Dosimétrie informatisée en radiothérapie [ WRDTH3160 ]
5.0 crédits ECTS
30.0 h + 60.0 h
| Teacher(s) |
Grégoire Vincent ;
Scalliet Pierre ;
Vynckier Stefaan (coordinator) ;
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| Language |
French
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Place
of the course |
Bruxelles Woluwe
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| 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
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| Aims |
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and
command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be
accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled
“Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
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Faculty or entity
in charge |
> MED
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