guided radiotherapy

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2024

• Best Paper: Don-Soo Kim (Boston Children's Hospital) - Age-specific Dose Catalog for Diagnostic Fluoroscopy and Fluoroscopically Guided Interventional Procedures from a Pediatric Hospical

• Best Paper: Euidam Kim (Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea) - Toxicity Evaluation of Dose-Escalation in Hypofractionated Regional Nodeal Irradiation for Breast Cancer: A Retrospective Study

• Best Abstract: Yeseul Kim (MD Anderson Cancer Center) - An Investigation of the proton dose rate effect under various cellular conditions and beam parameters using Monte Carlo simulations

• Best Abstract: Gawon Han (University of Alberta) - Deep learning-based autocontouring algorithm for non-invasive instrafractional tumor-tracked radiotherapy (nifteRT) on LINAC-MR

 

2023

• Best Paper in KAMPiNA: Danny Lee (Allegheny Health Network) – Quantifying Liver Heterogeneity via R2*-MRI with Super-Paramagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles (SPION) to Characterize Liver Function and Tumor

• Best Abstract in KAMPiNA: Dae-Myoung Yang (Fox Chase) - Response of tumor and normal tissue to 45MV 5-aminolevulinic acid- (5-ALA)-mediated radiodynamic therapy

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2022

• Best Paper in KAMPiNA: Claire Keun Sun Park (Western University) – Spatially tracked whole-breast three-dimensional ultrasound system toward point-of-care breast cancer screening in high-risk women with dense breasts

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2021

• Best Paper in KSMP: Jin Ju Kim (KIRAMS & UST) – PET tracing of biodistribution for orally administered 64Cu-labeled polystyrene in mice

• Best Paper in KAMPiNA: Sang Ho Lee (University of Pennsylvania) – Multi-block discriminant analysis of integrative 18F-FDG-PET/CT radiomics for predicting circulating tumor cells in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer treated with stereotactic body radiation therapy

• Best Abstract in KAMPiNA: Jihyun Yun (University of Alberta) – Optimizing the accuracy and training speed of an artificial neural network for 3D tumor trajectory prediction in Linac-MR image-guided radiation therapy

• Best Abstract in KAMPiNA: James J. Sohn (VCU) – A workflow for a patient-specific 3D-printed template with direction modulated brachytherapy (DMBT) tandem applicator for adaptive HDR interstitial brachytherapy

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2020

• Best Paper in KAMPiNA: Sang Ho Lee (Johns Hopkins University) - Multi-view radiomics and dosiomics analysis with machine learning for predicting acute-phase weight loss in lung cancer patients treated with radiotherapy

• Best Paper in KSMP: Hyekyun Chung (Asan Medical) - Reconstruction of implanted marker trajectories from cone-beam CT projection using interdimensional correlation model

• Best Abstract in KAMPiNA: Hosang Jin (Univ. of Oklahoma) - Enhanced tumor cell control by boron in proton beam therapy

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2019

• Best Paper in KAMPiNA: Yeon Soo Yeom (NCI) - Posture-dependent dose coefficients of mesh-type ICRP reference computational phantoms for photon external exposures

• Best Paper in KSMP: Donghoon Lee (Yonsei Univ.) - Development of a deep neural network for generating synthetic dual-energy chest X-ray images with single X-ray exposure

• Best Abstract in KAMPiNA: Sang-June Park (UCLA) - High dose rate interstitial spine brachytherapy using an intraoperative mobile CT guided surgical navigation system

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2018

• Best Paper in KAMPiNA: Uikyu Je (UT Southwestern) - Indirect measurement of high grid strip densities over Nyquist sampling rate based on the moiré pattern analysis for quality assurance in grid manufacturing

• Best Paper in KSMP: Hyekyun Chung (Asan Medical) - Reconstruction of implanted marker trajectories from cone-beam CT projection using interdimensional correlation model

• Best Abstract in KAMPiNA: Hosang Jin (Univ. of Oklahoma) - Enhanced tumor cell control by boron in proton beam therapy

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2017

• Best Paper: James J. Jung (UF) - Comparison between proton boron fusion therapy (PBFT) and boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT): a Monte Carlo study

• Best Paper: Eunsin Lee (Univ. of Cincinnati) - Functional lung avoidance and response- adaptive escalation (FLARE) RT: multimodality plan dosimetry of a precision radiation oncology strategy

• Best Abstract: Sang Ho Lee (MSKCC) - Correlation between FDG-PET SUV max and DCE-MRI microvascular parameters in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

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2016

• Best Scientific Paper: Jongmin Cho (Oklahoma Univ.) - Feasibility of hydrogel fiducial markers for in vivo proton range verification using PET

• Best Clinical Paper: Danny Lee (VCU) - Audiovisual biofeedback improves cine-magnetic resonance imaging measured lung tumor motion consistency

• Best Scientific Pape: Seyoun Park (Duke) - Predicting radiation-induced xerostomia by dosimetrically accounting for daily setup uncertainty during head and neck IMRT

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2015

• Best Science Paper: Youngho Seo (UCSF) – Multipinhole collimator with 20 apertures for a brain SPECT application

• Best Clinical Paper: Peter C. Park (Emory Univ.) – MRI-Based Computed Tomography Metal Artifact Correction Method for Improving Proton Range Calcuation Accuracy

• Best Science Abstract: Jongmin Cho (MD Anderson) – PET-detectable bimetallic (Zn@Au) nanoparticles for radiotherapy and molecular imaging applications

• Best Clinical Abstract: Jihyung Yoon (East Carolina Univ.) – Four-dimensional dose reconstruction through retrospective phase determination using cine images of electronic portal imaging device

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2014

• Best Abstract: Peter Park (Emory) - A Novel MRI Based CT Artifact Correction Method for Improving Proton Range Calculation in the Presence of Severe CT Artifacts

• Best Paper: Tae Ho Kim (VCU) - Dynamic keyhole: A novel method to improve MR images in the presence of respiratory motion for real-time MRI

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2013

• Best Abstract: Jongmin Cho (MD Anderson) - Proton beam range verification using proton activated fiducials and off-site PET

• Best Paper: Inwhan Yeo (Loma Linda) - Feasibility study on inverse four-dimensional dose reconstruction using the continuous dose-image of EPID

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2012

• Best Abstract: Jongmin Cho (MD Anderson) - Pilot study of obtaining elemental tissue composition of proton therapy patients using positron emission tomography

• Best Paper: Chul Hee Min (MGH) - Development of array-type prompt gamma measurement system for in vivo range verification in proton therapy

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2011 (Award started in 2011)

• Best Abstract: Justin C. Park (UCSD) - Fast, iterative, low-dose, cone-beam computed tomography reconstruction using a gradient projection algorithm

• Best Paper: Young Ho Seo (UCSF) - Lymphatic drainage mapping of prostate using filtered 99mTc-sulfur nanocolloid and SPECT/CT

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