The course is aimed at all professionals in the field of radiation oncology who are involved in target localisation at any point in the treatment chain. This includes radiation oncologists, medical physicists, and radiation therapists (RTTs). A good understanding of issues related to target delineation, target localisation and patient set-up is a prerequisite as well as some experience in the field. As the emphasis will be on the integration of image guidance and adaptive techniques as well as their practical implementation, the “team effort” is important. Simultaneous participation of physicists, radiation oncologists and radiation therapists is strongly encouraged.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course participants should be able to:
- Understand the principles of image guided and adaptive radiotherapy Implement image guidance for major patient groups in their home clinic
- Understand the relevant choices for the selection of the best image guidance protocol for their home situation
- How to start adaptive radiotherapy in their clinic
- Know the benefits of various image guidance and ART protocols.
Course Content
This is a 4,5-day course organised to identify the influence of image guidance at important steps in the workflow of radiation therapy. The following items will be covered in view of in-room imaging for therapy guidance:
- Image guidance required for treatment prescription
- Image guidance in treatment preparation and treatment planning
- Image guidance in patient set-up and target localisation during treatment
- Strategies and software tools for adaptive radiotherapy
- Image guidance in treatment follow-up
- MR-guided radiotherapy.
Teaching Methods
- Online material for self study
- Lectures and workshops
- Regular breakout sessions for MDs, physicists and radiation therapists. Time will be allocated as follows:
- 23 hours of lectures
- 3 hours of tutorials
- 4 hours of case discussions / exercise.
Methods of Assessment
The conference room, 3rd floor
Rattana Wittayapat Building
King Chulalongkorn memorial hospital
Fees
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Rate
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FARO Members
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250
USD
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SEAROG Members
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200 USD
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THASTRO
Members
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5000
THB
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Rates are applied up to 15 October - 31 December 2024 before the starting date of the course.
The fee includes the course material, coffees, lunches, and the social event.
Advance registration & payment are required.
Access to homework and/or course material will become available upon receipt of full payment.