SBRT/SRS for Medical Physicists and Radiation Oncologists
The latest SBRT/SRS for Medical Physicists and Radiation Oncologists course concluded in March 2022 for clinics in the Middle East. You can find a link to the new YouTube videos here.
SBRT/SRS for Clinics (Middle East 2022)
Physics and Radiobiology
1. Radiobiology of high dose per fraction
2. Introduction to ProKnow
3. Physics of small fields (Hypofractionation)
a. Physics of high dose per fraction (SBRT/SRS)
b. Measurements
c. Technical factors (Detectors, correction factors, etc.)
d. clinical applications (separate lecture perhaps)
Simulation
4. Intracranial and spine
a. Patient immobilization and CT acquisition
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5. Extracranial and body sites
a. (e.g. lung, liver, management and motion)
Patient immobilization and CT acquisition
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6. Brain (Case-Based Learning)
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Dosimetry and Treatment Planning
7. Extracranial SBRT physics considerations
a. Extracranial Clinical applications
b. Treatment planning and dose calculation (motion management, single iso, multiple iso, IMRT, Rapid Arc, etc.)
c. Plan evaluation
d. Challenges
8. Intracranial SRS physics considerations
a. Intracranial Clinical applications
b. Treatment planning and dose calculation (single iso, multiple iso, IMRT, Rapid Arc, etc.)
c. Plan evaluation
d. Challenges
IGRT and Treatment Delivery
9. Intracranial and Spine
a. immobilization (framed vs. frameless, etc.)
b. delivery techniques (Gamma-Knife, Cyber-Knife, Linac-based)
c. setup uncertainties
d. image guided techniques
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10. Clinical pearls of Hypofractionation (Case Based Learning)
11. Extracranial and body (Part 1 – Lung)
a. immobilization
b. delivery techniques (Gamma-Knife, Cyber-Knife, Linac-based)
12. Extracranial and body (Part 2 – Liver and Pancreas)
b. setup uncertainties
c. image guided techniques
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13. Prostate (Case Based Learning)
14. Question-based review and explanations
Intra- and Extra-Cranial Quality Assurance
15. QA: Simulation, Treatment planning, Treatment Delivery, and Image Guidance
16. QA: IGRT
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- Participating centers will be invited to upload and share their own cases
- can review protocols, contours, planning considerations, and more during calls
Intracranial SRS: physics considerations
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Dr. Kamil Yenice, Ph.D.
Chief of Clinical Physics
University of Chicago Medical Center
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