PTCOG 47
May 19-24, 2008
Hyatt
Jacksonville, FL
Education Session
Goal
This conference will introduce the UF Proton Therapy Center to the scientific community involved with particle therapy. The latest advances in physics, technology and patient care with heavy particles will be discussed. A range of educational opportunities about particle therapy will be provided by fostering collaborations among participants.
Educational Objectives
After attending the conference, participants should be able to:
After attending the conference, participants should be able to:
- identify new opportunities to study proton therapy in the clinical setting;
- compare and contrast scattering beam vs. pencil beam planning for specific disease sites;
- describe new particle facilities around the world;
- promote collaborations to learn more about particle therapy.
Target Audience
The program is directed toward medical physicists, health physicists, radiation oncologists, oncologists in other disciplines, engineers, medical dosimetrists, radiation therapists, commercial partners, and administrators.
The program is directed toward medical physicists, health physicists, radiation oncologists, oncologists in other disciplines, engineers, medical dosimetrists, radiation therapists, commercial partners, and administrators.
Educational Methods
- Lectures
- Question and Answer Sessions
- Workshops Exhibit Program
Evaluation
A course evaluation form will provide participants with the opportunity to review each session and speaker, to identify future educational needs, and to comment on any perceived commercial bias in the presentations.
A course evaluation form will provide participants with the opportunity to review each session and speaker, to identify future educational needs, and to comment on any perceived commercial bias in the presentations.
Medical Physics
This educational activity has applied for approval to grant Medical Physics Continuing Education Credit (MPCEC) by the Commission on the Accreditation of Medical Physics Programs (CAMPEP).
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Monday, May 19, 2008
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07:00-07:50
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Registration
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07:50-08:00
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Welcome (J Palta)
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08:00-09:00
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Introduction: Physical Bases of Particle Therapy (M Moyer and A Mazal)
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9:00-09:30
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Production of Particle Beams: Cyclotron (Y Jongen)
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09:30-10:00
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Production of Particle Beams: Synchrotron (G Coutrakon)
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10:00-10:30
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Coffee Break
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10:30-11:15
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New Approaches in Particle Therapy (J Flanz)
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11:15-12:00
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Proton Beam Delivery Techniques and Commissioning Issues: Scattered Proton Beams (R Slopsema)
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12:00-12:45
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Proton Beam Delivery Techniques and Commissioning Issues: Scanning Proton Beams (E Pedroni)
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12:45-13:45
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Lunch Break
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13:45-14:30
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Treatment Planning: Scattered beams (R Ferrrand)
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14:30-15:15
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Treatment Planning: Scanning beams (A Lomax)
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15:15-15:45
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Coffee Break
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15:45-16:45
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Practicum 1-4 (MGH, LLUMC, MDACC, UFPTI)*
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16:45-17:45
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Practicum 1-4 (MGH, LLUMC, MDACC, UFPTI)*
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17:45
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Adjourn for the day
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
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07:00-08:00
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Registration and Information
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08:00-08:30
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Meningioma (E Blomquist)
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08:30-09:00
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Retreatments with Proton Therapy (A Thornton)
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09:00-09:30
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Role of Proton Therapy in Pediatric Malignancies (Jean-Louis Habrand)
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09:30-10:00
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Lung (T Ogino)
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10:00-10:30
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Coffee Break
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10:30-11:00
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Head and Neck (R Malayapa)
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11:00-11:30
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Bone/Soft Tissue (E Hug)
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11:30-12:00
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Prostate (A Lee)
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12:00-13:00
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Lunch Break
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13:00-13:45
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Biology (T Elsaesser)
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13:45-14:30
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Hypofractionation: (H Tsujii)
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14:30-15:00
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Coffee Break
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15:00-16:00
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Practicum1-4* (MGH, LLUMC, MDACC, UFPTI)*
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16:00-17:00
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Practicum 1-4* (MGH, LLUMC, MDACC, UFPTI)*
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17:00
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Adjourn for the day
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
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07:00-08:00
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Registration and Information
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08:00-08:30
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Beam Calibration Protocol (S Vanitsky)
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08:30-09:00
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Patient-Specific QA (AP, RC, MU, Range/Mod, in-vivo dosimetry (H M Lu)
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09:00-09:30
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Periodic Machine QA – Scattered Beams (Z Li)
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09:30-10:00
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Monte Carlo calculations (H Paganetti)
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10:00-10:15
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Coffee Break
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10:15-10:45
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Shielding and Radiation Safety (W Newhauser)
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10:45-11:15
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Maintenance, Logistics and Cost-effectiveness (N Schreuder)
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11:15-11:45
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Facility Start up, Training and Operational Issues: MDACC Experience (M Gillin)
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11:45-12:15
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Facility Start up, Training and Operational Issues: UFPTI Experience (N. Mendenhall
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12:15-12:30
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Wrap up (E Hug, A Mazal, and J Palta)
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12:30
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Adjourn for the day
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* A physician and physicist team to discuss ‘start-to-finish’: positioning and immobilization; treatment planning; plan evaluation; and treatment verification steps for three disease sites:
· Prostate
· Skull-based tumor
· Tumor in the Thorax
Each session will be 1 hour in length and each attendee will be assigned to a group:
· LLUMC Experience (Their own TPS)
· MGH Experience (CMS TPS)
· UFPTI Experience (Eclipse)
· MDACC Experience (Eclipse)
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