Precision of pre-sirt predictive dosimetry

Size: px
Start display at page:

Download "Precision of pre-sirt predictive dosimetry"

Transcription

1 International Course on THERANOSTICS AND MOLECULAR RADIOTHERAPY Precision of pre-sirt predictive dosimetry Hugo Levillain Department of Nuclear Medicine Medical Physics Jules Bordet Institute, Université Libre de Bruxelles Brussels, Belgium

2 Imaging workflow pre-sirt 1 Patient s Selection Diagnostic MRI, CT, PET/CT, SPECT/CT 2 Patient stratification Hepatobiliary scintigraphy Dynamic Planar + SPECT/CT 3 3D CT Angiogram Cone Beam CT (CBCT) 99m Tc-MAA injection 99m Tc-MAA SPECT/CT Treatment Planning Prevent post-therapy complication and select patient with good potential outcome 1

3 3 Imaging workflow post-sirt CBCT 90 Y SIR-Spheres injection 90 Y SIR-Spheres PET/CT Treatment 7 to 15 days after simulation We see what We treat 4 Patients follow up 6-8 weeks after treatment Follow-up MRI, CT, PET/CT, SPECT/CT Response assessment 2

4 Personalized pre-sirt predictive dosimetry & SIRT therapeutic window Optimize the therapeutic efficacy Minimize the dose to organs at risk: Safety Maximize the dose delivered to the tumor 3

5 Problems Therapeutic window To be defined according to cutoffs definitions Which dosimetry methodology? Personalized pre-sirt predictive dosimetry Which dosimetry methodology? Predictive power? Precision and accuracy of pre-sirt predictive dosimetry 4

6 Problems Therapeutic window To be defined according to cutoffs definitions Which dosimetry methodology? Personalized pre-sirt predictive dosimetry Which dosimetry methodology? Predictive power? Precision and accuracy of pre-sirt predictive dosimetry 5

7 SIRT therapeutic window: therapeutic effect Progressive disease Threshold for response Response Partial Response / Stable disease SIRsphere Therasphere Cremonesi et al., 2014, frontiers in Oncology 6

8 TLG change % SIRT therapeutic window: therapeutic effect Dose-response relationship based on 99m Tc-MAA SPECT/CT for mcrc patients Flamen et al. 2008: R² = Simulated Absorbed Dose (Gy) Significant response (ΔTLG>50%) for D mean > 66 Gy No standardization of image acquisition and reconstruction Evolution of image modalities Flamen P. et al. 2008, Physics in Medicine and Biology 7

9 Problems Therapeutic window To be defined according to cutoffs definitions Which dosimetry methodology? Personalized pre-sirt predictive dosimetry Which dosimetry methodology? Predictive power? Precision and accuracy of pre-sirt predictive dosimetry 8

10 Dosimetry methodology Medical Internal Radiation Dose (MIRD) formalism Procedure guidelines based on MIRD model Cumulated Activity (biological data): 3D quantification S Factor (Physical data): Energy deposition into target volume Organ/sub-organ level Hypothesis: uniform distribution Bolch.W. et al. 2009, Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine 9

11 Dosimetry methodology Personalized 3D dosimetry (Planet Onco 3.0, Dosisoft ) MIRD at voxel scale Time Integrated Activity (TIA) map at voxel scale Voxel S values (VSV) (Dieudonne et al., 2011) Dieudonné, A., 2011, Journal of Nuclear Medicine 10

12 Dosimetry methodology Personalized 3D dosimetry (Planet Onco 3.0, Dosisoft ) 90 Y SIR-Spheres PET/CT 99m Tc-MAA SPECT/CT 90 Y SIR-Spheres isodoses Convert to 90 Y-MS TIA map VSV Dose Volume Histogram (DVH) Dieudonné, A., 2011, Journal of Nuclear Medicine 11

13 Dosimetry methodology Personalized 3D dosimetry: Dose Volume Histograms 40 Gy 100% uniform 40 Gy 60% uniform 40 Gy 60% Heterogeneous 00 V (%) D (Gy)

14 Dosimetry methodology Personalized 3D dosimetry: Dose Volume Histograms 40 Gy 100% uniform 40 Gy 60% uniform 40 Gy 60% Heterogeneous 00 V (%) D (Gy)

15 Dosimetry methodology Personalized 3D dosimetry: Dose Volume Histograms 40 Gy 100% uniform 40 Gy 60% uniform 40 Gy 60% Heterogeneous 00 V (%) D (Gy)

16 Dosimetry methodology Jules Bordet Institute s pre-sirt dosimetry workflow I) Images selection 99m Tc-MAA SPECT/ CT (reference images) Diagnostic images (FDG PET/CT, SPECT CT, IRM, CT) Additional images: CBCT, hepatobiliary SPECT/CT 13

17 Dosimetry methodology Jules Bordet Institute s pre-sirt dosimetry workflow II) 99m Tc-MAA SPECT/ CT Liver delineation Manually Errors 14

18 Dosimetry methodology Jules Bordet Institute s pre-sirt dosimetry workflow III) Images rigid co-registration Automatic + visual inspection and manual corrections Errors 15

19 Dosimetry methodology Jules Bordet Institute s pre-sirt dosimetry workflow IV) 99m Tc-MAA treated liver delineation (e.g. right liver) Manually Validation with CBCT Errors 16

20 Dosimetry methodology Jules Bordet Institute s pre-sirt dosimetry workflow V)Lesions delineation Fixed threshold based on PERCIST Errors Wahl.R. et al., 2009, Journal of Nuclear Medicine 17

