| Description |
An ICTP Meeting
The ICTP will organize, with the support of the International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP), the European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics (EFOMP), the Federation of African Medical Physics Organizations (FAMPO) and the Italian Association of Medical Physics (AIFM), a two-week School on Medical Physics for Radiation Therapy.
The objective of the school is to contribute to the understanding of physics applied to radiation oncology and the development of competent medical physicists who can make a direct contribution to the improvement of health care in their countries through better radiation therapy.
This will be achieved by providing participants with education and practical training to enhance their effectiveness as future disseminators of this knowledge, who can provide in turn educational and training opportunities to other medical physicists, professionals and students.
The programme will introduce the physics applied to conventional and advanced therapy principle, methods and technology and will facilitate the creation of a network for the exchange of information on radiotherapy physics among scientists in developing and developed Member States.
Topics:
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School on Medical Physics for Radiation Therapy: Dosimetry, Treatment Planning and Delivery for Advanced Applications | (smr 3871)
Go to day
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08:00 - 08:30
Registration
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08:30 - 17:30
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08:30
Welcome and participant’s introduction
50'
Speaker: Renato PADOVANI (ICTP, Italy) -
09:20
Entry test
50'
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10:10
Present and future of radiation therapy in LMICs
50'
Speaker: Christoph Jan TRAUERNICHT (Groote Schuur Hospital, South Africa) Material: 
Slides
Video
- 11:00 Coffee Break 30'
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11:30
Dosimetry: fundamentals I
50'
Speaker: Renato PADOVANI (ICTP, Italy) Material:
Slides
Video
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12:20
Dosimetry: fundamentals II
50'
Speaker: Renato PADOVANI (ICTP, Italy) Material:
Slides
Video
- 13:10 Lunch Break 1h20'
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14:30
Treatment machines : general understanding of treatment machines
50'
Speaker: Christoph Jan TRAUERNICHT (Groote Schuur Hospital, South Africa) Material:
Slides
Video
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15:20
Relative dose measurements: output factors, profiles, and depth functions
50'
Speaker: Mara SEVERGNINI (Trieste Hospital, Italy), Rossella VIDIMARI (Trieste Hospital, Italy) Material:
Slides
Video
- 16:10 Coffee Break 30'
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16:40
MU calculation for photon beams: theory
50'
Speaker: Marco ESPOSITO (ICTP, Italy) Material:
Slides
Video
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08:30
Welcome and participant’s introduction
50'
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18:00 - 19:00
Get-together drink
Location: Adriatico Guest House Terrace
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08:00 - 08:30
Registration
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08:30 - 17:00
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08:30
Dosimetry: photon beams
50'
Speaker: Pawel KUKOLOVICZ (Holycross Cancer Centre, Poland) Material:
Slides
Video
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09:20
Treatment machine: specification
50'
Speaker: Christoph Jan TRAUERNICHT (Groote Schuur Hospital, South Africa) Material:
Video
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10:10
Dosimetry: electron beams
50'
Speaker: Pawel KUKOLOVICZ (Holycross Cancer Centre, Poland) Material:
Slides
Video
- 11:00 Coffee Break 30'
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11:30
TPS algorithms 1
50'
Speaker: Pawel KUKOLOVICZ (Holycross Cancer Centre, Poland) Material:
Slides
Video
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12:20
Treatment machines commissioning
50'
Speaker: Christoph Jan TRAUERNICHT (Groote Schuur Hospital, South Africa) Material:
Slides
Video
- 13:10 Lunch Break 1h20'
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14:30
IBA symposium: Patient QA for SBRT and SRS treatment with myQA SRS detector
20'
Material:
Video
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15:00
MU calculation for photon beam exercise
40' (
Informatics Laboratory
)
Speaker: Marco ESPOSITO (ICTP, Italy) - 15:40 Coffee Break 30'
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16:10
MU calculation for photon beam exercise
50' (
Informatics Laboratory
)
Speaker: Marco ESPOSITO (ICTP, Italy)
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08:30
Dosimetry: photon beams
50'
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08:30 - 17:00
