CDSAGENDA V.5 Joint ICTP-IAEA International Training Workshop on Transitioning from 2D to 3D Conformal Radiotherapy and Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy

Joint ICTP-IAEA International Training Workshop on Transitioning from 2D to 3D Conformal Radiotherapy and Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy

Start Time:

10 December 2012 at 08:30

Ends On:

14 December 2012

Location:

Trieste - Italy

Venue:

AGH (Giambiagi Lecture Hall)

Organizer(s):

IAEA: D. van der Merwe; ICTP: L. Bertocchi (Local Organiser); AAPM: H. Amols

Material:

no notes available

Monday, 10 December 2012

Room: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall

10 December 2012

08:30
10:00

Registration outside Giambiagi Lecture Hall

01h30'

10:00
10:15

Introductory Remarks

15'

Luciano Bertocchi (ICTP) and Debbie van der Merwe (IAEA)

10:15
10:45

Coffee Break

30'

10:45
11:35

Evolution of 2D to 3D and IMRT

50'

Margie Hunt
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA

11:35
11:40

Short Break

05'

11:40
12:30

Basic cross-sectional imaging, CT scanners

50'

Howard Amols
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA

12:30
13:45

Lunch Break

01h15'

13:45
15:00

Multimodality imaging and image fusion for 3D treatment planning

01h15'

Margie Hunt

15:00
15:30

Coffee Break

30'

15:30
16:45

Treatment delivery software, record/verify systems

01h15'

Indra Das
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA

16:45
17:30

Documentary on the History of the ICTP

45'

Tuesday, 11 December 2012

11 December 2012

08:30
09:20

Equipment selection, acceptance testing, commissioning

50'

Howard Amols

09:20
09:25

Short Break

05'

09:25
10:15

Dosimetry equipment

50'

Indra Das

10:15
10:45

Coffee Break

30'

10:45
11:35

Delivery techniques

50'

Ben Mijnheer
The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam

11:35
11:40

Short Break

05'

11:40
12:30

QC/QA tools

50'

Indra Das

12:30
13:45

Lunch Break

01h15'

13:45
15:00

Geometric uncertainties and treatment margins

01h15'

Ben Mijnheer

15:00
15:30

Coffee Break

30'

15:30
16:45

Patient positioning and immobilisation

01h15'

Indra Das

19:00
21:00

Buffet Dinner

02h00'

Room: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria

Wednesday, 12 December 2012

12 December 2012

08:30
09:20

Defining target and normal tissue doses within ICRU guidelines

50'

Ben Mijnheer

09:20
09:25

Short Break

05'

09:25
10:15

Treatment planning (3D CRT): Different disease sites

50'

Margie Hunt

10:15
10:45

Coffee Break

30'

10:45
11:35

Treatment planning (IMRT): Different disease sites

50'

Margie Hunt

11:35
11:40

Short Break

05'

11:40
12:30

Image guidance - technical aspects

50'

Ben Mijnheer

12:30
13:45

Lunch Break

01h15'

13:45
16:45

Practical Sessions at Ospedale Maggiore

03h00'

Thursday, 13 December 2012

13 December 2012

08:30
09:20

Treatment plan verification

50'

Indra Das

09:20
09:25

Short Break

05'

09:25
10:15

QA and data transfer

50'

Margie Hunt

10:15
10:45

Coffee Break

30'

10:45
11:35

Verification of treatment delivery, real time patient imaging and tracking

50'

Howard Amols

11:35
11:40

Short Break

05'

11:40
12:30

Pre-treatment and in-vivo dosimetry

50'

Ben Mijnheer

12:30
13:45

Lunch Break

01h15'

13:45
16:45

Practical Sessions at Ospedale Maggiore

03h00'

Friday, 14 December 2012

14 December 2012

08:30
10:15

Presentation of results from practical sessions and discussion on lessons learned

01h45'

Debbie van der Merwe

10:15
10:45

Coffee Break

30'

10:45
11:35

Medical physics auditing, overall QA and review

50'

Margie Hunt

11:35
11:40

Short Break

05'

11:40
12:30

Safety concerns

50'

Howard Amols

12:30
13:45

Lunch Break

01h15'

13:45
16:45

Course Evaluation, Test and Assessment, Distribution of Certificates and Material

03h00'

Debbie van der Merwe