Advanced Imaging Course for Physicists
Istanbul • Turkey
30 September - 4 October 2012
Early rate deadline: 25 June 2012
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Course Director
Uulke van der Heide, Medical Physicist, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam (NL)
Teachers
Piet Dirix,
Radiation Oncologist, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven (BE)
Koos Geleijns, Physicist, Leiden University Medical Center (NL)
Gary Liney, Physicist, Queen’s Centre for Oncology, Castle Hill Hospital, Hull (UK)
Dag Rune Olsen, Physicist, University of Bergen (NO)
Daniela Thorwarth, Physicist, Uniklinik für Radioonkologie, Tübingen (DE)
Cynthia Ménard, radiation oncologist, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto (CAN)
Tufve Nyholm, Physicist, Umeå University (SE)
Local organiser
Sedat Turkan, Radiation Oncologist, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul University (TR)
Course Aims
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Improve the understanding of the physics principles of MRI, PET and CT
• Understand the key technical challenges and solutions unique to the application of MRI, PET and advanced CT in radiotherapy
• Explore potential applications of these imaging modalities in clinical practice
• Understand the potential and challenges of biological imaging methods in radiotherapy treatment planning and follow-up
Target Group
The course is aimed at trainees in radiotherapy physics, researchers as well as more experienced radiotherapy physicists with an interest in the application of advanced imaging techniques in their radiotherapy practice.
Educational Programme
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Basic principles of MRI physics
• Fast scanning techniques and volume sequences on MRI
• MRI equipment
• Geometrical integrity of MR images
• Physics aspects of MRI-guided interventions
• Physics of 4D CT
• Physics of cone-beam CT
• PET image reconstruction, SUV thresholding
• The use of PET tracers other than FDG
• Physics principles of advanced functional MRI techniques
• Clinical application in radiotherapy for cancers in brain, head-neck, pelvis (cervix, prostate)