General Information
School of Medical Physics for Radiation Therapy: Dosimetry and Treatment Planning for Basic and Advanced Applications | (smr 3110)
Go to day
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08:00 - 18:00
Day 1
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08:30
Administrative Matters
2h0'
All participants must register for the Workshop upon arrival at the Guesthouse Reception. Those receiving financial support should use this time to visit the Finance Office (Operations) in the Enrico Fermi Building. A shuttle will run from the Adriatico Reception until 10:30.
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10:30
Welcome and Student Introduction
30'
Speaker: Organizers Material: 
Slides
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11:00
Radiotherapy strategy, accuracy requirements
30'
Speaker: Maria Rosa Malisan (Udine, Italy) Material:
Slides
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11:30
Transition from 2D/3D to IMRT
30'
Speaker: Yakov Pipman (AAPM, New York, USA) Material:
Slides
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12:00
Dosimetry: fundamentals I
50'
Speaker: Guenther Hartmann (German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg) Material:
Slides
- 12:50 Lunch Break 1h20'
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14:10
Dosimetry: fundamentals II
50'
Speaker: Guenther Hartmann -
15:00
Dosimetry: photon beams
50'
Speaker: Guenther Hartmann Material:
Slides
- 15:50 Coffee Break 20'
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16:10
Dosimetry Exercise (InfoLab)
1h20'
Speakers: Rossella Vidimari (University Hospital, Trieste, Italy), Guenther Hartmann Material:
Slides
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17:30
Pre-treatment and online patient plan verification: new developments (InfoLab)
30'
Speaker: Lutz Mueller (IBA, Germany)
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08:30
Administrative Matters
2h0'
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08:00 - 18:00
Day 1
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08:30 - 19:20
Day 2
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08:30
Dosimetry: electron beams
50'
Speaker: Guenther Hartmann Material:
Slides
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09:20
Treatment machines: general understanding of treatment machines 1
50'
Speaker: Yakov Pipman Material:
Slides
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10:10
MU calculation for photon beams 1
50'
Speaker: Maria Rosa Malisan Material:
Slides
- 11:00 Coffee Break 30'
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11:30
MU calculation for photon beams 2
50'
Speaker: Maria Rosa Malisan Material:
Slides
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12:20
IGRT 1
50'
Speaker: Pawel Kukolowicz (Cancer Center-Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland) Material:
Slides
- 13:10 Lunch Break 1h20'
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14:30
Groups A & B: MU calculation exercise (InfoLab)
2h50'
Speakers: Malisan, Hartmann, Kukolowicz -
15:00
Group C: Linac 1: Photon and electron dosimetry or Linac and MLC QC (Trieste Hospital)
2h0'
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17:00
Group D: Linac 1: Photon and electron dosimetry or Linac and MLC QC
2h0'
Speakers: Rossella Vidimari, Mara Severgnini (University Hospital, Trieste, Italy)
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08:30
Dosimetry: electron beams
50'
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08:30 - 19:20
Day 2
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08:30 - 19:00
Day 3
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08:30
IGRT 2
50'
Speaker: Pawel Kukolowicz Material:
Slides
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09:20
Treatment planning systems
50'
Speaker: Pawel Kukolowicz Material:
Slides
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10:10
Treatment machines: general understanding of treatment machines 2
50'
Speaker: Yakov Pipman Material:
Slides
- 11:00 Coffee Break 30'
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11:30
Imaging in radiotherapy: patient data acquisition
50'
Speaker: Guenther Hartmann Material:
Slides
- 12:20 Poster Session 30'
- 12:50 Lunch Break 1h40'
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14:30
Groups C & D: MU calculation exercise (InfoLab)
2h50'
Speakers: Malisan, Hartmann, Kukolowicz -
15:00
Group A: Linac 1: Photon and electron dosimetry or Linac and MLC QC (Trieste Hospital)
2h0'
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17:00
Group B: Linac 1: Photon and electron dosimetry or Linac and MLC QC
2h0'
Speakers: Rossella Vidimari, Mara Severgnini
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08:30
IGRT 2
50'
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08:30 - 19:00
