GENERAL INFORMATION
School on Medical Physics for Radiation Therapy: Dosimetry and Treatment Planning for Basic and Advanced Applications | (smr 2694)
Go to day
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08:30 - 18:00
Day 1
- 08:30 Registration outside Giambiagi Lecture Hall 1h30'
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10:00
Welcome and Student Introduction
40'
Speaker: Organizers -
10:40
Radiotherapy strategy, accuracy requirements
50'
Speaker: Maria Rosa Malisan (Udine Hospital, Italy) Material: 
Slides
- 11:30 Coffee break 30'
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12:00
Dosimetry: fundamentals I
50'
Speaker: Guenter Hartmann (German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg) Material:
Slides
Video
- 12:50 Lunch break 1h20'
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14:10
Dosimetry: fundamentals II
50'
Speaker: Guenter Hartmann Material:
Video
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15:00
Dosimetry: photon beams
50'
Speaker: Guenter Hartmann Material:
Slides
Video
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15:50
Dosimetry: electron beams
1h0'
Speaker: Guenter Hartmann Material:
Slides
Video
- 16:50 Coffee Break 10'
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17:00
Dosimetry exercise
1h0' (
InfoLab
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Speaker: Hartmann/Vidimari Material:
Slides
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08:30 - 18:00
Day 1
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09:00 - 19:00
Day 2
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09:00
Treatment machines
50'
Speaker: Eugenia Moretti (Udine Hospital, Italy) Material:
Slides
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09:50
IGRT 1
50'
Speaker: Pawel Kukolowicz (Holy Cross Cancer Center, Kielce, Poland) Material:
Slides
Video
- 10:40 Coffee break 30'
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11:10
MU calculation for photon beams 1
50'
Speaker: Maria Rosa Malisan Material:
Slides
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12:00
MU calculation for photon beams 2
50'
Speaker: Maria Rosa Malisan Material:
Slides
- 12:50 Lunch break 1h20'
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14:10
Groups A & B: MU calculation exercise
2h50' (
InfoLab
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Speaker: Malisan/Hartmann/Kukolowicz -
15:00
Group C: Linac 1: Photon and electron dosimetry
2h0' (
Trieste Hospital
)
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17:00
Group D: Linac 1: Photon and electron dosimetry
2h0' (
Trieste Hospital
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09:00
Treatment machines
50'
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09:00 - 19:00
Day 2
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09:00 - 19:00
Day 3
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09:00
Imaging in radiotherapy: patient data acquisition
50'
Speaker: Guenter Hartmann Material:
Slides
Video
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09:50
IGRT 2
50'
Speaker: Pawel Kukolowicz Material:
Video
- 10:40 Coffee break 30'
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11:10
Treatment planning systems
50'
Speaker: Guenter Hartmann Material:
Slides
Video
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12:00
Commissioning of TPS
50'
Speaker: Pawel Kukolowicz Material:
Slides
Video
- 12:50 Lunch break 1h20'
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14:10
Groups C & D: MU calculation exercise
2h50' (
Giambiagi Lecture Hall
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Speaker: Malisan/Hartmann -
15:00
Group A: Linac 1: Photon and electron dosimetry
2h0' (
Trieste Hospital
)
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17:00
Group B: Linac 1: Photon and electron dosimetry
2h0' (
Trieste Hospital
)
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09:00
Imaging in radiotherapy: patient data acquisition
50'
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09:00 - 19:00
Day 3
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09:00 - 20:00
Day 4
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09:00
Conformal RT
50'
Speaker: Golam Abu Zakaria (Hospital of the University of Cologne, Germany) Material:
Slides
Video
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09:50
Multi-modal image integration
50'
Speaker: Carlo Cavedon (Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Verona, Italy) Material:
Slides
Video
- 10:40 Coffee break 30'
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11:10
Patient immobilization and setup verification
50'
Speaker: Golam Abu Zakaria Material:
Slides
Video
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12:00
Organ motion management
50'
Speaker: Carlo Cavedon Material:
Slides
Video
- 12:50 Lunch break 1h20'
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14:10
Introduction to afternoon exercise
50' (
InfoLab
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Speaker: Zakaria/Moretti - 15:00 Coffee break 15'
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15:15
Exercise: treatment planning exercise: prostate
2h45' (
InfoLab
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Speaker: Zakaria/Moretti - 18:30 Buffet Dinner for all participants 1h30' ( Adriatico Guesthouse Cafeteria )
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09:00
Conformal RT
50'
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09:00 - 20:00
Day 4
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09:00 - 18:05
Day 5
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09:00
Quality assurance programme in radiotherapy
50'
Speaker: Golam Abu Zakaria Material:
Slides
Video
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09:50
Quality assurance in radiotherapy 1 (therapy equipment)
50'
Speaker: Samuel Tung (University of Texas, Houston, U.S.A.) Material:
Slides
Video
- 10:40 Coffee break 30'
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11:10
Quality assurance in radiotherapy 2 (simulators)
50'
Speaker: Justus Adamson (Duke University Medical Center, U.S.A.) Material:
Slides
Video
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12:00
Total body irradiation
50'
Speaker: Rossella Vidimari (Trieste Hospital) Material:
Slides
- 12:50 Lunch break 1h20'
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14:10
Introduction to afternoon exercise
50' (
InfoLab
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Speaker: Zakaria/Tung/Adamson/Moretti - 15:00 Coffee break 15'
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15:15
Exercise: treatment planning: H & N
2h45' (
InfoLab
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Speaker: Zakaria/Tung/Adamson/Moretti
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09:00
Quality assurance programme in radiotherapy
