Prerequisites: Continuing education courses in the morning
Workshop Description:
The workshop will illustrate to the attendees how the process of treatment planning works:
Receiving the primary CT images
Fusion with MRI
Contouring by the clinician (concept of GTV, CTV, PTV and critical structures are introduced)
Definition of isocenter, beam placement and geometry, beam’s eye view (BEV).
Dose calculation and the concept of isodose lines
Evaluation of the planning process using dose volume histograms (DVH).
Plan verification, 2nd check, MU calc
Transfer of plan to treatment unit
Learning Objectives:
The participants will learn the inputs and outputs of treatment planning and the required interaction between the dosimetrists and the various staff members: clinicians, physicists, technicians that is needed for a successful implementation of radiotherapy treatment.
For more information please contact: Ms. Josephine Veridiano, Biomedical Physics Department
Email: josfin@kfshrc.edu.sa, Tel. No.: +966 (11) 4427879, Fax No.: +966 (11) 4424777
