The Training course is addressed to medical physics and radiation oncology professionals who are either working in a carbon-ion therapy centre, or involved in the planning and design of a new ion-beam therapy infrastructure. With deductive lectures and enhanced practicals, the Training course will focus on clinical and medical physics aspects of carbon-ion therapy and will include a review of the relevant quality assurance programme.
The training course will cover:
- Basic lectures covering: Introduction to carbon-ion therapy, 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 carbon ion therapy. 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 carbon-ion therapy
- radiation dose determination and treatment planning procedures
- main elements of a quality assurance programme and radiation protection programme
Outline
| Training course Title: | carbon ion therapy |
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| Venue (Institute, City, Country): |
Research Center Bldg. for Charged Particle Therapy, QST Address: 4-9-1, Anagawa, Inage-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba 263-8555 Japan |
| Dates: | 11 November - 23 November 2019 |
| Number of Participants: | a few (tentative) |
| Deadline for Nominations: | 11 October 2019 |
| Organizers: | National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (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 and clinical aspects of carbon-ion therapy. |
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Scope and Nature: |
The Training course is addressed to medical physics and radiation oncology professionals who are either working in a carbon-ion therapy centre, or involved in the planning and design of a new ion-beam therapy infrastructure. With deductive lectures and enhanced practicals, the Training course will focus on clinical and medical physics aspects of carbon-ion therapy and will include a review of the relevant quality assurance programme. |
| Background Information: |
Conventional radiotherapy based on the use of photons and electrons has rapidly developed in the last decade. Particle therapy using protons, helium, neon 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 such as carbon 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 carbon-ion therapy 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. |
Guidelines for applicants
| 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. |
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| 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: a. Complete a given form by typing Application form [Wordファイル／62KB] / Application form [PDFファイル／110KB] b. Print out the completed form c. Sign the form d. Create a PDF file of the form by scanning e. Email the created PDF file as an attachment to j-fukyu2@qst.go.jp Or send the completed form physically to the following contact point by post so that it will reach us by the deadline. Address: 4-9-1, Anagawa, Inage-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba 263-8555 Japan Telephone: +81 (0)43 206 3025 |
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