50'
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09:00 - 18:05
Day 5
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09:00 - 19:00
Day 6
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09:00
Transition from 2D/3D to IMRT
50'
Speaker: Yakov Pipman (AAPM, New York, U.S.A.) Material:
Slides
Video
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09:50
IMRT - the inverse problem & the inverse planning
50'
Speaker: Samuel Tung Material:
Slides
Video
- 10:40 Coffee break 30'
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11:10
IMRT: technology and process
50'
Speaker: Justus Adamson Material:
Slides
Video
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12:00
IMRT: planning
50'
Speaker: Maria Rosa Malisan - 12:50 Lunch break 1h10'
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14:00
Group A & B: IMRT treatment planning
4h0' (
InfoLab
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Speaker: Moretti/Adamson/Pipman/Tung -
15:00
Group C: Linac: QC on linac and MLC
2h0' (
Trieste Hospital
)
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17:00
Group D: Linac: QC on linac and MLC
2h0' (
Trieste Hospital
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09:00
Transition from 2D/3D to IMRT
50'
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09:00 - 19:00
Day 6
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09:00 - 19:00
Day 7
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09:00
Fundamental radiobiology
50'
Speaker: Colin Orton (United Kingdom) Material:
Slides
Video
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09:50
IMRT dosimetric aspects and commissioning strategies
50'
Speaker: Justus Adamson Material:
Slides
Video
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10:40
Coffee Break
30'
Coffee Break
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11:10
IMRT: patient-specific dose quality assurance
50'
Speaker: Samuel Tung Material:
Slides
Video
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12:00
Quantitative radiobiology for treatment evaluation
50'
Speaker: Colin Orton Material:
Slides
Video
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12:50
Lunch Break
1h10'
Lunch Break
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14:00
Groups C & D: IMRT treatment planning
4h0' (
InfoLab
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Speaker: Moretti/Adamson/Pipman/Tung -
15:00
Group A: Linac: QC on linac and MLC
2h0' (
Trieste Hospital
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17:00
Group B: Linac: QC on linac and MLC
20' (
Trieste Hospital
)
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09:00
Fundamental radiobiology
50'
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09:00 - 19:00
Day 7
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09:00 - 22:50
Day 8
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09:00
Stereotactic radiosurgery
50'
Speaker: Yakov Pipman Material:
Slides
Video
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09:50
Patient information systems
50'
Speaker: Eugenia Moretti -
10:40
Coffee Break
30'
Coffee Break
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11:10
Advanced RT: VMAT: quality assurance of VMAT
50'
Speaker: Marta Paiusco (Istituto Oncologico Veneto, Padova, Italy) Material:
Slides
Video
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12:00
IMRT pre-treatment verification
50'
Speaker: Eugenia Moretti -
12:50
Special PTW Buffet Lunch served outside lecture room
1h10'
During the lunch break a presentation will be given by Tino Ebneth on PTW Advanced Systems
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15:00
Exercise: IMRT/VMAT pre-treatment verification; Group A & B: Radiochromic film; Group C & D: 2D/3D array
2h0' (
Trieste Hospital
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17:00
Exercise: IMRT/VMAT pre-treatment verification; Group C & D: Radiochromic film; Group A & B: 2D/3D array
2h0' (
Trieste Hospital
)
- 20:00 Special IBA Buffet Dinner 2h0' ( Adriatico Guesthouse Cafeteria )
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09:00
Stereotactic radiosurgery
50'
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09:00 - 22:50
Day 8
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08:15 - 19:00
Day 9
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08:15
Strategies for IMRT verification: from planar film dosimetry to online 3D dose reconstruction in patient anatomy
45'
Speaker: Lutz Mueller (IBA, Schwarzenbruck, Germany) -
09:00
Brachytherapy 1
50'
Speaker: Colin Orton Material:
Slides
Video
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09:50
Lessons learned from incidents in RT
50'
Speaker: Yakov Pipman Material:
Slides
Video
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10:40
Coffee Break
30'
Coffee Break
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11:10
Brachytherapy 2
50'
Speaker: Colin Orton Material:
Slides
Video
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12:00
Prevention of incidents in radiotherapy
50'
Speaker: Yakov Pipman Material:
Video
- 12:50 Lunch Break 1h10'
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14:00
All participants (excluding brachy groups): TPS exercises
4h0' (
InfoLab
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Speaker: Andrea Dassie (CRO Aviano, Italy) -
15:00
Group Brachy 1: Brachytherapy Planning/QA
2h0' (
Trieste Hospital
)
Speaker: Fabrizio Cupardo/Colin Orton/Francesco Ziglio -
17:00
Group Brachy 2: Brachytherapy Planning/QA
2h0' (
Trieste Hospital
)
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08:15
Strategies for IMRT verification: from planar film dosimetry to online 3D dose reconstruction in patient anatomy
45'
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08:15 - 19:00
Day 9
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08:15 - 14:45
Day 10
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08:15
Presentation of "Quality Report" (Sun Nuclear) and ITAPacs (Tecnologie Avanzate)
45'
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09:00
BED applications in practice
50'
Speaker: Colin Orton Material:
Slides
Video
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09:50
Round table: new trends in radiotherapy and role of the MP in RT
50'
Speaker: Orton/Malisan/Padovani/Ziglio/Dassie - 10:40 Coffee break 20'
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11:00
Course evaluation and final test
1h30'
Speaker: Orton/Malisan/Padovani -
12:30
Taqi Binesh Awards and Closing Ceremony
1h0'
Speaker: Bertocchi/Orton/Malisan/Padovani - 13:30 Special TECNOLOGIE AVANZATE Buffet Lunch 1h0' ( AGH Cafeteria )
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08:15
Presentation of "Quality Report" (Sun Nuclear) and ITAPacs (Tecnologie Avanzate)
45'
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08:15 - 14:45
Day 10