ESTRO35 Programme Book

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

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SATURDAY 30 APRIL 2016

INTERDISCIPLINARY RADIOBIOLOGY

CLINICAL BRACHYTHERAPY PHYSICS

RTT

YOUNG

Symposium

TOWARDS USER ORIENTED QA PROCEDURES FOR TREATMENT

VERIFICATION

08:45 - 10:00 | ROOM 4

The session comprises presentations on treatment planning, imaging, and actual dose verification

procedures. Treatment planning will cover acceptance testing, commissioning (general data, TG-43

and non-TG-43 dose calculation algorithms, applicators), periodic QA, TPS inter-comparison, and

phantom based tests. Within the context of imaging, all modalities in use for clinical applications will

be discussed (x-ray, CT, MRI, US, PET-CT). Dose verification will focus on real-time verification meth-

ods including classic applications of in vivo dosimetry, real-time in vivo dosimeters, and applications

of real-time in vivo dosimetry.

Chair: A. Haworth (Australia)

Co-Chair: S. Bresciani (Italy)

08:45 > How to ensure the quality in brachytherapy treatment planning systems?

Speaker: F. A. Siebert (Germany)

SP-0021

09:10 > Imaging

Speaker: T.P. Hellebust (Norway)

SP-0022

09:35 > Dose verification

Speaker: K. Tanderup (Denmark)

SP-0023

Symposium

ROBUST AND ACCURATE FUNCTIONAL MRI FOR RADIOTHERAPY

08:45 - 10:00 | ROOM 1

This session will focus on different aspects in terms of image acquisition and technical requirements

for the integration of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (f-MRI) into radiotherapy (RT). F-MRI

can be applied in RT for tissue classification, monitoring of treatment response and dose painting.

The geometrical accuracy of the images is of crucial importance. In the second talk, different issues

concerning data acquisition and analysis in dynamic contrast enhanced (DCE) MRI will be discussed.

Accurate quantification of DCE-MRI parameters is difficult and requires the use of dedicated models.

The third speaker will focus on diffusion weighted (DW) MRI including the importance of the choice

of b-values, acquisition problems and geometric distortion in extracranial applications of DW-MRI as

well as implications for RT.

Chair: D. Thorwarth (Germany)

Co-Chair: G. Loi (Italy)

08:45 > Needs and technical requirements for functional MRI in radiotherapy

Speaker: U. Van der Heide (The Netherlands)

SP-0024

09:10 > Variation in DCE-MRI methodology and its implications for

radiotherapy

Speaker: A. Garpebring (Sweden)

SP-0025