ESTRO Guide 2018

“This course gives a fascinating insight into dose modelling and the challenges we face in this area”

- Anette Houweling | Amsterdam, The Netherlands -

KEYWORDS Beam models and dose calculation approaches in treatment planning systems, commissioning, verification and quality assurance of treatment planning systems.

• Dose based metrics • Practical exercises on monitor unit calculation and modelling.

ROADMAP

RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING AND DELIVERY

MEDICAL PHYSICIST

PREREQUISITES Before commencing this course you should preferably have attended the ESTRO course ‘Physics for Modern Radiotherapy’ or equivalent.

FURTHER READING Please consult the ESTRO website page of this course for further information.

FACULTY COURSE DIRECTOR • Tommy Knöös, Medical Physicist, Skåne University Hospital and Lund University, Lund (SE) • Brendan Mc Clean, Medical Physicist, St Luke’s Radiation Oncology Network, Dublin (IE) TEACHERS • Anders Ahnesjö, Medical Physicist, Uppsala University, Uppsala (SE) • Crister Ceberg, Medical Physicist, Lund University, Lund (SE) • Maria Mania Aspradakis , Medical Physicist, Cantonal Hospital of Lucerne, Lucerne (CH) • Núria Jornet, Medical Physicist, Hospital de la Santa Creu in Sant Pau, Barcelona (ES)

TEACHINGMETHODS • 21 hours of lectures • 4 hours of practical workshops • Interactive debate • 1h30 of Q&A.

ACCREDITATION Application for CPD recognition is submitted to the European Board for Accreditation in Medical Physics (EBAMP), as a CPD event for medical physicists. Information on the status of the applications can be obtained from the ESTROoffice.

The course consists of didactic lectures, interactive discussion sessions and practical calculation and modelling sessions. Lectures and preparation workshops will be given onmonitor unit calculation and beam modelling. Participants will engage in realisticmonitor unit calculation scenario exercises. Participants will also undertake computer based modelling of basic models for photon beam head scatter and kernel based dose calculations.

SCHOOL

LOCAL ORGANISER Brendan Mc Clean, Medical Physicist, St Luke’s Radiation Oncology Network, Dublin

METHODS OF ASSESSMENT • MCQ • Q&A

• Practical exercises • Evaluation form.

Tommy Knöös

Brendan Mc Clean

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