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Radiation Oncology - mod. SIMULATION TECHNIQUES AND SPECIAL TECHNIQUES IN RADIOTHERAPY
GIOVANNA MANTELLO

Seat Medicina e Chirurgia
A.A. 2013-2014
Credits 2
Hours 20
Period 1^ semestre
Language ENG
U-gov code MT07-11-11 MT052

Prerequisites

Knowledge of anatomy, physiology, radiation physics,  statistic .

Development of the course

This course,

• explains the role of the technician  in all the steps of the Radiation therapy process  and highlights the critical points  where systematic and random errors (both in set up and organ motion)  could be produced;
• Shows the main protocols used  to correct the errors.
• Introduces the clinical use of   3DCRT, IMRT, IGRT, STEREOBODY,  BRAIN STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY

Learning outcomes

To highlight the role of the technician: he/she can actively contribute  in carrying out the best treatment for each patient; to help  identifying the most critical points during the treatment planning process and the treatment delivery.

Program

• RADIOTHERAPY: Introduction.
• Treatment Planning process in Radiotherapy. Technician’s role in the treatment planning process.  Patient set up – planning CT acquisition.
• Dose and volumes prescription. Contouring ; ICRU 62  volumes (GTV,CTV)
• Organ at Risk (OAR): contouring and dose constraints, side effects, PRV
• Radiotherapy uncertainties: set up error, organ motion error, systematic error, random error.
• CTV – PTV Margin  (Set up Margin, Internal Margin, PTV)
• Patient Set up in Bunker and treatment verification. Set up and OM correction protocols.
• Clinical use of IGRT e adaptive radiotherapy
• Clinical use of  respiratory GATING
• Radiosurgery and stereotactic radiotherapy: clinical use
• Stereo body : clinical use
• 3DCRT /IMRT: clinical use
• BRACHYTHERAPY

Development of the examination

Oral  examination.

Recommended reading

1. Titolo: ELEMENTI DI RADIOTERAPIA ONCOLOGICA
2. Autore: BALDUCCI M., CELLINI F., etc
3. Casa Editrice: SOCIETA’ EDITRICE UNIVERSO

Courses

• Tecniche di Radiologia Medica, per Immagini e Radioterapia