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Joint ICTP-IAEA International Training Workshop on Accuracy Requirement and Uncertainty in Radiation Therapy | (smr 2502)
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  • Monday, 9 December 2013
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Registration in Main Entrance Lobby
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Registration in Main Entrance Lobby 1h0'
    • 10:00 - 10:30 Opening and Introduction of Participants
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 10:00 Opening and Introduction of Participants 30'
        Speaker: Directors and Lecturers
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Activities and material in this topic
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 Activities and material in this topic 30'
        Speaker: Ben Mijnheer (The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam)
    • 11:30 - 12:00 Activities and material in this topic
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 11:30 Activities and material in this topic 30'
        Speaker: Debbie van der Merwe (IAEA, Vienna, Austria)
    • 12:00 - 12:30 Activities and material in this topic
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 12:00 Activities and material in this topic 30'
        Speaker: Jatinder Palta (AAPM, USA)
    • 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
    • 14:00 - 14:45 Radiotherapy process (EBRT)
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Radiotherapy process (EBRT) 45'
        Speaker: Jatinder Palta
    • 14:45 - 15:30 Radiotherapy process (EBRT)
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 14:45 Radiotherapy process (EBRT) 45'
        Speaker: Howard Amols (AAPM, USA)
    • 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 15:30 Coffee Break 30'
    • 16:00 - 18:00 The brachytherapy process (BT)
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 16:00 The brachytherapy process (BT) 2h0'
        Speaker: Daniel Berger (AKH, Vienna, Austria)
  • Tuesday, 10 December 2013
    • 09:00 - 09:45 Definitions and terminology
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Definitions and terminology 45'
        Speaker: Ben Mijnheer
    • 09:45 - 10:30 Radiobiological aspects
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 09:45 Radiobiological aspects 45'
        Speaker: Howard Amols
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
    • 11:00 - 11:45 Accuracy requirements and uncertainties: Absolute dosimetry (EBRT)
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 Accuracy requirements and uncertainties: Absolute dosimetry (EBRT) 45'
        Speaker: Jatinder Palta
    • 11:45 - 12:30 Accuracy requirements and uncertainties: Absolute dosimetry (BT)
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 11:45 Accuracy requirements and uncertainties: Absolute dosimetry (BT) 45'
        Speaker: Debbie van der Merwe
    • 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
    • 14:00 - 14:45 Accuracy requirements and uncertainties: Relative dosimetry EBRT
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Accuracy requirements and uncertainties: Relative dosimetry EBRT 45'
        Speaker: Jatinder Palta
    • 14:45 - 15:30 Clinical and biological consequences of errors
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 14:45 Clinical and biological consequences of errors 45'
        Speaker: Howard Amols
    • 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 15:30 Coffee Break 30'
    • 16:00 - 18:00 Discussions and questions (clinical and radiobiological aspects)
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 16:00 Discussions and questions (clinical and radiobiological aspects) 2h0'
        Speaker: All Lecturers and Participants
    • 18:30 - 20:30 Buffet Dinner
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Cafeteria
      • 18:30 Buffet Dinner 2h0'
  • Wednesday, 11 December 2013
    • 09:00 - 09:45 Accuracy requirements and uncertainties: Imaging systems (EBRT)
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Accuracy requirements and uncertainties: Imaging systems (EBRT) 45'
        Speaker: Howard Amols
    • 09:45 - 10:30 Accuracy requirements and uncertainties: Imaging systems (BT)
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 09:45 Accuracy requirements and uncertainties: Imaging systems (BT) 45'
        Speaker: Daniel Berger
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
    • 11:00 - 11:45 Accuracy requirements and uncertainties: Volume definition and margins and WIP (ICru) (EBRT)
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 Accuracy requirements and uncertainties: Volume definition and margins and WIP (ICru) (EBRT) 45'
        Speaker: Ben Mijnheer
    • 11:45 - 12:30 Accuracy requirements and uncertainties: Volume definition and margins and WIP (ICRU)(BT)
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 11:45 Accuracy requirements and uncertainties: Volume definition and margins and WIP (ICRU)(BT) 45'
        Speaker: Daniel Berger
    • 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
    • 14:00 - 14:45 Accuracy requirements and uncertainties: Patient immobilization for EBRT
