Teacher(s)

Grégoire Vincent; Scalliet Pierre; Sterpin Edmond coordinator;

Language

French

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

Faculty or entity

MED