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
Physics of Hypofractionation
Dr. Jose Garcia-Ramirez, M.S.
Assitant Professor in Radiation Oncology
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Radiobiology of Hypofractionation
Dr. Stephen Brown, Ph.D.
Medical Bio-Physicist
Henry Ford Cancer Institute
Simulation - Intracranial
Dr. Manuel Morales, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in Radiation Oncology
Vanderbilt University Medical Cencer
Simulation - Extracranial
John Michael Briceño
Specialist in Radiotherapy Equipments
Elekta
Extracranial SBRT: physics considerations
Dr. Indrin Chetty, Ph.D.
Medical Physicist
Henry Ford Health Systems
Intracranial SRS: physics considerations
Dr. Kamil Yenice, Ph.D.
Chief of Clinical Physics
University of Chicago Medical Center
SBRT/SRS Review
Dr. Dante Roa, PhD
University of California, Irvine
Dr. Hiram Gay, MD
Washington University in St. Louis
Pancreas SBRT Case Review
Dr. Dante Roa, PhD
Dr. Javier Cifuentes Quin, MD
University of California, Irvine
Hospital Internacional de Colombia
Intra- and Extra-Cranial Simulation, Treatment Planning/Delivery, and Image Guidance QA)
Dr. Peter Sandwall, PhD
Medical Physicist
Ohio Health
IGRT/Tx delivery - intracranial
John Freddy Giraldo Palacio
Medical Physicist
Instituto Neurológico, Medellin, Colombia
IGRT/Tx delivery - extracranial I (Immobilization and Delivery Techniques)
Dr. Karen Bernstein, MD
Director of Radiation Oncology
Massachusetts General Hospital
IGRT/Tx delivery - extracranial II ( Setup Uncertainties and Image-Guided Techniques)
Hannah Zajicek, MS
Medical Physicist
MD Anderson Cancer Center