Stereotactic Radiotherapy: Cyberknife Workshop (RO-WS3)

Venue :       Cyberknife Treatment Unit ,  Streotactic Planning Station Area

Coordinator:               Dr. Tarek Al Kaissi

Faculty:                       Dr. Adnan Al-Hebshi, Dr. Tarek El-Kaisi, Dr. Imaduddin Kanaan, Prof. ChristerLindquist, Dr. Abrahim Al-Mamgani, Prof. Khalaf Al-Moutaery, Dr. Waleed El-Najjar, Dr. Ali Al-Zahrani, Joe Poon

Prerequisite Course:   RO-CEC3 entitled “Stereotactic Radiotherapy”

Workshop Description

This workshop shall provide an overview of the technical and clinical aspects of Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS), with particular emphasis on the CyberKnife system. The technical portion of the workshop shall be focused on the physics QA program including End-2-End tests and tracking QA. The clinical portion will cover CT/MRI/3D-Angio fixation processes, fusion, contouring, planning and treatment delivery procedures.

Clinical cases will be reviewed.

Target Audience

This workshop aim at radiation oncologists, medical physicists, radiation therapists/radiographers, and neurosurgeons interested in cyberknife hypofrationated radiotherapy and radiosurgery.

Note: Limited number of participants will be taken for this practical workshop. Priority selection criteria will be followed (matching needs of clinics and first come first serve basis).