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Dosimétrie informatisée en radiothérapie [ WRDTH3160 ]


5.0 crédits ECTS  30.0 h + 60.0 h  

Teacher(s) Scalliet Pierre ; Vynckier Stefaan (coordinator) ; Grégoire Vincent ;
Language French
Place
of the course
Bruxelles Woluwe
Main themes A. Production of radiotherapy beams : - Cobalt-60, - linear accelerators, - neutron beams, proton beams, heavy ion beams. B. Definition of dosimetry quantities for radiotherapy: - PDD, RTM, RTA, OAR, isodoses, BSF, PSF. C. Quality assurance in radiotherapy : - definition and importance - recommendations - quality control in radiotherapy -quality control of CT scanners - quality control of linear accelerators - quality control of treatment planning systems - in-vivo dosimetry D. Calculation methods for external beam therapy - matrix system in TPS - separation of scatter and primary beam - pencil beam methods - Monte Carlo calculations E. Dosimetry for Brachy therapy
Aims
Cycle et année
d'étude
> Master [120] in Physics
> Master [120] in Biomedical Engineering
> Advanced Master in Radiotherapy-Oncology
> Certificat universitaire en physique d'hôpital
Faculty or entity
in charge
> MED


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