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Description An ICTP-IAEA meeting in person

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Medical imaging plays a pivotal role in accurate disease diagnosis and improved treatment of the patient and has proven to be invaluable to the whole process. Its use is vital at all levels of health care, in preventive medicine, curative and palliative care. Specifically in fluoroscopically-guided interventional procedures, modern X ray angiography systems are equipped with numerous protocols and tools for comprehensive clinical evaluation of the patient problem and can be used for treatment without long hospitalization periods.
 
Unfortunately, the education and training of medical physicists on quality assurance, dosimetry and particularly on optimization of procedures with the use of modern angiography systems is limited. Furthermore, existing training programs are often outdated and irrelevant to the requirements of modern imaging. It is vital to widen the scope of quality assurance and dosimetry to meet these needs. This is particularly important in less resourced countries where the presence of well trained medical physicists is lacking, jeopardizing the safety and quality of the clinical process as well as patient outcome. The focused training of these professionals to meet the high demands of the systems and related clinical needs will help them take an active high level role in the relevant medical departments.
 
 
The specific training course will focus on topics such as:
  • Quality assurance and dosimetry
  • Performance testing and its added value in the everyday clinical practice
  • Various software tools for dosimetry, patient data collection and data analysis
  • Image quality evaluation
  • Optimization of clinical procedures
  • Artificial Intelligence applications
 

Speakers:
P. BREGANT, Trieste Hospital, Italy
P. GILLIGAN, EFOMP, Ireland
C. HONG YEONG, IOMP, Malaysia
C. MACCIA, CAATS, France
F. MALCHAIR, CAATS, Belgium
B.A. SCHUELER, AAPM, USA
A. TRIANNI, EFOMP Working Group Angiography QC Chair, Italy


Applicants are encouraged to submit an abstract for or a contributed talk or a poster presentation. During the application, please make sure to use our templates to format your abstract. Templates are available below for download.

Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee.
Go to day
  • Monday, 9 October 2023
    • 08:00 - 08:30 Registration
      The registration is necessary for participants who does not stay at the ICTP Guest Houses
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Lower level
    • 08:30 - 17:30
      • 08:30 Welcome Introduction participants and lecturers 45'
        Speaker: Virginia TSAPAKI (IAEA, Austria), Marco ESPOSITO (ICTP, Italy)
      • 09:15 Precourse test 45'
      • 10:00 Presentation of IAEA activiites related to radiology 45'
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        Speaker: Virginia TSAPAKI (IAEA, Austria)
        Material: Slides Video
      • 10:45 Group photo & Coffee 30'
      • 11:15 Clinical applications (cardio, neuro, vascular, gastro, etc) 45'
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        Speaker: Manuel BELGRANO
        Material: Video
      • 12:00 Latest updates on angiography technology 45'
        Speaker: David CALDWELL (EFOMP, Ireland)
        Material: Slides
      • 12:45 Lunch 1h15'
      • 14:00 General principles of QA, quality management 45'
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        Speaker: Paddy GILLIGAN (EFOMP, Ireland)
        Material: Slides Video
      • 14:45 Key image quality features & how to evaluate 45'
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        Speaker: Carlo MACCIA (CAATS, France)
        Material: Video
      • 15:30 Coffee 30'
      • 16:00 Phantoms for QC 45'
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        Speaker: Francoise MALCHAIR (CAATS, Belgium)
        Material: Video
      • 16:45 Acceptance testing/Difference between QA and acceptance testing 45'
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        Speaker: Elisabeth SCHUELER (AAPM, USA)
        Material: Slides Video
    • 18:30 - 19:30 Welcome reception
  • Tuesday, 10 October 2023
    • 08:30 - 13:45
      • 08:30 Performance testing (daily, weekly, etc)) 45'
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        Speaker: Chai HONG YEONG (IOMP, Malaysia)
        Material: Slides Video
      • 09:15 Equipment specifications/procurement 45'
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        Speaker: Paddy GILLIGAN (EFOMP, Ireland)
        Material: Slides Video
      • 10:00 Special considerations in dosimetry 45'
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        Speaker: Francoise MALCHAIR (CAATS, Belgium)
        Material: Slides Video
      • 10:45 Coffee 30'
      • 11:15 Practicals: introduction 45'
      • 12:00 Discussion and final set up of practicals 45'
      • 12:45 Lunch 1h0'
    • 15:00 - 18:00
      • 15:00 Hospital practicals 1h30' ( Trieste Hospital )
      • 17:00 Hospital practicals 1h0' ( Trieste Hospital )
  • Wednesday, 11 October 2023
    • 08:30 - 17:30
      • 08:30 Advanced performance testing 45'
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        Speaker: Annalisa TRIANNI (EFOMP Working Group Angiography QC Chair, Italy)
        Material: Video
      • 09:15 Radiation protection of staff and patient including shielding 45'
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        Speaker: Chai HONG YEONG (IOMP, Malaysia)
        Material: Slides Video
      • 10:00 Automatic Exposure control (practical examples) 45'
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        Speaker: Francoise MALCHAIR (CAATS, Belgium)
        Material: Video
      • 10:45 Coffee 30'
      • 11:15 Optimization of image quality and radiation dose 45'
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        Speaker: Elisabeth SCHUELER (AAPM, USA)
        Material: Slides Video
      • 12:00 Patient skin dose estimation 45'
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        Speaker: Chai HONG YEONG (IOMP, Malaysia)
        Material: Slides Video
      • 12:45 Lunch 1h15'
      • 14:00 Analysis of QC/dosimetry measurements 1h30' ( Informatics Laboratory )
      • 15:30 Coffee 30'
      • 16:00 InfoLab: (cont.) Analysis of QC/dosimetry measurements 1h30' ( Informatics Laboratory )
  • Thursday, 12 October 2023
  • Friday, 13 October 2023
    • 08:30 - 13:00
      • 08:30 Optimization in Interventional cardiology (practical examples) 45'
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        Speaker: Carlo MACCIA (CAATS, France)
        Material: Video
      • 09:15 Optimization in vascular procedures (practical examples) 45'
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        Speaker: Francoise MALCHAIR (CAATS, Belgium)
        Material: Video
      • 10:00 AI in IR 45'
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        Speaker: David CALDWELL (EFOMP, Ireland)
        Material: Slides Video
      • 10:45 Coffee 30'
      • 11:15 Dose management software 45'
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        Speaker: Virginia TSAPAKI (IAEA, Austria)
        Material: Slides Video
      • 12:00 Postcourse test 20'
      • 12:20 Discussions & Conclusions 15'
        Speakers: Virginia TSAPAKI (IAEA, Austria), Marco ESPOSITO (ICTP, Italy)