ESTRO Guide 2018

KEYWORDS Image guidance (IGRT), adaptive radiotherapy (ART). FURTHER READING Please consult the ESTRO website page of this course for further information. ACCREDITATION Application for CME recognitionwill be submitted to the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME), an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS). EACCME credits are recognised by the AmericanMedical Association towards the Physician’s Recognition Award (PRA). Information on the status of the applications can be obtained from the ESTRO office.

• Dose volume constraints • Methods of optimisation • Dosimetry of IMRT • Imaging and target delineation • Geometrical uncertainties • Planar and volumetric imaging • Image registration • Setup correction strategies

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RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING AND DELIVERY

RADIATION ONCOLOGIST, MEDICAL PHYSICIST, RADIATION THERAPIST

FACULTY COURSE DIRECTOR Coen Rasch, Radiation Oncologist, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam (NL) TEACHERS • Andrew Hope, Radiation Oncologist, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto (CA) • Vibeke Hansen, Physicist, Royal Marsden, London (UK) • Jan-Jakob Sonke, Physicist, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam (NL)

• Clinical sessions on thorax, pelvic and head and neck cancer covering the interaction of physics and clinic • Workflow in the clinic including “how they do that” tips. PREREQUISITES The course is aimed at the whole team involved in image guidance. Participants are strongly encouraged to come as a team i.e. radiation oncologist, physicist and radiation therapists (RTTs). Some experience with IGRT is preferred yet no specific entry-course or expertise is requested.

SCHOOL

TEACHINGMETHODS • 26 hours of lectures • 4 hours of demonstrations.

METHODS OF ASSESSMENT Evaluation form.

Coen Rasch

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