TECNICHE DI DIAGNOSTICA PER IMMAGINI VII

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