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08:30 - 19:30
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08:30
Treatment machines: special architectures (Tomo, CK, linac/MRI)
50'
Speaker: Christoph Jan TRAUERNICHT (Groote Schuur Hospital, South Africa) Material:
Slides
Video
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09:20
Dosimetry of small MV photon beams (TRS 483)
50'
Speaker: Božidar CASAR (Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Slovenia) Material:
Slides
Video
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10:10
TPS algorithms 2
50'
Speaker: Pawel KUKOLOVICZ (Holycross Cancer Centre, Poland) Material:
Slides
Video
- 11:00 Coffee Break 30'
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11:30
Fundamental radiobiology
50'
Speaker: Arun CHOUGULE (S.M.S. Medical College & Hospital, Rajasthan University of Health Sciences, India) Material:
Slides
Video
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12:20
Introduction to hospital exercise
50'
Speaker: Mara SEVERGNINI (Trieste Hospital, Italy), A.SULAI (Trieste Hospital, Italy) Material:
Slides
Video
- 13:10 Lunch Break 50'
- 14:00 Time to reach Hospital 1h30'
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15:30
Group A: Linac 1: Small photon field dosimetry
2h0' (
Trieste Hospital
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Speaker: Mara SEVERGNINI (Trieste Hospital, Italy), Rossella VIDIMARI (Trieste Hospital, Italy) -
17:30
Group B:
Linac 1: Small photon field dosimetry
2h0' (
Trieste Hospital
)
Speaker: Mara SEVERGNINI (Trieste Hospital, Italy), Rossella VIDIMARI (Trieste Hospital, Italy), A. SULAI (Trieste Hospital, Italy)
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08:30
Treatment machines: special architectures (Tomo, CK, linac/MRI)
50'
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08:30 - 19:30
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08:30 - 17:00
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08:30
Clinical aspects of precise radiotherapy
50'
Speaker: Pawel KUKOLOVICZ (Holycross Cancer Centre, Poland) Material:
Slides
Video
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09:20
IGRT (EPID, CBCT, US, MRI)
50'
Speaker: Carlo CAVEDON (Verona Hospital, Italy) Material:
Slides
Video
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10:10
Quantitative radiobiology for treatment planning
50'
Speaker: Arun CHOUGULE (S.M.S. Medical College & Hospital, Rajasthan University of Health Sciences, India) Material:
Slides
Video
- 11:00 Coffee Break 30'
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11:30
Setup verification
50'
Speaker: Carlo CAVEDON (Verona Hospital, Italy) Material:
Slides
Video
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12:20
Multi-modal image integration and organ motion management
50'
Speaker: Carlo CAVEDON (Verona Hospital, Italy) Material:
Slides
- 13:10 Lunch Break 1h20'
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14:30
RaySearch Symposium: RayStation: advanced tools for ART
20'
Material:
Video
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15:00
Multi-modal image integration and organ motion management exercises
40' (
Informatics Laboratory
)
Speaker: Carlo CAVEDON (Verona Hospital, Italy), Marco ESPOSITO (ICTP, Italy), Pawel KUKOLOVICZ (Holycross Cancer Centre, Poland) Material:
Slides
- 15:40 Coffee Break 30'
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16:10
Multi-modal image integration and organ motion management exercises
50' (
Informatics Laboratory
)
Speaker: Carlo CAVEDON (Verona Hospital, Italy), Marco ESPOSITO (ICTP, Italy), Pawel KUKOLOVICZ (Holycross Cancer Centre, Poland)
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08:30
Clinical aspects of precise radiotherapy
50'
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08:30 - 17:00
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08:30 - 17:00
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08:30
QA programme
50'
Speaker: Gabriele GUIDI (Modena Hospital, Italy) Material:
Slides
Video
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09:20
Motion and margins
50'
Speaker: Tomas KRON (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia) Material:
Slides
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10:10
QA tools (EPID, log files)
50'
Speaker: Gabriele GUIDI (Modena Hospital, Italy) Material:
Slides
Video
- 11:00 Group photo & Coffee Break 30'
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11:30
Uncertainties in RT
50'
Speaker: Tomas KRON (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia) Material:
Slides
Video
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12:20
MPWB Session: Levelling the playing field: access to resources for medical physicists everywhere
50'
Speaker: Basran PARMINDER (Cornell University, USA), Yakov Marcelo PIPMAN (MPWB, USA) Material:
Slides
Video
- 13:10 Lunch Break 1h20'
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14:30
