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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
| PROGRAMME AND EXHIBITION GUIDE
SATURDAY 30 APRIL 2016
INTERDISCIPLINARY RADIOBIOLOGY
CLINICAL BRACHYTHERAPY PHYSICS
RTT
YOUNG
Debate
THERE ARE MANY EXISTING IGRT OPTIONS FOR HIGHLY ACCURATE
DOSE DELIVERY. IS THERE A NEED FOR LARGE-SCALE IN-ROOM
MR-GUIDANCE?
14:30 - 15:45 | ROOM 500
There is no doubt that the ideal situation for radiotherapy would be a treatment under more or less
static conditions in an ideal dosimetric situation with permanent on-line image based control of the
position of tumor, organs-at-risk (OAR) and patient surface.
This debate will first outline how close we have already come to this objective with available
advanced image guidance strategies and then explore, if/how/where in-room MR-guidance may go
beyond current strategies and what requirements must be fulfilled on the way.
Chair: H. Nyström (Sweden)
Chair: B. Heijmen (The Netherlands)
14:30 > For the motion
Speaker: F. Lohr (Germany)
SP-0113
14:50 > Clinical evidence for in-room MRI guidance
Speaker: P. Keall (Australia)
SP-0114
15:10 > For the motion rebuttal
Speaker: F. Lohr (Germany)
15:20 > Against the motion rebuttal
Speaker: P. Keall (Australia)
15:30 > Discussion
Symposium
ADDITIONAL TOOLS FOR CONTOURING
14:30 - 15:45 | ROOM 3
As we find ourselves in the era of advanced imaging and adaptive radiotherapy, novel tools that aim
to streamline and improve the accuracy of delineation has become the focus of many recent research
efforts. In the pre treatment stage, functional imaging such as PET continues to play a role in target
volume delineation as we investigate new tracers beyond FDG and explore the role of the biological
target volume. At the treatment stage automated tools for deformable registration, recontouring and
class solutions will be central to the success of adaptive radiotherapy in a busy clinical environment.
This dynamic session will discuss these technologies as we move closer towards personalised radio-
therapy.
Chair: E. Forde (Ireland)
Co-chair: C. Brooks (UK)