IAEA-NIRS, QST Training course on heavy ion radiotherapy
The training course is addressed to medical physics and radiation oncology professionals who are either working in a heavy ion particle radiotherapy centre, or involved in the planning and design of a new heavy ion particle radiotherapy infrastructure. With deductive lectures and enhanced practicals, the training course will focus on the Medical physics aspects of heavy ion radiotherapy and will include a review of the relevant quality assurance programme.
The training course will cover:
- basic lectures covering: Introduction to carbon-ion radiotherapy, Introduction to Radiation Biology, Clinical Cases and Situations, Characteristics of Ionizing Radiations through Matter, Accelerators, Instrumentation for Treatment, Treatment Planning, Dose Measurement and Calibration, Quality Assurance, Radiation Protection Medical, Flow of Treatment
- Practical session on Patient positioning and medical imaging simulation
- Practical session on treatment planning
- Conducted tour to biology and physics experiments at HIMAC
- Tour to the radiotherapy treatment room
It is expected that the participants will acquire a good understanding of the main medical physics and clinical aspects which are important for heavy ion radiotherapy. At the end of the training course, participants should be able to understand the:
- radiobiological mechanisms
- basic accelerator components
- main characteristics of instrumentation used in heavy ion radiotherapy
- radiation dose determination and treatment planning procedures
- main elements of a quality assurance programme and radiation protection programme
| Training course Title: | Heavy ion radiotherapy |
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| Venue (Institute, City, Country): | NIRS Address: 4-9-1, Anagawa, Inage-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba 263-8555 Japan |
| Dates: | 27 November - 4 December 2016 |
| Number of Participants: | 1 people |
| Deadline for Nominations: | 1 November 2016 |
| Organizers: | The National Institute of Radiological Sciences , National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (NIRS, QST) in collaboration with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) |
| Language: | The training course will be conducted in English. |
| Purpose: | To provide the basic knowledge and skills in medical physics aspects of heavy ion radiotherapy. |
| Scope and Nature: | The training course is addressed to medical physics and radiation oncology professionals who are either working in a heavy ion particle radiotherapy centre, or involved in the planning and design of a new heavy ion particle radiotherapy infrastructure. With deductive lectures and enhanced practicals, the training course will focus on clinical and medical physics aspects of heavy ion radiotherapy and will include a review of the relevant quality assurance programme. |
| Expected Output(s): | It is expected that the participants will acquire a good understanding of the main medical physics and clinical aspects which are important for heavy ion radiotherapy. At the end of the training course, participants should be able to understand the:
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| Background Information: | Conventional radiotherapy based on the use of photons and electrons has rapidly developed in the last decade. Particle therapy using protons, helium and carbon ions, has also gained wide interest. The primary advantage for the use of heavy ions is the sharp increase of dose in the Bragg peak zone and a rapid dose reduction beyond that maximum. Heavy ions can offer an improved dose conformation and potentially better sparing of healthy tissue near the target. In addition, there are some radiobiological advantages of high energy transfer radiation in radiotherapy. At present, there are only a few heavy ion radiotherapy facilities in the world. However, new facilities are being built or designed in some countries and the trend is expected to continue in the near future. |
| Participation: | The participants should be physicists or medical doctors specialized in radiation oncology with a post graduate degree education at the level of a Master degree or PhD. |
| Participants' Qualifications: | Applications from medical physicists or medical doctors working in radiotherapy departments and actively involved the planning and design of new radiotherapy facilities with a heavy ion component will be considered. |
| Nomination Procedure: | Nominations should be submitted to the National Institute of Radiological Sciences as follows:
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