Introduction to conformal RT planning exercise
20'
Speaker: Paola CHIOVATI (Aviano Oncology Centre, Italy) -
15:00
TPS exercises: conformal radiotherapy planning
40' (
Informatics Laboratory
)
Speaker: Paola CHIOVATI (Aviano Oncology Centre, Italy), Marco ESPOSITO (ICTP, Italy) - 15:40 Coffee Break 30'
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16:10
TPS exercises: conformal radiotherapy planning
50' (
Informatics Laboratory
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Speaker: Paola CHIOVATI (Aviano Oncology Centre, Italy), Marco ESPOSITO (ICTP, Italy)
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08:30
QA programme
50'
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08:30 - 17:00
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08:30 - 17:00
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08:30
IMRT/VMAT: Theory and definitions
50'
Speaker: Anna ZAWADZKA (Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Poland) Material:
Slides
Video
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09:20
IMRT/VMAT: Practical Treatment Planning
50'
Speaker: Anna ZAWADZKA (Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Poland) Material:
Video
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10:10
Advanced techniques in RT: MR Linac
50'
Speaker: William SONG (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA) Material:
Slides
Video
- 11:00 Coffee Break 30'
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11:30
Introduction to IMRT/VMAT planning exercises
50'
Speaker: Anna ZAWADZKA (Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Poland), Victoria GUTIERREZ (Modena Hospital, Italy) Material:
Slides
Video
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12:20
Poster session & Lunch Break
2h10'
Material:
Booklet
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14:30
PTW symposium: Octavius 4D – New features and future outlook
30'
Material:
Video
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15:00
IMRT/VMAT planning exercises
40' (
Informatics Laboratory
)
Speaker: Anna ZAWADZKA (Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Poland), Victoria GUTIERREZ (Modena Hospital, Italy), Golam ZAKARIA (University of Cologne, Germany), Gianfranco LOI (Novara Hospital, Italy) - 15:40 Coffee Break 30'
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16:10
IMRT/VMAT planning exercises
50' (
Informatics Laboratory
)
Speaker: Anna ZAWADZKA (Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Poland), Victoria GUTIERREZ (Modena Hospital, Italy), Golam ZAKARIA (University of Cologne, Germany), Gianfranco LOI (Novara Hospital, Italy)
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08:30
IMRT/VMAT: Theory and definitions
50'
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19:00 - 20:00
Welcome reception
Location: Adriatico Guest House Terrace
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08:30 - 17:00
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08:30 - 19:30
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08:30
IMRT/VMAT: Quality assurance and pre-treatment verification
50'
Speaker: Golam ZAKARIA (University of Cologne, Germany) Material:
Slides
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09:20
IMRT/VMAT: Commissioning
50'
Speaker: Gianfranco LOI (Novara Hospital, Italy) Material:
Slides
Video
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10:10
Artificial intelligence introduction
50'
Speaker: Michele AVANZO (Aviano Oncology Centre, Italy) Material:
Slides
Video
- 11:00 Coffee Break 30'
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11:30
Artificial intelligence in radiation therapy
50'
Speaker: Michele AVANZO (Aviano Oncology Centre, Italy) Material:
Slides
Video
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12:20
Introduction to IMRT/VMAT hospital exercise
50'
Speaker: Rossella VIDIMARI (Trieste Hospital, Italy) Material:
Video
- 13:10 Lunch Break 50'
- 14:00 Time to reach Hospital 1h30'
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15:30
Group A: IMRT/VMAT pre-treatment verification exercise
2h0' (
Trieste Hospital
)
Speaker: Rossella VIDIMARI (Trieste Hospital, Italy), Golam ZAKARIA (University of Cologne, Germany) -
17:30
Group B: IMRT/VMAT pre-treatment verification exercise
2h0' (
Trieste Hospital
)
Speaker: Rossella VIDIMARI (Trieste Hospital, Italy), Golam ZAKARIA (University of Cologne, Germany)
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08:30
IMRT/VMAT: Quality assurance and pre-treatment verification
50'
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08:30 - 19:30
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08:30 - 19:00
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08:30
Brachytherapy – Introduction & Physics Background
50'
Speaker: William SONG (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA) Material:
Video
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09:20
Brachytherapy – Radiobiology, EQD2 Concept, LDR & HDR, Combining Treatments, TCP/NTCP (W Song)