21 Dosimetry methodology Jules Bordet Institute s pre-sirt dosimetry workflow V (%) VI) Dosimetry using partition model 1) Safety Activity homogenous MAA distribution giving 40 Gy to the treated liver Prescribed activity = 987 MBq Lesion mean absorbed dose = 288 Gy D (Gy) 18

22 Dosimetry methodology Jules Bordet Institute s pre-sirt dosimetry workflow VI) Dosimetry: Personalized 3D dosimetry (Planet Onco 3.0, Dosisoft ) 2) Optimization Dose volume histogram based Activity giving 40% of the treated liver receive less than 40 Gy EBRT safety criteria transformed using BED Before optimization 35 Gy-40% After optimization 40 Gy-40%

23 Dosimetry methodology Jules Bordet Institute s pre-sirt dosimetry workflow VI) Dosimetry: Personalized 3D dosimetry (Planet Onco 3.0, Dosisoft ) 2) Validation Lesion mean absorbed dose = 339 Gy (+50 Gy) Prescribed activity Simulation 99m Tc-MAA isodoses on baseline FDG PET/CT 20

24 Dosimetry methodology Jules Bordet Institute s pre-sirt dosimetry workflow Pre-SIRT predictive dosimetry Minimize the dose to the liver Maximize the dose delivered to the tumor Personalized activity prescription 21

25 Problems Therapeutic window To be defined according to cutoffs definitions Which dosimetry methodology Personalized pre-sirt predictive dosimetry Which dosimetry methodology Predictive power? Precision and accuracy of pre-sirt predictive dosimetry 22

26 Pre-SIRT dosimetry errors sources Biology Vascularization Hemodynamics Dosimetry MAA as a surrogate of microspheres distribution? Same catheter position? Dosimetry methodology Prepared vs prescribed activities? Administered vs prescribed activities? SIRT needs precise/accurate determination of administered 90 Y SIR-Spheres activity 23

27 Response Side effects Response Side effects Precision and accuracy of pre-sirt dosimetry SIRT needs accurate/precise determination of administered 90 Y SIR-Spheres activity Affected by Stochastic and Systematic errors Systematic Accuracy Stochastic Precision Clinical dosimetry need first Precision 24

28 Response Side effects Precision and accuracy of pre-sirt dosimetry Dealing with accuracy No gold-standard applicable in clinical routine Expensive Radionuclide calibrator and/or sources transport for calibration Cross-validation of radionuclide calibrator with 90 Y SIR-Spheres PET/CT s calibration Constant 4 25

29 Quality assurance of activity administration in SIRT Evaluate the difference between administered 90Y SIR-Spheres activities: Computed A prepared A residual Quantified on 90 Y PET/CT images 26

30 Quality assurance of activity administration in SIRT Retrospective study based on 73 patients Single catheter position No quantifiable shunt to non-target organs Patients underwent 99m Tc-MAA SPECT/CT MAA perfusion volume (1-5% max) Activity prescription 90 Y SIR-Spheres PET/CT 27

31 Quality assurance of activity administration in SIRT Administered activity Computed (State of the art): A prepared A residual 1 Quantified on 90 Y PET/CT Corrected from nuclear decay 2 28

32 Quality assurance of activity administration in SIRT 1 Computed administered activity A prepared A residual 90 Y SIR-Spheres activity to inject Prepared in accordance to the prescription Measured with radionuclide calibrator CRC-15R Capintec Residual activity Pre/Post-injection box doses rates measurements 29

33 Quality assurance of activity administration in SIRT 2 Quantified administered activity 90 Y SIR-Spheres PET/CT images GE-Healthcare Discovery 690 PET/CT 2 bed positions of 30min, voxel size: mm 3 Images reconstruction (QUEST phantom study) 3D OSEM, 18 iterations, 3 subsets, 13.7 Gaussian post-filtering Corrections: Attenuation, Diffusion, TOF, PSF inhomogeneity Willowson.K. et al., 2015, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 30

34 Quality assurance of activity administration in SIRT Quantified administered activity 2 Requires a volume 90 Y SIR-Spheres PET/CT volume delineation? No methods Noise Partial volume effect Utilize the MAA volume 90 Y SIR-Spheres PET/CT quantification Predictive power of MAA for the volume Willowson.K. et al., 2015, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Carlier.T. et al., 2016, Medical Physics 31

35 Quality assurance of activity administration in SIRT Quantified administered activity 2 Registration corrected by visual inspection 32

36 Quality assurance of activity administration in SIRT Quantified vs Computed administered activities Univariate linear regression Agreement between computed and quantified activities Relative difference between the 2 measurements Mean ± SD Plot of errors as a function of treated volume size Plot of errors as a function of the amount of injected activity 33

37 Quantified 90 Y-MS activity (MBq) Quality assurance of activity administration in SIRT Quantified vs Computed administered activities R 2 =0.96 Computed 90 Y-MS activity (MBq) 34

38 Frequency Quality assurance of activity administration in SIRT Quantified vs Computed administered activities Mean relative difference=3.2±12.3% Relative difference (%) 35

39 Relative difference (%) Relative difference (%) Quality assurance of activity administration in SIRT Quantified vs Computed administered activities Treated Volume (cm3) Administered activity (MBq) 36

40 Problems Therapeutic window To be defined according to cutoffs definitions Which dosimetry methodology Personalized pre-sirt predictive dosimetry Which dosimetry methodology Predictive power Precision and accuracy of pre-sirt predictive dosimetry 37

