ESTRO Guide 2018

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

• Imaging and target delineation • Geometrical uncertainties • Planar and volumetric imaging • Image registration • Setup correction strategies

ROADMAP

RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING AND DELIVERY

RADIATION ONCOLOGIST, MEDICAL PHYSICIST, RADIATION THERAPIST

• 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.

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.

FACULTY COURSE DIRECTOR Coen Rasch, Radiation Oncologist, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam (NL) TEACHERS • Rianne De Jong, Radiation Therapist, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam (NL) • Andrew Hope, Radiation Oncologist, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto (CA) • Vibeke Hansen, P hysicist, Royal Marsden, London (UK) • Marco Schwarz, Physicist, Atrep, Agenzia Provinciale Per La Protonterapia, Trento (IT) • Jan-Jakob Sonke, Physicist, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam (NL)

SCHOOL

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

LOCAL ORGANISER Lye Mun Tho, Clinical Oncologist, Sunway Medical Centre, Salangor

METHODS OF ASSESSMENT Evaluation form.

KEYWORDS Image guidance (IGRT), adaptive radiotherapy (ART).

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