TECNICHE DI DIAGNOSTICA PER IMMAGINI VII

Academic Year 2020/2021 - 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
  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Protontherapy

    Diagnostica per immagini e Radioterapia - Cittadini

    La moderna Radioterapia - Guzzi, Morra

    Elementi di Radioterapia oncologica - Balducci