AAPM - 2003 Summer School - Monday Scientific Program Schedule

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Scientific Program Schedule Day 2, Monday, June 23, 2003
Time	Topic & Faculty	Objectives
8:00 – 8:45 AM	Serial Tomotherapy Bruce Curran PDF Presentation (7.79 MB)	Describe the concepts of serial tomotherapy. Review the dosimetry and treatment delivery issues of tomotherapy. Describe the implications of MU efficiency.
8:45 – 9:30 AM	Helical Tomotherapy Rock Mackie PDF Presentation (3.13 MB)	Describe the principle and development of helical tomotherapy. Review the advantages and disadvantages of IMRT delivery with helical tomotherapy over other IMRT delivery systems.
9:30 – 10:00 AM	DISCUSSION
10:00 – 10:15 AM	BREAK
10:15 – 11:00 AM	Static MLC IMRT (Step and Shoot) Arthur Boyer PDF Presentation (860 KB)	Describe the criteria for leaf sequencing optimization. Review the commonly used leaf-sequencing schemes for the SMLC delivery. Provide clinical examples of SMLC for different treatment sites.
11:00 – 11:45 AM	Dynamic MLC IMRT (Moving Leaves) Paul Keall PDF Presentation (1.45 MB)	Describe the principles of dynamic beam delivery and hardware requirements. Review the commonly used leaf-sequencing schemes for the DMLC delivery. Provide clinical examples of DMLC for different treatment sites. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of DMLC over SMLC.
11:45 – 12:15 PM	DISCUSSION
12:15 – 2:00 PM	LUNCH
2:00 – 2:45 PM	Functional Requirements for IMRT Delivery Systems Tim Waldron PDF Presentation (427 KB)	Describe the functional hardware and software requirements for an IMRT delivery system. Review the patient safety requirements for an IMRT delivery system.
2:45 – 3:30 PM	Facility Planning for IMRT Daniel Low PDF Presentation (300KB)	Describes the origin of shielding issues in IMRT. Review the principles of shielding a room for IMRT treatments. Provide comparisons of room barrier designed for conventional radiation therapy and IMRT.
3:30 – 4:00 PM	DISCUSSION
4:00 – 4:15 PM	BREAK
4:15 – 5:15 PM	Dosimetry Metrology for IMRT Jean Moran PDF Presentation (761 KB)	Review the dosimetry measurements necessary to commission IMRT. Describe the common pitfalls of current dosimetry measurement techniques and provide solutions.
Evening Discussion Session (Beer and Pretzels) 7:30- 9:30 PM "What does it take to start an IMRT program?": Jim Galvin; Moderator Panel: Rock Mackie , Lynn Verhey, Chen Chui, Jean Moran, and Tim Waldron PDF Presentation (380 KB) The moderator for the session, an expert on IMRT will provide his/her perspective on this issue and open the floor for discussion. A panel of experts with expertise in different aspects of IMRT planning and delivery will assist the moderator in answering the questions from the floor.

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