Day 3
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08:30 - 20:30
Day 4
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08:30
Conformal RT
50'
Speaker: Golam Abu Zakaria (Teaching Hospital, Gummersbach, Germany) Material:
Slides
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09:20
CBCT (QA and dosimetry)
50'
Speaker: Alberto Torresin (Niguarda Hospital, Milan) Material:
Slides
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10:10
Patient immobilization and setup verification
50'
Speaker: Golam Abu Zakaria Material:
Slides
- 11:00 Coffee Break 15'
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11:15
Multi-modal image integration and organ motion management and exercises (InfoLab)
2h0'
Speaker: Carlo Cavedon (Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Verona, Italy) Material:
Slides
- 13:15 Lunch Break 1h15'
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14:30
Introduction to afternoon 3DCRT TPS exercises (InfoLab)
1h0'
Speakers: Zakaria, Moretti, Malisan, Guidi -
15:30
Exercise: treatment planning exercise: prostate
1h0'
Speakers: Zakaria, Moretti, Malisan, Guidi -
18:30
Buffet Dinner
2h0'
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Cafeteria - Adriatico Guesthouse
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Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)
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All participants are cordially invited to a get-together buffet dinner in the Adriatico Cafeteria
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08:30
Conformal RT
50'
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08:30 - 20:30
Day 4
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08:30 - 17:00
Day 5
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08:30
Quality assurance programme in radiotherapy
50'
Speaker: Golam Abu Zakaria Material:
Slides
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09:20
Quality assurance in radiotherapy 1 (therapy equipment)
50'
Speaker: Gabriele Guidi (University Hospital, Modena, Italy) Material:
Slides
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10:10
Quality assurance in radiotherapy 2 (simulators) TBC
50'
Speaker: Golam Abu Zakaria Material:
Slides
- 11:00 Coffee Break 30'
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11:30
Special techniques overview (IORT, TBI, partial/total body electron skin irradiation
50'
Speakers: Mara Severgnini, Rossella Vidimari Material:
Slides
- 12:20 Poster Session and Lunch Break 2h40'
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15:00
Introduction to afternoon 3DCRT TPS exercises (InfoLab)
30'
Speakers: Zakaria, Moretti, Malisan, Guidi -
15:30
Exercise: treatment planning exercise: head & neck (InfoLab)
30'
Speakers: Zakaria, Moretti, Malisan, Guidi
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08:30
Quality assurance programme in radiotherapy
50'
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08:30 - 17:00
Day 5
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08:30 - 19:00
Day 6
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08:30
IMRT - the inverse problem and the inverse planning
50'
Speaker: Laurence Edward Court (MD Anderson, USA) Material:
Slides
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09:20
IMRT technology and process
50'
Speaker: Justus Adamson (Duke University, USA) Material:
Slides
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10:10
IMRT planning
50'
Speaker: Justus Adamson Material:
Slides
- 11:00 Coffee Break 30'
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11:30
IMRT pre-treatment verification
50'
Speaker: Eugenia Moretti (Udine Hospital, Italy) Material:
Slides
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12:20
Technology advancement for pre-treatment verification
50'
Speaker: Andreas Forster (PTW, Germany) - 13:10 Lunch Break 1h20'
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14:30
Group A&B: IMRT treatment planning (InfoLab)
4h0'
Speakers: Court, Malisan, Moretti, Loi (University Hospital, Novara, Italy) Material:
Slides
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15:00
Group C: IMRT/VMAT pre-treatment verification (Trieste Hospital)
2h0'
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17:00
Group D: IMRT/VMAT pre-treatment verification (Trieste Hospital)
2h0'
Speakers: Vidimari, Severgnini, Forster
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08:30
IMRT - the inverse problem and the inverse planning
50'
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08:30 - 19:00
Day 6
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08:30 - 19:00
Day 7
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08:30
TPS commissioning 1 (principle, methods, documentation)
50'
Speaker: Laurence Edward Court Material:
Slides
