Joint ICTP-IAEA School on Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques with Emphasis on Imaging and Treatment Planning

Administration

Material

Group Photograph List of Participants announcement

Joint ICTP-IAEA School on Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques with Emphasis on Imaging and Treatment Planning | (smr 2231)

Go to day

Monday, 4 April 2011
- 08:15 - 08:30 Registration in Secretary's Office No. 5 (Ms. Suzie Radosic)
  - 08:15 Registration in Secretary's Office No. 5 (Ms. Suzie Radosic) 15'
- 08:30 - 10:00 Overview of medical imaging in radiation therapy including ICRU concepts
  - 08:30 Overview of medical imaging in radiation therapy including ICRU concepts 1h30'
    
    Speaker: David Jaffray (Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto, Canada)
- 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
  - 10:00 Coffee Break 30'
- 10:30 - 12:30 CT: principles and applications
  - 10:30 CT: principles and applications 2h0'
    
    Speaker: Uwe Oelfke (DKFZ Heidelberg, Germany)
- 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
  - 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
- 14:00 - 15:30 MRI: principles, applications and the future of functional imaging
  - 14:00 MRI: principles, applications and the future of functional imaging 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Martin Leach (Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, UK)
- 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
  - 15:30 Coffee Break 30'
- 16:00 - 18:00 Nuclear Medicine Imaging: PET, SPECT
  - 16:00 Nuclear Medicine Imaging: PET, SPECT 2h0'
    
    Speaker: Carlo Greco (University of Pisa, Italy)
- 19:00 - 21:00 Buffet Dinner for all Participants
  
  Location: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
  - 19:00 Buffet Dinner for all Participants 2h0'
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
- 08:30 - 09:30 Patient immobilization, for precision RT, body frames, visual patient tracking, respiratory management
  - 08:30 Patient immobilization, for precision RT, body frames, visual patient tracking, respiratory management 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Howard Amols (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA)
- 09:30 - 10:00 Patient immobilization, for precision RT, body frames, visual patient tracking, respiratory management
  - 09:30 Patient immobilization, for precision RT, body frames, visual patient tracking, respiratory management 30'
    
    Speaker: David Jaffray
- 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
  - 10:00 Coffee Break 30'
- 10:30 - 12:00 IMRT systems and QA. IMRT, MLC, record and verify, system design and QA
  - 10:30 IMRT systems and QA. IMRT, MLC, record and verify, system design and QA 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Howard Amols
- 12:00 - 12:30 SBRT, Cyberknife, QA
  - 12:00 SBRT, Cyberknife, QA 30'
    
    Speaker: Paul Keall (Sydney Medical School, Camperdown, Australia)
- 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
  - 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
- 14:00 - 15:30 TPS acquisition, acceptance, commissioning and QA
  - 14:00 TPS acquisition, acceptance, commissioning and QA 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Jake Van Dyk (IAEA, Vienna, Austria)
- 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
  - 15:30 Coffee Break 30'
- 16:00 - 18:00 Treatment plan optimization, evaluation metrics, radiobiological modelling, dose-volume constraints
  - 16:00 Treatment plan optimization, evaluation metrics, radiobiological modelling, dose-volume constraints 2h0'
    
    Speaker: Giovanna Gagliardi (Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden)
Wednesday, 6 April 2011
- 08:30 - 10:00 Patient specific QA. Assessment of plan acceptability, transfer of plan to Linac, Record and Verify system
  - 08:30 Patient specific QA. Assessment of plan acceptability, transfer of plan to Linac, Record and Verify system 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Margie Hunt (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA)
- 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
  - 10:00 Coffee Break 30'
- 10:30 - 11:00 Patient specific QA for IMRT: Dosimetry, EPID and cone beam CT, MVCT (Dosimetry)
  - 10:30 Patient specific QA for IMRT: Dosimetry, EPID and cone beam CT, MVCT (Dosimetry) 30'
    
    Speaker: Howard Amols
- 11:00 - 11:45 Patient specific QA for IMRT: Dosimetry, EPID and cone beam CT, MVCT (KV-CBCT)
  - 11:00 Patient specific QA for IMRT: Dosimetry, EPID and cone beam CT, MVCT (KV-CBCT) 45'
    
    Speaker: David Jaffray
- 11:45 - 12:30 Patient specific QA for IMRT: Dosimetry, EPID and cone beam CT, MVCT (EPID and MV-imaging)
  - 11:45 Patient specific QA for IMRT: Dosimetry, EPID and cone beam CT, MVCT (EPID and MV-imaging) 45'
    
    Speaker: Paul Keall
- 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
  - 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
- 14:00 - 15:30 Treatment planning of specific patient examples
  - 14:00 Treatment planning of specific patient examples 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Giuseppe Alberta
- 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
  - 15:30 Coffee Break 30'
- 16:00 - 18:00 Description of technology (30 mins); Treatment planning of specific patient examples (90 mins.)
  - 16:00 Description of technology (30 mins); Treatment planning of specific patient examples (90 mins.) 2h0'
    
    Speaker: Antonella Fogliata
Thursday, 7 April 2011
- 08:30 - 09:30 Monte Carlo calculations and advanced planning: Monte Carlo current status, speed and accuracy
  - 08:30 Monte Carlo calculations and advanced planning: Monte Carlo current status, speed and accuracy 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Paul Keall
- 09:30 - 10:00 Monte Carlo calculations and advanced planning: Monte Carlo current status, speed and accuracy
  - 09:30 Monte Carlo calculations and advanced planning: Monte Carlo current status, speed and accuracy 30'
    
    Speaker: David Jaffray
- 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
  - 10:00 Coffee Break 30'
- 10:30 - 12:30 Description of technology (30 mins.); Treatment planning of specific patient examples (90 mins.)
  - 10:30 Description of technology (30 mins.); Treatment planning of specific patient examples (90 mins.) 2h0'
    
    Speaker: Stefano Presilla
- 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
  - 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
- 14:00 - 14:45 IGRT, inter and intra fractional motion management
  - 14:00 IGRT, inter and intra fractional motion management 45'
    
    Speaker: David Jaffray
- 14:45 - 15:30 IGRT, inter and intra fractional motion management
  - 14:45 IGRT, inter and intra fractional motion management 45'
    
    Speaker: Paull Keall
- 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
  - 15:30 Coffee Break 30'
- 16:00 - 18:00 Description of technology (30 mins.); Treatment planning of specific patient examples (90 mins.)
  - 16:00 Description of technology (30 mins.); Treatment planning of specific patient examples (90 mins.) 2h0'
    
    Speaker: Karen Smith
Friday, 8 April 2011
- 08:30 - 10:00 Treatment planning of specific patient examples
  - 08:30 Treatment planning of specific patient examples 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Francois Husson
- 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
  - 10:00 Coffee Break 30'
- 10:30 - 12:30 Pelvis, Head and Neck, Lung, Breast
  - 10:30 Pelvis, Head and Neck, Lung, Breast 2h0'
    
    Speaker: Margie Hunt
- 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
  - 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
- 14:00 - 14:30 Participants' feedback
  - 14:00 Participants' feedback 30'
    
    Speaker: Directors
- 14:30 - 15:30 Examination
  - 14:30 Examination 1h0'
- 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
  - 15:30 Coffee Break 30'
- 16:00 - 18:00 Final questions, discussion
  - 16:00 Final questions, discussion 2h0'
    
    Speaker: All Lecturers and Course Directors