Advanced Medical Dosimetry Course

Medical Technology Management Institute

Phone: 1-800-765-MTMI (6864)

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An Intensive Three Day Training Program

Course Overview

Radiation therapy has become progressively more complex as our ability to accurately define treatment volumes has improved, calculation techniques for treatment planning in three dimensions has improved and treatment delivery capabilities have become more sophisticated. Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and image guided radiation therapy (IGRT) combine all these improvements to allow higher treatment doses to more irregular tumor volumes with the promise to improve patient outcomes.
This course will address the implementation of these technologies to the treatment of multiple disease sites. Emphasis will be placed on the clinical and technical dosimetry issues for a successful IMRT program. Related technologies, such as TomoTherapy and CyberKnife, will be covered in brief to update the attendee on these tools. The attendee is expected to know the basics of 3D conformal planning and plan evaluation as taught in the MTMI 12-day Dosimetrist Course.

Who Should Attend

This course covers dosimetry issues in IMRT and discusses the use of IGRT where appropriate. Dosimetrists with IMRT planning as part of their workload, physician residents and physicists new to IMRT will find this course of practical assistance. Dosimetrists should have at least six months full-time experience in 3D planning or the equivalent part-time experience. Persons completing the
12-day Dosimetrist Course, with at least six months clinical experience, may take this course to cover IMRT in more detail.

Educational Objectives

At the completion of this program,
participants will be able to:

Identify appropriate imaging modalities including strengths and weaknesses for Brain, Lung, and Breast IMRT treatment planning.
Identify appropriate simulation and image guided techniques for multiple disease sites, including use of image fusion.
Identify appropriate targets and avoidance structures for CNS, lung, GI and breast IMRT.
Discuss several means of gating and disease sites where applied.
Demonstrate the use of two types of Dose Volume Histogram (DVH) data to evaluate plans.
Spot problems in a plan and correct them based on common dosimetric themes that occur when creating an IMRT treatment plan.
Discuss issues in quality assurance and control measurements for IMRT verification.
Identify the concepts behind and the differences between TomoTherapy treatment planning and conventional IMRT.
List several disease sites appropriated for proton therapy.

Locations & Dates

Milwaukee, WI

Oct 9-11, 08

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Course Director

Don Carlson, MD, MS
Director of Education
MTMI

Course Faculty

Don Carlson, MD, MS, Director of Education, MTMI

Jeffrey Limmer, MS Ed, MSc, DABR, Chief Medical Physicist, Universtiy of Wisconsin Cancer Center

Charles Mayo, Ph.D., Assistant Director of Medical Physics, University of Massachusetts

John Wolfgang, PhD, DABR, Physicist, Radiation Oncology - Massachusetts General Hospital,
Instructor, Biomedical Physics, Harvard Medical School

Cindy Thomason, PhD, Lead Physicist, Radiation Oncology, Aurora St. Lukes Medical Center

Course Credit

This course provides 24 continuing medical education credits for Certified Medical Dosimetrists recognized by the MDCB and 24 hours of Category A credits for Radiologic Technologists recognized by the ARRT. A certificate of attendance will be provided for each individual upon completion of the course. All attendees must attend the entire course to receive full credit.

Recommended Reading

On the first day of the course you will be given a course syllabus containing all the course material.
In addition we recommend these books:
"Physics of Radiation Therapy", and
"Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer

Course Schedule

Day 1 (8:30am - 4:30pm)
Introduction Why use IMRT? Why use IGRT? Introduction to IMRT Overview of techniques forward plan inverse plan beamlets Clinical delivery requirements imaging sim LINAC mlc accuracy EPID's static vs. dynamic IMRT/IGRT Site:Paraspinal Tunor Overview of planning process IMRT/IGRT Site: Gating Methods of Liver, Pancreas Workshop Over Days Topics Proton Therapy: proton generation room requirements appropriate disease site simulation, planning and delivery issues
Day 2 (8:30am - 4:30pm)
The Role of Imaging in Radiation Therapy Imaging in simulation, tumor localization and guidance Hybrid Imaging-CT-PET/SPECT Fusion Cone beam CT - KV and MV IMRT/IGRT Site: Prostate Treatment planning preparation pre-sim imaging studies simulation, patient positioning and immobilization Prescription samples Contouring workshop target and structure declination contouring exercise Clinical Implementation achieving the goal; plan sign-off (optimization techniques, typical hot/cold spots, reducing normal structure dose) prescription and ROI goals treatment planning/delivery; pitfalls and problems case studies IMRT/IGRT Site: Head and Neck Treatment planning preparation pre-sim imaging studies simulation, patient positioning and immobilization Prescription samples Contouring workshop target and structure declination contouring exercise Clinical Implementation achieving the goal; plan sign-off (optimization techniques, typical hot/cold spots, reducing normal structure dose) prescription and ROI goals treatment planning/delivery; pitfalls and problems case studies Workshop on day's topics CyberKnife Concepts
Day 3 (8:30am - 4:30pm)
QA/QC Methods for IMRT Treatment Verification IMRT/IGRT Site: Brain Treatment planning preparation pre-sim imaging studies simulation, patient positioning and immobilization Prescription samples Contouring workshop target and structure declination contouring exercise Clinical Implementation achieving the goal; plan sign-off (optimization techniques, typical hot/cold spots, reducing normal structure dose) prescription and ROI goals treatment planning/delivery; pitfalls and problems case studies IMRT/IGRT Site: Lung Treatment planning preparation pre-sim imaging studies simulation, patient positioning and immobilization Prescription samples Contouring workshop target and structure declination contouring exercise Clinical Implementation achieving the goal; plan sign-off (optimization techniques, typical hot/cold spots, reducing normal structure dose) prescription and ROI goals treatment planning/delivery; pitfalls and problems case studies IMRT/IGRT Site: Breast Treatment planning preparation pre-sim imaging studies simulation, patient positioning and immobilization Prescription samples Contouring workshop target and structure declination contouring exercise Clinical Implementation achieving the goal; plan sign-off (optimization techniques, typical hot/cold spots, reducing normal structure dose) prescription and ROI goals treatment planning/delivery; pitfalls and problems case studies TomoTherapy Concepts Future Directions Workshop on day's topics

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Occ	Amount	Early	Members	Mbrs Early	Reg Door	Mbr Door
technologist	895.00	825.00	875.00	805.00	895.00	875.00

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Course Location - MTMI Education Center 20900 Swenson Dr., Suite 650 Waukesha, WI 53186 262-717-9797 Shuttle provided from the Sheraton to MTMI. www.mtmi.net/contact.php click on link above for map to facility	Accommodations - Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield 375 S. Moorland Road Brookfield, WI 53151 To get discounted MTMI rate you must call: 262-364-1100 www.starwoodhotels/sheraton.com MTMI Guest Room Rate: $95 single/$99 double Make hotel reservations at least 2 weeks prior to Hotel includes: Complimentary airport transport Complimentary breakfast buffet each morning in Alfiere Restaurant.
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