41 Conclusion Relative difference between computed and quantified administered activities is relatively low Good correlation of the 2 measurements: R 2 = 0.96, mean relative difference = 3.2 ± 12.3% Knowledge of the precision of the correlation Importance of images registration and segmentation No correlation with the amount of injected activity or with treated volume size 38

42 Conclusion Feasibility of a quality assurance process 90 Y SIR-Spheres PET/CT can be used directly to measure the administered activity Demonstration of the predictive power of pre-sirt predictive dosimetry at liver scale 39

43 Perspectives 90 Y-MS PET/CT and 99m Tc-MAA distributions correlation Simulation 99m Tc-MAA isodoses On baseline FDG PET/CT Treatment 90 Y SIR-Spheres isodoses On baseline FDG PET/CT 40

44 Take home message Therapeutic Window Predictive dosimetry : treatment outcome optimization Personalized 3D Dosimetry workflow Volume delineation and image registration Safety: 40 Gy to the treated volume Optimization: 40 Gy 40% based on DVH Validation Personalized activity prescription 41

45 International Course on THERANOSTICS AND MOLECULAR RADIOTHERAPY Thank you!

8/1/2017. Disclosures. Outline. SAM Imaging Education Course 90Y-Microsphere Therapy: Emerging Trends and Future Directions

8/1/2017. Disclosures. Outline. SAM Imaging Education Course 90Y-Microsphere Therapy: Emerging Trends and Future Directions SAM Imaging Education Course Y-Microsphere Therapy: Emerging Trends and Future Directions Matt Vanderhoek, PhD Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI Vanessa Gates, MS Northwestern University, Chicago,

More information

Calculation methods in Hermes Medical Solutions dosimetry software

Calculation methods in Hermes Medical Solutions dosimetry software Calculation methods in Hermes Medical Solutions dosimetry software Helena McMeekin MSc. Clinical Applications Scientist, Hermes Medical Solutions MRTDosimetry Scientific Workshop The Principals and Clinical

More information

Theranostics in Nuclear Medicine

Theranostics in Nuclear Medicine Theranostics in Nuclear Medicine Patrick FLAMEN, MD, PhD Head Nuclear Medicine Institut Jules Bordet Université Libre de Bruxelles (U.L.B.) n Theranostics in Nuclear Medicine n A form of (nuclear) diagnostic

More information

Y90 SIRT Therapy Dosimetric Aspects

Y90 SIRT Therapy Dosimetric Aspects Y90 SIRT Therapy Dosimetric Aspects David Chee-Eng Ng MBBS, BSc, MSc, MRCP, FAMS, FRCP (Edin) Head and Senior Consultant, Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET Singapore General Hospital Adjunct Assistant

More information

Lu-DOTATATE PRRT dosimetry:

Lu-DOTATATE PRRT dosimetry: 177 Lu-DOTATATE PRRT dosimetry: From theory to practice Silvano Gnesin Medical Physics department Institute of Radiation Physics, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland Gwennaëlle Marin Medical

More information

The Clinical Utility of Yttrium-90 PET after SIRT

The Clinical Utility of Yttrium-90 PET after SIRT The Clinical Utility of Yttrium-90 PET after SIRT Dr Yung Hsiang Kao Department of Nuclear Medicine Austin Health Melbourne, Australia 2 nd Asia Pacific Symposium on Liver-Directed Y-90 Microspheres Therapy

More information

Quantifying Y-90 PET. The Challenges Associated With the QUEST Study. Michael Tapner Research & Development Project Manager Sirtex

Quantifying Y-90 PET. The Challenges Associated With the QUEST Study. Michael Tapner Research & Development Project Manager Sirtex Quantifying Y-90 PET. The Challenges Associated With the QUEST Study Michael Tapner Research & Development Project Manager Sirtex Internal Dosimetry with 90 Y Resin Microspheres: QUEST COUNT MAP ACTIVITY

More information

Clinical Implementation of patient-specific dosimetry, comparison with absorbed fraction-based method

Clinical Implementation of patient-specific dosimetry, comparison with absorbed fraction-based method Clinical Implementation of patient-specific dosimetry, comparison with absorbed fraction-based method George Sgouros, Ph.D. Russell H. Morgan Dept of Radiology & Radiological Science Johns Hopkins University,

More information

SORAMIC: NM Procedures

SORAMIC: NM Procedures : NM Procedures J. Ruf Klinik für Radiologie und Nuklearmedizin : NM Procedures Evaluation - 99m Tc MAA Scintigraphy Lung shunt assessment Treatment activity determination Therapy - 90 Y-SIR-Spheres Procedure

More information

Dosimetry and radiobiology for Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy

Dosimetry and radiobiology for Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy Dosimetry and radiobiology for Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy Short-ranged particle emitters for targeted radionuclide therapy require specific dosimetry and radiobiology Mark Konijnenberg Melodi

More information

Quantitative Theranostics in Nuclear Medicine

Quantitative Theranostics in Nuclear Medicine Quantitative Theranostics in Nuclear Medicine M. Lassmann Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin Direktor: Prof. Dr. A. Buck Contents What is Theranostics? Potential Targets Basic Principles of Quantitative

More information

Selective Internal Radiation Therapy. Jefferson R. Pagsisihan, MD, DPSNM The Medical City St. Luke s Medical Center

