COURSE UNIT TITLE

: APPLICATIONS OF RADIOTHREAPY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MDF 6022 APPLICATIONS OF RADIOTHREAPY ELECTIVE 0 16 0 9

Offered By

Medical Physics

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR AYŞE NUR DEMIRAL

Offered to

Medical Physics

Course Objective

To provide reinforcement of the theoretical knowledge the student has gained in the field with the help of clinical practice.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to use the features of immobilization systems and CT-simulator in radiotherapy
2   Ability to perform contouring of organs and conventional and conformal radiotherapy treatment planning using computerized treatment planning systems
3   Ability to make relevant cerrobend blocks, immobilization masks, bolus, etc. required in the radiotherapy of patients and to perform patient set-up and maintain the accuracy of the set-up by means of checking the compatibility of the set-up with the treatment plan
4   Ability to make, evaluate and apply advanced conformal, IMRT and SRT/SBRT treatment planning
5   Comprehension and ability to use brachytherapy systems and to make advanced brachytherapy treatment planning
6   Ability to perform quality controls of all radiotherapy systems using advanced radiotherapy techniques
7   Ability to perform environmental radiation measurements and to evaluate the measurement results

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Quality control of CT simulators and linear accelerators
2 Applications with radiation measuring devices in environmental radiation measurements. Sealing tests of radiation.
3 Information about head and neck immobilIzation systems, acquisition and transfer of CT images , Organ contouring in head and neck region, formation of basic treatment plans, working on DRR images
4 Creating conformal, IMRT, SRT, SRS, SBRT plans in head and neck tumors. Transferring the plan to treatment device. Making the necessary QA testing. Controlling of the set-up process and taking the verification images.
5 Using breast board in breast tumors. Acquisition of CT images and transferring the images to the planning system. Creating conventional, conformal and IMRT plans. Transferring the treatment plan to the treatment device. Performing QA tests. Controlling of the set-up process and taking the verification images.
6 Information about pelvic mask, knee and foot fixing system in Genito-urinary system tumors. Acquisition of CT images and transferring the images to the planning system. Creating conventional, conformal and IMRT plans. Making the necessary QA testing. Controlling of the set-up process and taking the verification images.
7 Information about pelvic mask, knee and foot fixing system in Gynecologic tumors. Acquisition of CT images and transferring the images to the planning system. Creating conventional, conformal and IMRT plans. Making the necessary QA testing. Controlling of the set-up process and taking the verification images.
8 Information about the immobilization systems in Lung tumors. Acquisition of CT images and transferring the images to the planning system. Creating conventional, conformal and IMRT, and SBRT plans. Making the necessary QA testing. Controlling of the set-up process and taking the verification images.
9 Information about the immobilization systems in Gastrointestinal tumors. Acquisition of CT images and transferring the images to the planning system. Creating conventional, conformal and IMRT plans. Making the necessary QA testing. Controlling of the set-up process and taking the verification images.
10 Information about the immobilization systems in Lymphoma and pediatric tumors. Acquisition of CT images and transferring the images to the planning system. Creating conventional, conformal and IMRT plans. Making the necessary QA testing. Controlling of the set-up process and taking the verification images.
11 Information about brachytherapy applicators. Acquisition of CT images and transferring the images to the planning system. Creating 3D brachytherapy planning. Making the necessary QA testing. Implementation of the brachytherapy treatment.
12 Calibration of MLC in linear accelerators
13 Quality control of the treatment planning systems and treatment plans.
14 Performing manual dose calculations, formation of cerrobend blocks and assembling the blocks onto plexiglass trays, making immobilization masks for patients, learning information about bolus materials (wax, gel, rice, powder, etc.)

Recomended or Required Reading

Khan FM, Gerbi BJ. Treatment Planning in Radiation Oncology , Second and Third Edition.
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2007, 2012

Edward C. Halperin, Carlos A. Perez, Luther W. Brady Principles and Practice of Radiation Oncology Third, Fourth and Fifth Edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 1997, 2003, 2008.

Wolfgang Schlegel, Thomas Bortfeld, Anca-Ligia Grosu New Technologies in Radiation Oncology Springer, 2006.

P.Mayles, A.Nahum, J.C.Rasenwald Handbook Of Radiotherapy Physics Theory and Practice Taylor and Francis, 2007.

Pam Cherry, Angela M. Duxbury Practical Radiotherapy Physics And Equipment Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.

E.B. Podgorsak, Radiation Oncology Physics : A Handbook For Teachers And Students IAEA, 2005.
Course notes

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Clinical application (active participation)
Homework
Presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRF PERFORMANCE
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRF


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1.Participation in clinical practice
2.Performance in preparing homework and making presentation

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Tutorials 14 16 224
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 234

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17PO.18
LO.14222422232
LO.2422452332522442
LO.342234442223
LO.43234525422333433
LO.54335525334444433
LO.63454335332442533
LO.7223253433543

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