CDSAGENDA V.5 Joint ICTP-IAEA School on Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques with Emphasis on Imaging and Treatment Planning

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

Start Time:

4 April 2011 at 08:30

Ends On:

8 April 2011

Location:

Trieste - Italy

Venue:

AGH (Giambiagi Lecture Hall)

Organizer(s):

IAEA: J. Van Dyk; G. Gagliardi (Sweden), H. Amols (USA); ICTP: L. Bertocchi

Material:

no notes available

Monday, 4 April 2011

Room: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall

08:15
08:30

Registration in Secretary's Office No. 5 (Ms. Suzie Radosic)

15'

08:30
10:00

Imaging for Radiation Treatment Planning I

Overview of medical imaging in radiation therapy including ICRU concepts

01h30'

David Jaffray
Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto, Canada

10:00
10:30

Coffee Break

30'

10:30
12:30

Imaging for Radiation Treatment Planning II

CT: principles and applications

02h00'

Uwe Oelfke
DKFZ Heidelberg, Germany

12:30
14:00

Lunch Break

01h30'

14:00
15:30

Imaging for Radiation Treatment Planning III

MRI: principles, applications and the future of functional imaging

01h30'

Martin Leach
Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, UK

15:30
16:00

Coffee Break

30'

16:00
18:00

Imaging for Radiation Treatment Planning IV

Nuclear Medicine Imaging: PET, SPECT

02h00'

Carlo Greco
University of Pisa, Italy

19:00
21:00

Buffet Dinner for all Participants

02h00'

Room: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria

Tuesday, 5 April 2011

Room: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall

08:30
09:30

Setup and Simulation

Patient immobilization, for precision RT, body frames, visual patient tracking, respiratory management

01h00'

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

09:30
10:00

Setup and Simulation

Patient immobilization, for precision RT, body frames, visual patient tracking, respiratory management

30'

David Jaffray

10:00
10:30

Coffee Break

30'

10:30
12:00

Treatment Delivery I

IMRT systems and QA. IMRT, MLC, record and verify, system design and QA

01h30'

Howard Amols

12:00
12:30

Treatment Delivery I

SBRT, Cyberknife, QA

30'

Paul Keall
Sydney Medical School, Camperdown, Australia

12:30
14:00

Lunch Break

01h30'

14:00
15:30

Treatment Planning I

TPS acquisition, acceptance, commissioning and QA

01h30'

Jake Van Dyk
IAEA, Vienna, Austria

15:30
16:00

Coffee Break

30'

16:00
18:00

Treatment Planning II

Treatment plan optimization, evaluation metrics, radiobiological modelling, dose-volume constraints

02h00'

Giovanna Gagliardi
Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Wednesday, 6 April 2011

Room: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall

08:30
10:00

Treatment Planning III

Patient specific QA. Assessment of plan acceptability, transfer of plan to Linac, Record and Verify system

01h30'

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

10:00
10:30

Coffee Break

30'

10:30
11:00

Treatment Delivery II

Patient specific QA for IMRT: Dosimetry, EPID and cone beam CT, MVCT (Dosimetry)

30'

Howard Amols

11:00
11:45

Treatment Delivery II

Patient specific QA for IMRT: Dosimetry, EPID and cone beam CT, MVCT (KV-CBCT)

45'

David Jaffray

11:45
12:30

Treatment Delivery II

Patient specific QA for IMRT: Dosimetry, EPID and cone beam CT, MVCT (EPID and MV-imaging)

45'

Paul Keall

12:30
14:00

Lunch Break

01h30'

14:00
15:30

Workshop I: Nucletron

Treatment planning of specific patient examples

01h30'

Giuseppe Alberta

15:30
16:00

Coffee Break

30'

16:00
18:00

Workshop II: Varian

Description of technology (30 mins); Treatment planning of specific patient examples (90 mins.)

02h00'

Antonella Fogliata

Thursday, 7 April 2011

Room: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall

08:30
09:30

Treatment Planning IV

Monte Carlo calculations and advanced planning: Monte Carlo current status, speed and accuracy

01h00'

Paul Keall

09:30
10:00

Treatment Planning IV

Monte Carlo calculations and advanced planning: Monte Carlo current status, speed and accuracy

30'

David Jaffray

10:00
10:30

Coffee Break

30'

10:30
12:30

Workshop III: TomoTherapy

Description of technology (30 mins.); Treatment planning of specific patient examples (90 mins.)

02h00'

Stefano Presilla

12:30
14:00

Lunch Break

01h30'

14:00
14:45

Treatment Delivery III

IGRT, inter and intra fractional motion management

45'

David Jaffray

14:45
15:30

Treatment Delivery III

IGRT, inter and intra fractional motion management

45'

Paull Keall

15:30
16:00

Coffee Break

30'

16:00
18:00

Workshop IV: Elekta/CMS

Description of technology (30 mins.); Treatment planning of specific patient examples (90 mins.)

02h00'

Karen Smith

Friday, 8 April 2011

Room: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall

08:30
10:00

Workshop V: DOSIsoft

Treatment planning of specific patient examples

01h30'

Francois Husson

10:00
10:30

Coffee Break

30'

10:30
12:30

Case Studies

Pelvis, Head and Neck, Lung, Breast

02h00'

Margie Hunt

12:30
14:00

Lunch Break

01h30'

14:00
14:30

Review of the Week

Participants' feedback

30'

Directors

14:30
15:30

Examination

01h00'

15:30
16:00

Coffee Break

30'

16:00
18:00

Closure

Final questions, discussion

02h00'

All Lecturers and Course Directors