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Accuracy requirements and uncertainties: Patient immobilization for EBRT 45'
        Speaker: Jatinder Palta
    • 14:45 - 15:30 Treatment planning, dose calculations and delivery (BT) incl. QA of TP and in-vivo dosimetry (HDR)
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 14:45 Treatment planning, dose calculations and delivery (BT) incl. QA of TP and in-vivo dosimetry (HDR) 45'
        Speaker: Daniel Berger
    • 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 15:30 Coffee Break 30'
    • 16:00 - 17:00 Treatment planning (EBRT) accuracy of dose calculation algorithms and patient specific QA of Tp (3D)
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 16:00 Treatment planning (EBRT) accuracy of dose calculation algorithms and patient specific QA of Tp (3D) 1h0'
        Speaker: Debbie van der Merwe
    • 17:00 - 18:00 Treatment planning (EBRT) accuracy of dose calculation algorithms and patient specific QA of Tp (IMRT)
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 17:00 Treatment planning (EBRT) accuracy of dose calculation algorithms and patient specific QA of Tp (IMRT) 1h0'
        Speaker: Jatinder Palta
  • Thursday, 12 December 2013
    • 09:00 - 09:45 Accuracy requirements and uncertainties: Treatment delivery systems (EBRT) Portal imaging, IGRT systems and Motion Management
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Accuracy requirements and uncertainties: Treatment delivery systems (EBRT) Portal imaging, IGRT systems and Motion Management 45'
        Speaker: Jatinder Palta
    • 09:45 - 10:30 Clinical data transfer Record and verify
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 09:45 Clinical data transfer Record and verify 45'
        Speaker: Ben Mijnheer
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
    • 11:00 - 11:45 Accuracy requirements and uncertainties: When and how is EBRT setup corrected?
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 Accuracy requirements and uncertainties: When and how is EBRT setup corrected? 45'
        Speaker: Ben Mijnheer
    • 11:45 - 12:30 When and how is BT procedures abandoned or adjusted?
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 11:45 When and how is BT procedures abandoned or adjusted? 45'
        Speaker: Daniel Berger
    • 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
    • 14:00 - 14:45 Determining and combining uncertainties in the clinic CTV-PTV determination; Margin recipes (clinical examples)
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Determining and combining uncertainties in the clinic CTV-PTV determination; Margin recipes (clinical examples) 45'
        Speaker: Ben Mijnheer
    • 14:45 - 15:30 Reporting uncertainties (WIP)
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 14:45 Reporting uncertainties (WIP) 45'
        Speaker: Debbie van der Merwe
    • 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 15:30 Coffee Break 30'
    • 16:00 - 18:00 Case studies or group tutorial exercises
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 16:00 Case studies or group tutorial exercises 2h0'
        Speaker: All Lecturers and Participants
  • Friday, 13 December 2013
    • 09:00 - 09:45 Accuracy requirements and uncertainties: Advanced technologies and techniques, incl. TP (stereo, 4D, tomotherapy, cyberknife, etc)
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Accuracy requirements and uncertainties: Advanced technologies and techniques, incl. TP (stereo, 4D, tomotherapy, cyberknife, etc) 45'
        Speaker: Ben Mijnheer
    • 09:45 - 10:30 Accuracy requirements and uncertainties: Advanced technologies and techniques, incl. TP (stereo, 4D, tomotherapy, cyberknife, etc)
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 09:45 Accuracy requirements and uncertainties: Advanced technologies and techniques, incl. TP (stereo, 4D, tomotherapy, cyberknife, etc) 45'
        Speaker: Jatinder Palta
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
    • 11:00 - 11:45 Reporting and recording uncertainties in the clinic. Incidents, accidents, audits and resources (audits)
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 Reporting and recording uncertainties in the clinic. Incidents, accidents, audits and resources (audits) 45'
        Speaker: Debbie van der Merwe
    • 11:45 - 12:30 Classic physics errors in radiation therapy
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 11:45 Classic physics errors in radiation therapy 45'
        Speaker: Howard Amols
    • 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
    • 14:00 - 15:30 Test Multiple choice questions received from the Lecturers
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Test Multiple choice questions received from the Lecturers 1h30'
        Speaker: Debbie van der Merwe, Howard Amols
    • 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 15:30 Coffee Break 30'
    • 16:00 - 16:30 Hand-out of certificates and course material
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Euler Lecture Hall
      • 16:00 Hand-out of certificates and course material 30'
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