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Joint KFSH&RC/IAEA Course on LDR and HDR Brachytherapy
| Venue: |
Research Centre 304 |
| Coordinator: |
Graciela Velez, Belal Moftah |
| Faculty: |
Slobodan Devic, John Gueulette, Wassim Jalbout, Ghazi Alsbeih, Huda Al-Mohammed,
Rana Mahmoud, Shada Wadi-Ramahi, Jack Venslaar, Belal Moftah, Tharmarnadar Ganesh,
Zeinab Hassan |
Target Audience: The course is aimed primarily for radiation physicist, radiation oncologist and radiation therapist who are keen to update themselves on the latest developments in brachytherapy
Course Description
Brachytherapy is a procedure of placing radioactive materials near or in diseased tissues as a means administer high doses of radiation. The primary advantage of internal radiation placed with the tumor is its ability to deliver a high radiation dose to the tumor while limiting the radiation that the normal tissues receive.
Course Aim
To cover the basis and general principles of brachytherapy: radiobiology of low and high dose rate, clinical aspects, QA procedures, image guided, dosimetry, source calibration, radiation production
To cover different technical and physical aspects of brachytherapy
To discuss clinical subjects gynecological cervix, endometrium, and other applications of brachytherapy
Lectures:
- Introduction to brachytherapy (Belal Moftah)
- Radiobiology of low and high dose rate brachytherapy (Ghazi Alsbeih)
- Clinical aspects and indications for brachytherapy (Rana Mahmood)
- Sources and equipment (Jack Venselaar)
- Calibration of sources (Wassim Jalbout)
- Conventional TPS calculation (Jack Venselaar)
- QA procedures for HDR / LDR (Zeinab Hassan)
- Dose calculations – TG 43 (Shada Wadi-Ramahi)
- Treatment planning (Wassim Jalbout)
- Image guided brachytherapy (Slobodan Devic)
- Acceptance testing & commissioning of HDR (Jack Venselaar)
- Radiation Protection, Room Planning and Regulatory Axpects (Tharmarnadar Ganesh)
- Incidents & accidents in brachytherapy (Jack Venselaar)
Associated Workshop:
Brachytherapy Workshop
RESEARCH CENTRE 304 VENUE MAP
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