Selective Internal Radiation Therapy. Jefferson R. Pagsisihan, MD, DPSNM The Medical City St. Luke s Medical Center Selective Internal Radiation Therapy Jefferson R. Pagsisihan, MD, DPSNM The Medical City St. Luke s Medical Center S Selective Internal Radiation Therapy catheter-based liver directed modality for patients

More information

7/13/2015. Current Trends in Yttrium-90 Microsphere Therapy Planning and Dosimetry. Educational Objectives TRANS-ARTERIAL LIVER-DIRECTED THERAPIES

7/13/2015. Current Trends in Yttrium-90 Microsphere Therapy Planning and Dosimetry. Educational Objectives TRANS-ARTERIAL LIVER-DIRECTED THERAPIES Current Trends in Yttrium-90 Microsphere Therapy Planning and Dosimetry Armeen Mahvash, MD S. Cheenu Kappadath, PhD The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas AAPM Annual Meeting

More information

Facilitating Lu 177 Personalized Dosimetry for Neuroendocrine Tumours CANM 2017

Facilitating Lu 177 Personalized Dosimetry for Neuroendocrine Tumours CANM 2017 Facilitating Lu 177 Personalized Dosimetry for Neuroendocrine Tumours CANM 2017 CANM ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING APRIL 20-23, 2017 TORONTO, ONTARIO I do not have a financial interest, arrangement or affiliation

More information

SIRT Dosimetry: Sometimes Less Is More

SIRT Dosimetry: Sometimes Less Is More SIRT Dosimetry: Sometimes Less Is More Navesh K. Sharma, DO, PhD Assistant Professor, Departments of Radiation Oncology, Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Medical Director, Radiation Oncology,

More information

A. DeWerd. Michael Kissick. Larry. Editors. The Phantoms of Medical. and Health Physics. Devices for Research and Development.

A. DeWerd. Michael Kissick. Larry. Editors. The Phantoms of Medical. and Health Physics. Devices for Research and Development. Larry Editors A. DeWerd Michael Kissick The Phantoms of Medical and Health Physics Devices for Research and Development ^ Springer Contents 1 Introduction to Phantoms of Medical and Health Physics 1 1.1

More information

Isoeffective Dose Specification of Normal Liver in Yttrium-90 Microsphere Radioembolization*

Isoeffective Dose Specification of Normal Liver in Yttrium-90 Microsphere Radioembolization* Isoeffective Dose Specification of Normal Liver in Yttrium-90 Microsphere Radioembolization* Barry W. Wessels, Ph.D 1 ; Amilia G. Di Dia, PhD 2 ;Yiran Zheng, PhD 1 Marta Cremonesi, PhD 2 1 University Hospitals

More information

IART and EBRT, an innovative approach

IART and EBRT, an innovative approach External beam radiotherapy and nuclear medicine therapy: which kind of integration? Mahila Ferrari mahila.ferrari ferrari@ieo.it A different NM and RT integration... Radionuclide therapy combined to EBRT

More information

BORDET DEPARTMENT RADIATION ONCOLOGY

BORDET DEPARTMENT RADIATION ONCOLOGY BORDET DEPARTMENT RADIATION ONCOLOGY The Radiation Oncology Department has been providing patients with high quality, tailored radiation oncology care for the last 60 years in a multidisciplinary setting

More information

Chapters from Clinical Oncology

Chapters from Clinical Oncology Chapters from Clinical Oncology Lecture notes University of Szeged Faculty of Medicine Department of Oncotherapy 2012. 1 RADIOTHERAPY Technical aspects Dr. Elemér Szil Introduction There are three possibilities

More information

8/2/2018. Disclosure. Online MR-IG-ART Dosimetry and Dose Accumulation

8/2/2018. Disclosure. Online MR-IG-ART Dosimetry and Dose Accumulation Online MR-IG-ART Dosimetry and Dose Accumulation Deshan Yang, PhD, Associate Professor Department of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine Washington University in Saint Louis 1 Disclosure Received research

More information

8/10/2016. PET/CT Radiomics for Tumor. Anatomic Tumor Response Assessment in CT or MRI. Metabolic Tumor Response Assessment in FDG-PET

8/10/2016. PET/CT Radiomics for Tumor. Anatomic Tumor Response Assessment in CT or MRI. Metabolic Tumor Response Assessment in FDG-PET PET/CT Radiomics for Tumor Response Evaluation August 1, 2016 Wei Lu, PhD Department of Medical Physics www.mskcc.org Department of Radiation Oncology www.umaryland.edu Anatomic Tumor Response Assessment

More information

What do we Know About Adaptive Radiotherapy? Lei Dong, Ph.D. Scripps Proton Therapy Center San Diego, California

What do we Know About Adaptive Radiotherapy? Lei Dong, Ph.D. Scripps Proton Therapy Center San Diego, California What do we Know About Adaptive Radiotherapy? Lei Dong, Ph.D. Scripps Proton Therapy Center San Diego, California AAMD Region II Meeting Houston, Texas September 13-14, 2012 Learning Objectives To gain

More information

Patient dosimetry for 90 Y selective internal radiation treatment based on 90 Y PET imaging

Patient dosimetry for 90 Y selective internal radiation treatment based on 90 Y PET imaging JOURNAL OF APPLIED CLINICAL MEDICAL PHYSICS, VOLUME 14, NUMBER 5, 2013 Patient dosimetry for 90 Y selective internal radiation treatment based on 90 Y PET imaging Sherry C. Ng, 1a Victor H. Lee, 2 Martin

More information

Future Needs for Standards in 90 Y Microsphere Therapy. CIRMS 2012 Reed Selwyn, PhD, DABR 24 October 2012

Future Needs for Standards in 90 Y Microsphere Therapy. CIRMS 2012 Reed Selwyn, PhD, DABR 24 October 2012 Future Needs for Standards in 90 Y Microsphere Therapy CIRMS 2012 Reed Selwyn, PhD, DABR 24 October 2012 Objectives I. General Description Microsphere Distribution Product Comparison II. Dosimetry Models

More information

Stereotaxy. Outlines. Establishing SBRT Program: Physics & Dosimetry. SBRT - Simulation. Body Localizer. Sim. Sim. Sim. Stereotaxy?