50'
Speaker: William SONG (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA) Material:
Video
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10:10
Brachytherapy – Clinical Applications & QA I: GYN, Prostate HDR (B Ghedi), Breast HDR (W Song), LDR (F Ziglio)
50'
Speaker: Barbara GHEDI (Brescia Hospital, Italy), William SONG (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA), Francesco ZIGLIO (Trento Hospital S.Chiara, Italy) Material:
Video
- 11:00 Coffee Break 30'
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11:30
Brachytherapy – Clinical Applications & QA II: GYN, Prostate HDR (B Ghedi), Breast HDR (W Song), LDR (F Ziglio)
50'
Speaker: Barbara GHEDI (Brescia Hospital, Italy), William SONG (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA), Francesco ZIGLIO (Trento Hospital S.Chiara, Italy) Material:
Video
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12:20
Introduction to brachytherapy hospital exercise
50'
Speaker: Francesco ZIGLIO (Trento Hospital S.Chiara, Italy), Barbara GHEDI (Brescia Hospital, Italy), William SONG (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA) Material:
Video
- 13:10 Lunch Break 50'
- 14:00 Time to reach Hospital 1h0'
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15:00
Group A: HDR brachytherapy exercise …
2h0' (
Trieste Hospital
)
Speaker: Barbara GHEDI (Brescia Hospital, Italy), William SONG (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA), Francesco ZIGLIO (Trento Hospital S.Chiara, Italy), CUPARDO, Ren KAISER -
17:00
Group B: HDR brachytherapy exercise …
2h0' (
Trieste Hospital
)
Speaker: Barbara GHEDI (Brescia Hospital, Italy), William SONG (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA), Francesco ZIGLIO (Trento Hospital S.Chiara, Italy), CUPARDO, Ren KAISER
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08:30
Brachytherapy – Introduction & Physics Background
50'
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08:30 - 19:00
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08:30 - 17:00
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08:30
SBRT: Terminology and general overview
50'
Speaker: Pietro MANCOSU (HUMANITAS Cancer Center, Italy) Material:
Video
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09:20
SBRT: radiobiology rationale
50'
Speaker: Lidia STRIGARI (Bologna Hospital, Italy) Material:
Slides
Video
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10:10
SBRT: Management of respiratory motion
50'
Speaker: Pietro MANCOSU (HUMANITAS Cancer Center, Italy) Material:
Video
- 11:00 Coffee Break 30'
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11:30
SBRT: prescription, planning, and delivery
50'
Speaker: Pietro MANCOSU (HUMANITAS Cancer Center, Italy) Material:
Video
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12:20
SBRT: In vivo verification
50'
Speaker: Marco ESPOSITO (ICTP, Italy) Material:
Slides
Video
- 13:10 Lunch Break 1h20'
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14:30
Introduction to SBRT exercises
30'
Speaker: Pietro MANCOSU (HUMANITAS Cancer Center, Italy), Marco ESPOSITO (ICTP, Italy) -
15:00
SBRT planning exercises
40' (
Informatics Laboratory
)
Speaker: Marco ESPOSITO (ICTP, Italy), Pietro MANCOSU (HUMANITAS Cancer Center, Italy), Victoria GUTIERREZ (Modena Hospital, Italy) - 15:40 Coffee Break 30'
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16:10
SBRT planning exercises
50' (
Informatics Laboratory
)
Speaker: Marco ESPOSITO (ICTP, Italy), Pietro MANCOSU (HUMANITAS Cancer Center, Italy), Victoria GUTIERREZ (Modena Hospital, Italy)
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08:30
SBRT: Terminology and general overview
50'
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08:30 - 17:00
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08:30 - 15:50
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08:30
Incidents in RT
50'
Speaker: Yakov Marcelo PIPMAN (MPWB, USA) Material:
Video
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09:20
Prevention of incidents in radiotherapy (prospective and retrospective FMEA)
50'
Speaker: Yakov Marcelo PIPMAN (MPWB, USA) -
10:10
Audit 1
50'
Speaker: Serenella RUSSO (Florence Hospital, Italy) Material:
Video
- 11:00 Coffee Break 30'
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11:30
Audit 2
50'
Speaker: Serenella RUSSO (Florence Hospital, Italy) Material:
Video
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12:20
Poster presentation
50'
- 13:10 Lunch Break 1h20'
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14:30
Course evaluation & final test
30'
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15:00
Final discussion
20'
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15:20
Best poster presentation Award, Certificates and Closing
30'
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08:30
Incidents in RT
50'
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08:30 - 15:50