TECNICHE DI DIAGNOSTICA PER IMMAGINI VII

Academic Year 2019/2020 - 3° Year
Teaching Staff Credit Value: 9
Taught classes: 63 hours
Term / Semester:

Learning Objectives

  • Technical aspects in Radiotherapy

    To acquire knowledge about the following topics:

    • Technical procedures in Radiotherapy
    • Immobilization devices
    • LINAC and 3D-CRT accessories
    • Equipments and accessories for IMRT/VMAT, Tomotherapy
    • Equipments and accessories for Stereotactic Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery (LINAC, Cyberknife, Gammaknife)
    • Equipments and accessories for Intra-Operative Radiotherapy
    • Equipments and accessories for Image-Guided Radiotherapy
    • Equipments and accessories for Total Body Irradiation, Total Marrow Irradiation and Total Cutaneous Irradiation
  • Technical aspects in Radiotherapy

    To acquire knowledge about the following topics:

    • Technical procedures in Radiotherapy
    • Tolerance doses in radiotherapy – QUANTEC
    • ICRU Reports
    • 3D-Conformal Radiotherapy
    • Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy
    • Stereotactic Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery
    • Intra-Operative Radiotherapy
    • Image-Guided Radiotherapy
    • Volumetric-Modulated Arc Therapy
    • Metabolic Radiotherapy
    • Total Body Irradiation, Total Marrow Irradiation and Total Cutaneous Irradiation
  • equipments and techniques in nuclear medicine

    Gain knowledge about the following topics:

    Radiopharmaceutical Preparations Conventional nuclear medicine

    PET radiopharmaceutical Preparation

    Quality controls on Radiopharmaceuticals

    Operating principles Gamma Camera and PET/CT equipment

    Patient preparation and placement for exam execution

    Test Settings parameters

    Nuclear Medical image Processing

  • Protontherapy

    acquire knowledge about the following topics:

    • Phisyc-clinical characteristics of proton and hadron beams
    • Technical aspects of Proton beam radiotherapy of orbital tumors
    • Immobilization devices e portal imaging devices in Ocular Protontherapy
    • Hadrontherapy equipments
    • Technical and clinical aspects of deep seated tumors hadrontherapy

Course Structure

  • Technical aspects in Radiotherapy

    Lessons

  • Technical aspects in Radiotherapy

    Lessons

  • equipments and techniques in nuclear medicine

    frontal lessons, practical training

  • Protontherapy

    Lessons


Detailed Course Content

  • Technical aspects in Radiotherapy

    Radiotherapy procedures

    Radiotherapy technical equipments

    LINAC and accessories

    Tomotherapy ed equipments for IMRT e VMAT

    Cyberknife, Gammaknife

    Equipments and accessorie for IORT

    EPID, MV e KV Cone beam CT

  • Technical aspects in Radiotherapy

    Radiotherapy procedures

    Radiotherapy Techniques

    3D-CRT

    IMRT, IMAT, VMAT

    Stereotactic radiotherapy e radiosurgery

    IORT

    Metabolic radiotherapy

    IGRT

    TBI, TMI, TSI

  • equipments and techniques in nuclear medicine
    1. Fundamentals on Nuclear Medicine
    2. Preparation of Radiopharmaceuticals in Conventional Nuclear Medicine
    3. Preparation of Radiopharmaceuticals in PET Nuclear Medicine
    4. Physical aspects of Nuclear Medicine
    5. Clinical applications: exams execution and acquisition techniques in Conventional Nuclear Medicine
    6. Clinical applications: exams execution and acquisition techniques in PET Nuclear Medicine
  • Protontherapy

    Radiobiological basics of Hadrontherapy

    Adopted Equipment and Techniques

    Clinical applications


Textbook Information

  • Technical aspects in Radiotherapy

    Elementi di Radioterapia oncologica - Balducci

    Diagnostica per immagini e Radioterapia - Cittadini

    La moderna Radioterapia - Guzzi, Morra

  • Technical aspects in Radiotherapy

    Diagnostica per immagini e Radioterapia - Cittadini

    La moderna Radioterapia - Guzzi, Morra

    Tecniche stereotassiche e Radiochirurgia

  • equipments and techniques in nuclear medicine

    fondamenti di medicina nucleare - Volterrani

  • Protontherapy

    Diagnostica per immagini e Radioterapia - Cittadini

    La moderna Radioterapia - Guzzi, Morra

    Elementi di Radioterapia oncologica - Balducci