Stereotaxy. Outlines. Establishing SBRT Program: Physics & Dosimetry. SBRT - Simulation. Body Localizer. Sim. Sim. Sim. Stereotaxy? Establishing SBRT Program: Physics & Dosimetry Lu Wang, Ph.D. Radiation Oncology Department Fox Chase Cancer Center Outlines Illustrate the difference between SBRT vs. CRT Introduce the major procedures

More information

Dosimetry (Dose Estimation) of Internal Emitters. Outline. For Radiation Effects, is Dose the only Answer? Estimation of Dose and not Dosimetry

Dosimetry (Dose Estimation) of Internal Emitters. Outline. For Radiation Effects, is Dose the only Answer? Estimation of Dose and not Dosimetry Dosimetry (Dose Estimation) of Internal Emitters. Lawrence E. Williams, PhD City of Hope National Medical Center Duarte CA 91010 lwilliams@coh.org Outline 1. Dose Estimation Formula D = S*Ã 2. Determination

More information

Review of TG-186 recommendations

Review of TG-186 recommendations Review of TG-186 recommendations Implementation of advanced brachytherapy dose calculation algorithms beyond TG-43 Rowan M. Thomson Carleton Laboratory for Radiotherapy Physics Carleton University Ottawa

More information

Biases affecting tumor uptake measurements in FDG-PET

Biases affecting tumor uptake measurements in FDG-PET Biases affecting tumor uptake measurements in FDG-PET M. Soret, C. Riddell, S. Hapdey, and I. Buvat Abstract-- The influence of tumor diameter, tumor-tobackground activity ratio, attenuation, spatial resolution,

More information

Using PET/MRI to Assess Hepatic Radioembolization of Yttrium-90 Microspheres

Using PET/MRI to Assess Hepatic Radioembolization of Yttrium-90 Microspheres Washington University in St. Louis Washington University Open Scholarship Engineering and Applied Science Theses & Dissertations Engineering and Applied Science Spring 5-15-2017 Using PET/MRI to Assess

More information

Advanced quantification in oncology PET

Advanced quantification in oncology PET Advanced quantification in oncology PET Irène Buvat IMNC UMR 8165 CNRS Paris 11 University Orsay, France buvat@imnc.in2p3.fr http://www.guillemet.org/irene ISSSMA 2013 - June 3rd 2013-1 Two steps Static

More information

Dosimetry Optimization System and Integrated Software (DOSIS): a comparison against Fluka code results over a standard phantom

Dosimetry Optimization System and Integrated Software (DOSIS): a comparison against Fluka code results over a standard phantom Dosimetry Optimization System and Integrated Software (DOSIS): a comparison against Fluka code results over a standard phantom Institute of Physics E. Gaviola - CONICET & LIIFAMIRX - Laboratorio de Investigación

More information

Quantitative Imaging: A hospital physicist s perspective James Scuffham

Quantitative Imaging: A hospital physicist s perspective James Scuffham Quantitative Imaging: A hospital physicist s perspective James Scuffham Clinical Scientist, Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Associate Tutor, University of Surrey Background The Royal

More information

Background. New Cross Hospital is a 700 bed DGH located in central England

Background. New Cross Hospital is a 700 bed DGH located in central England Background New Cross Hospital is a 700 bed DGH located in central England Regional Heart & Lung centre opened in 2005 Covering the Black Country (Population >1,000,000) Nuclear Medicine Department Single

More information

Metabolic volume measurement (physics and methods)

Metabolic volume measurement (physics and methods) Metabolic volume measurement (physics and methods) Ronald Boellaard Department of Nuclear Medicine & PET Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam r.boellaard@vumc.nl Metabolic volume vs tumor

More information

Use of imaging systems for patient modeling - PET and SPECT

Use of imaging systems for patient modeling - PET and SPECT Use of imaging systems for patient modeling - PET and SPECT Sasa Mutic Department of Radiation Oncology Siteman Cancer Center Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology Washington University School of Medicine

More information

International Course on THERANOSTICS AND MOLECULAR RADIOTHERAPY

International Course on THERANOSTICS AND MOLECULAR RADIOTHERAPY International Course on THERANOSTICS AND MOLECULAR RADIOTHERAPY A Joint Initiative of IAEA BELNUC - JULES BORDET INSTITUTE OCTOBER 2-6, 2017 Venue: Auditorium Tagnon Jules Bordet Institute Boulevard de

More information

SELECTIVE INTERNAL RADIATION THERAPY FOR TREATMENT OF LIVER CANCER

SELECTIVE INTERNAL RADIATION THERAPY FOR TREATMENT OF LIVER CANCER SELECTIVE INTERNAL RADIATION THERAPY FOR TREATMENT OF LIVER CANCER SIR-Spheres*: A New Treatment Option for Non-Resectable Liver Tumors Treatment Overview SIRT: Selective Internal Radiation Therapy Concept