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09:20
IMRT: dosimetric aspects and commissioning strategies
50'
Speaker: Justus Adamson Material:
Slides
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10:10
TPS commissioning 2 (IMRT)
50'
Speaker: Laurence Edward Court - 11:00 Coffee Break 30'
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11:30
IMRT: patient-specific QA
50'
Speaker: Justus Adamson Material:
Slides
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12:20
Full automation of radiation therapy treatment planning
50'
Speaker: Laurence Edward Court Material:
Slides
- 13:10 Lunch Break 1h20'
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14:30
Group C&D: IMRT treatment planning (InfoLab)
4h0'
Speakers: Court, Malisan, Moretti, Loi -
15:00
Group A: IMRT/VMAT pre-treatment verification (Trieste Hospital)
2h0'
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17:00
Group B: IMRT/VMAT pre-treatment verification (Trieste Hospital)
2h0'
Speakers: Rossella Vidimari, Mara Severgnini, Andreas Forster
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08:30
TPS commissioning 1 (principle, methods, documentation)
50'
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08:30 - 19:00
Day 7
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08:30 - 17:00
Day 8
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08:30
Fundamental radiobiology
50'
Speaker: Colin Orton (UK) Material:
Slides
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09:20
Stereotactic radiosurgery
50'
Speaker: Yakov Pipman Material:
Slides
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10:10
Record&Verify and patient information system
50'
Speaker: Eugenia Moretti Material:
Slides
- 11:00 Coffee Break 30'
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11:30
Quantitative radiobiology for treatment planning
50'
Speaker: Colin Orton Material:
Slides
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12:20
VMAT: quality assurance of VMAT
50'
Speaker: Marta Paiusco (Oncology Hospital, Padova, Italy) - 13:10 Lunch Break 1h20'
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14:30
BED applications in practice
50'
Speaker: Colin Orton Material:
Slides
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15:20
EPID or CBCT imaging for in vivo dosimetry
50'
Speaker: Francesco Pascoli (TA, Italy) -
16:10
Planning Automation: Heuristic optimization algorithm for the treatment of prostate cancer with VMAT technique
50'
Speakers: Alessandro Alparone (TA, Italy), Eleonora Lanzi (TA, Italy)
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08:30
Fundamental radiobiology
50'
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08:30 - 17:00
Day 8
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08:30 - 19:00
Day 9
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08:30
Brachytherapy 1
50'
Speaker: Colin Orton Material:
Slides
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09:20
Lessons learned from incidents in RT
50'
Speaker: Yakov Pipman Material:
Slides
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10:10
Brachytherapy 2
50'
Speaker: Colin Orton Material:
Slides
- 11:00 Coffee Break 30'
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11:30
Prevention of incidents in radiotherapy (prospective and retrospective)
50'
Speakers: Pipman, Malisan Material:
Slides
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12:20
Introduction to the brachytherapy exercises
50'
Speaker: Francesco Ziglio (S. Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy) - 13:10 Lunch Break 1h20'
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14:30
All participants (excluding brachy groups) TPS exercises (InfoLab)
4h0'
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15:00
Group Brachy (HDR) 1: Brachytherapy Planning/QA (Trieste Hospital)
2h0'
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17:00
Group Brachy (HDR) 2: Brachytherapy Planning/QA (Trieste Hospital)
2h0'
Speakers: Orton, Ziglio
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08:30
Brachytherapy 1
50'
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08:30 - 19:00
Day 9
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08:30 - 13:00
Day 10
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08:30
Radiobiological optimisation
50'
Speaker: Colin Orton Material:
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09:20
The status of the MP International Medical Physics Certification Actions
1h40'
Speakers: Pipman, Orton, Padovani (ICTP, Italy) -
11:00
Course evaluation and final test
1h30'
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12:30
Best Poster Award, Final Discussion and Closing
30'
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08:30
Radiobiological optimisation
50'
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08:30 - 13:00
Day 10