More information

Standardization of Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetry

Standardization of Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetry Standardization of Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetry Jonathon A. Nye, PhD Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences Emory University SEAAPM 2011 Myrtle Beach, SC Review of Dosimetry Nomenclature Dose Gray

More information

An audit of radiation dose of 4D CT in a radiotherapy department

An audit of radiation dose of 4D CT in a radiotherapy department An audit of radiation dose of 4D CT in a radiotherapy department Poster No.: R-0097 Congress: Type: Authors: Keywords: DOI: 2014 CSM Scientific Exhibit T. Hubbard, J. Callahan, J. Cramb, R. Budd, T. Kron;

More information

The IAEA BSS and development of an international dosimetry protocol

The IAEA BSS and development of an international dosimetry protocol The BSS and development of an international dosimetry protocol MetroMRT 3 rd Workshop National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, UK 20-21 April 2015 Gian Luca POLI International Atomic Energy Agency Dosimetry

More information

Physical Bases : Which Isotopes?

Physical Bases : Which Isotopes? Physical Bases : Which Isotopes? S. Gnesin Institute of Radiation Physics, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland 1/53 Theranostic Bruxelles, 2 Octobrer 2017 Theranostic : use of diagnostic

More information

Application of 3D Printing to Molecular Radiotherapy Phantoms. Nick Calvert Nuclear Medicine Group The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester

Application of 3D Printing to Molecular Radiotherapy Phantoms. Nick Calvert Nuclear Medicine Group The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Application of 3D Printing to Molecular Radiotherapy Phantoms Nick Calvert Nuclear Medicine Group The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Molecular Radiotherapy Radionuclide administered to patient

More information

Silvia Pella, PhD, DABR Brian Doozan, MS South Florida Radiation Oncology Florida Atlantic University Advanced Radiation Physics Boca Raton, Florida

Silvia Pella, PhD, DABR Brian Doozan, MS South Florida Radiation Oncology Florida Atlantic University Advanced Radiation Physics Boca Raton, Florida American Association of Medical Dosimetrists 2015 Silvia Pella, PhD, DABR Brian Doozan, MS South Florida Radiation Oncology Florida Atlantic University Advanced Radiation Physics Boca Raton, Florida Most

More information

PET in Radiation Therapy. Outline. Tumor Segmentation in PET and in Multimodality Images for Radiation Therapy. 1. Tumor segmentation in PET

PET in Radiation Therapy. Outline. Tumor Segmentation in PET and in Multimodality Images for Radiation Therapy. 1. Tumor segmentation in PET Tumor Segmentation in PET and in Multimodality Images for Radiation Therapy Wei Lu, Ph.D. Department of Radiation Oncology Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology Washington University in St. Louis Outline

More information

NIA MAGELLAN HEALTH RADIATION ONCOLOGY CODING STANDARD. Dosimetry Planning

NIA MAGELLAN HEALTH RADIATION ONCOLOGY CODING STANDARD. Dosimetry Planning NIA MAGELLAN HEALTH RADIATION ONCOLOGY CODING STANDARD Dosimetry Planning CPT Codes: 77295, 77300, 77301, 77306, 77307, 77321, 77316, 77317, 77318, 77331, 77399 Original Date: April, 2011 Last Reviewed

More information

The Management of Imaging Procedure Dose Nuclear Medicine Dose Indices

The Management of Imaging Procedure Dose Nuclear Medicine Dose Indices The Management of Imaging Procedure Dose Nuclear Medicine Dose Indices Wesley E. Bolch, PhD, PE, DABHP, FHPS, FAAPM Director, Advanced Laboratory for Radiation Dosimetry Studies Department of Biomedical

More information

The impact of dose prescription on treatment volume

The impact of dose prescription on treatment volume The impact of dose prescription on treatment volume Summer Chaudhari 1 st year medical physics resident University of Minnesota Medical Center Advisor: Dr. Patrick Higgins NCCAAPM chapter meeting April

More information

Outline. Lifetime Attributable Risk 10 mgy in 100,000 exposed persons (BEIR VII 2006) SPECT/CT and PET/CT Dosimetry

Outline. Lifetime Attributable Risk 10 mgy in 100,000 exposed persons (BEIR VII 2006) SPECT/CT and PET/CT Dosimetry SPECT/CT and PET/CT Dosimetry Lifetime Attributable Risk 10 mgy in 100,000 exposed persons (BEIR VII 2006) All Solid Tumors Leukemia Frederic H. Fahey DSc Male Female Male Female Children s Hospital Boston

More information

Typical PET Image. Elevated uptake of FDG (related to metabolism) Lung cancer example: But where exactly is it located?

Typical PET Image. Elevated uptake of FDG (related to metabolism) Lung cancer example: But where exactly is it located? Typical PET Image Elevated uptake of FDG (related to metabolism) Lung cancer example: But where exactly is it located? PET/CT Oncology Imaging Anatometabolic fusion images are useful in the management

More information

Defining Target Volumes and Organs at Risk: a common language

Defining Target Volumes and Organs at Risk: a common language Defining Target Volumes and Organs at Risk: a common language Eduardo Rosenblatt Section Head Applied Radiation Biology and Radiotherapy (ARBR) Section Division of Human Health IAEA Objective: To introduce

More information

Knowledge-Based IMRT Treatment Planning for Prostate Cancer: Experience with 101. Cases from Duke Clinic. Deon Martina Dick

Knowledge-Based IMRT Treatment Planning for Prostate Cancer: Experience with 101. Cases from Duke Clinic. Deon Martina Dick Knowledge-Based IMRT Treatment Planning for Prostate Cancer: Experience with 101 Cases from Duke Clinic by Deon Martina Dick Department of Medical Physics Duke University Date: Approved: Joseph Lo, Chair

More information

+ Radioembolization for ColoRectal Cancer Metastatic to the Liver

+ Radioembolization for ColoRectal Cancer Metastatic to the Liver + Radioembolization for ColoRectal Cancer Metastatic to the Liver Oct 4 th 2017 Alain Hendlisz, Institut Jules Bordet 1 st International Course on THERANOSTICS & MOLECULAR RADIOTHERAPY Indication and Rationale

More information

Ranking radiotherapy treatment plans: physical or biological objectives?

Ranking radiotherapy treatment plans: physical or biological objectives? Ranking radiotherapy treatment plans: physical or biological objectives? Martin Ebert Department of Radiation Oncology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Western Australia, Australia Background. The ranking

More information

Repeatability and reproducibility of 18 F-NaF PET quantitative imaging biomarkers

Repeatability and reproducibility of 18 F-NaF PET quantitative imaging biomarkers Repeatability and reproducibility of 18 F-NaF PET quantitative imaging biomarkers Christie Lin, Tyler Bradshaw, Timothy Perk, Stephanie Harmon, Glenn Liu, Robert Jeraj University of Wisconsin Madison,

More information

Austin Radiological Association Ga-68 NETSPOT (Ga-68 dotatate)

Austin Radiological Association Ga-68 NETSPOT (Ga-68 dotatate) Austin Radiological Association Ga-68 NETSPOT (Ga-68 dotatate) Overview Ga-68 dotatate binds to somatostatin receptors, with highest affinity for subtype 2 receptors (sstr2). It binds to cells that express

More information

SIR-Spheres: Des essais cliniques à la pratique courante

SIR-Spheres: Des essais cliniques à la pratique courante SIR-Spheres: Des essais cliniques à la pratique courante Un focus sur le traitement du mcrc en échappement thérapeutique Dr. Michaël Vouche, MD. PhD. Université Libre de Bruxelles Institut Jules Bordet

More information

RADIATION ONCOLOGY RESIDENCY PROGRAM Competency Evaluation of Resident

RADIATION ONCOLOGY RESIDENCY PROGRAM Competency Evaluation of Resident Resident s Name: RADIATION ONCOLOGY RESIDENCY PROGRAM Competency Evaluation of Resident Rotation: PHYS 703: Clinical Rotation 2 Inclusive dates of rotation: Feb. 26, 2016 Aug. 25, 2016 Director or Associate

More information

Dose Estimates for Nuclear Medicine Procedures: What are they? Where do they come from?

Dose Estimates for Nuclear Medicine Procedures: What are they? Where do they come from? Dose Estimates for Nuclear Medicine Procedures: What are they? Where do they come from? SNM Continuing Education Lecture Salt Lake City, UT -- June 6, 2010 Darrell R. Fisher Pacific Northwest National

More information

Quality and Safety of Patient Healthcare and Personalized Medicine Using Ionizing Radiation

Quality and Safety of Patient Healthcare and Personalized Medicine Using Ionizing Radiation Quality and Safety of Patient Healthcare and Personalized Medicine Using Ionizing Radiation Ana Catarina Antunes, Mariana Baptista, Ana Belchior, Jorge Borbinha, Salvatore di Maria, Célia Fernandes, Joana

More information

Evaluation of yttrium-90 positron emission tomography dosimetry

Evaluation of yttrium-90 positron emission tomography dosimetry Purdue University Purdue e-pubs Open Access Dissertations Theses and Dissertations Fall 2014 Evaluation of yttrium-90 positron emission tomography dosimetry Katherine N. Tapp Purdue University Follow this

More information

Preview of Presentation

Preview of Presentation Preview of Presentation Discuss Healthcare Environment Clinical Implementation of Technical Innovations SNMMI/ASNC Joint Statement on Rb-82 Cardiac PET Imaging Protocol Principles of Rb-82 Cardiac Imaging

More information

Use Of MCNP With Voxel-Based Image Data For Internal Dosimetry Applications

Use Of MCNP With Voxel-Based Image Data For Internal Dosimetry Applications Use Of MCNP With Voxel-Based Image Data For Internal Dosimetry Applications The Monte Carlo Method: Versatility Unbounded In A Dynamic Computing World Chattanooga, TN, USA, April 17-21, 2005 M. G. Stabin

More information

Dosimetric Analysis of 3DCRT or IMRT with Vaginal-cuff Brachytherapy (VCB) for Gynaecological Cancer

Dosimetric Analysis of 3DCRT or IMRT with Vaginal-cuff Brachytherapy (VCB) for Gynaecological Cancer Dosimetric Analysis of 3DCRT or IMRT with Vaginal-cuff Brachytherapy (VCB) for Gynaecological Cancer Tan Chek Wee 15 06 2016 National University Cancer Institute, Singapore Clinical Care Education Research

More information

Erasmus Experience. Lu-DOTA-octreotate PRRT

Erasmus Experience. Lu-DOTA-octreotate PRRT Erasmus Experience 177 Lu-DOTA-octreotate PRRT Mark Konijnenberg Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands METRO/MRT meeting 2015, NPL, Teddington Leading questions? 1. For which MRT procedure dosimetry is used?

More information

Image Fusion, Contouring, and Margins in SRS

Image Fusion, Contouring, and Margins in SRS Image Fusion, Contouring, and Margins in SRS Sarah Geneser, Ph.D. Department of Radiation Oncology University of California, San Francisco Overview Review SRS uncertainties due to: image registration contouring

More information

Y-90 Microsphere Therapy: Nuclear Medicine Perspective

Y-90 Microsphere Therapy: Nuclear Medicine Perspective Y-90 Microsphere Therapy: Nuclear Medicine Perspective Carl Hoh, M.D. Dept. Radiology UCSD Medical Center ckhoh@ucsd.edu Learning Objectives Role of Nuclear Medicine in patient selection Technical Issues

More information

Report of ICRU Committee on Volume and Dose Specification for Prescribing, Reporting and Recording in Conformal and IMRT A Progress Report

Report of ICRU Committee on Volume and Dose Specification for Prescribing, Reporting and Recording in Conformal and IMRT A Progress Report Report of ICRU Committee on Volume and Dose Specification for Prescribing, Reporting and Recording in Conformal and IMRT A Progress Report Paul M. DeLuca, Jr. 1, Ph.D., Vincent Gregoire 2, M.D., Ph.D.,

More information

Pre-clinical radionuclide therapy dosimetry in several pediatric cancer xenografts

Pre-clinical radionuclide therapy dosimetry in several pediatric cancer xenografts DEPARTMENT OF Medical Physics UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH Pre-clinical radionuclide therapy dosimetry in several pediatric cancer xenografts Ian R. Marsh A. Besemer MS

More information

Learning objective. Outline. Acknowledgements. KV CBCT Imaging Part I. R Hammoud AAPM 2008 CE-Therapy (SAM) 1

Learning objective. Outline. Acknowledgements. KV CBCT Imaging Part I. R Hammoud AAPM 2008 CE-Therapy (SAM) 1 1 2 KV CBCT Imaging Part I Rabih Hammoud, MS, DABR Henry Ford Health System Detroit, Michigan Acknowledgements Indrin Chetty, PhD Teamour Nurushev, PhD Harrison Guan, PhD Jinkoo Kim, PhD JianYue Jin, PhD

More information

ART for Cervical Cancer: Dosimetry and Technical Aspects

ART for Cervical Cancer: Dosimetry and Technical Aspects ART for Cervical Cancer: Dosimetry and Technical Aspects D.A. Jaffray, Ph.D. Radiation Therapy Physics Princess Margaret Cancer Centre/Techna/Ontario Cancer Institute Professor Departments of Radiation

More information

Gastrointestinal tract

Gastrointestinal tract Gastrointestinal tract Colloidal liver-spleen imaging Presented by: Jehad Felemban Introduction: To obtain better anatomic display of liver and spleen architecture, we use (CT Ultrasound). (Radionuclide

More information

Radiation treatment planning in lung cancer

Radiation treatment planning in lung cancer Radiation treatment planning in lung cancer Georg Dietmar 1,2 1 Div. Medical Rad. Phys., Dept. of Radiation Oncology / Medical Univ. Vienna & AKH Wien 2 Christian Doppler Laboratory for Medical Radiation

More information

Managing the imaging dose during Image-guided Radiotherapy. Martin J Murphy PhD Department of Radiation Oncology Virginia Commonwealth University

Managing the imaging dose during Image-guided Radiotherapy. Martin J Murphy PhD Department of Radiation Oncology Virginia Commonwealth University Managing the imaging dose during Image-guided Radiotherapy Martin J Murphy PhD Department of Radiation Oncology Virginia Commonwealth University Radiographic image guidance has emerged as the new paradigm

More information

PET-CT for radiotherapy planning in lung cancer: current recommendations and future directions

PET-CT for radiotherapy planning in lung cancer: current recommendations and future directions PET-CT for radiotherapy planning in lung cancer: current recommendations and future directions Gerry Hanna Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology Queen s University of Belfast @gerryhanna Talk Outline

More information

From position verification and correction to adaptive RT Adaptive RT and dose accumulation

From position verification and correction to adaptive RT Adaptive RT and dose accumulation From position verification and correction to adaptive RT Adaptive RT and dose accumulation Hans de Boer Move away from Single pre-treatment scan Single treatment plan Treatment corrections by couch shifts

More information

EN TERAPIA METAByLICA NO ESTrNDAR CON 177 Lu, 90 Y y 223 Ra

EN TERAPIA METAByLICA NO ESTrNDAR CON 177 Lu, 90 Y y 223 Ra Jornada científica RADIOFuSICA DE LA DOSIMETRuA INTERNA EN LOS PROCEDIMIENTOS TERAPÉUTICOS CON RADIOFrRMACOS DOSIMETRIA FuSICA Y CLuNICA EN TERAPIA METAByLICA NO ESTrNDAR CON 177 Lu, 90 Y y 223 Ra Pablo

More information

Photon Attenuation Correction in Misregistered Cardiac PET/CT

Photon Attenuation Correction in Misregistered Cardiac PET/CT Photon Attenuation Correction in Misregistered Cardiac PET/CT A. Martinez-Möller 1,2, N. Navab 2, M. Schwaiger 1, S. G. Nekolla 1 1 Nuklearmedizinische Klinik der TU München 2 Computer Assisted Medical

More information

PROGRAMME Day 1. Friday 26 th October Session (presentation summaries attached) Speakers

PROGRAMME Day 1. Friday 26 th October Session (presentation summaries attached) Speakers PROGRAMME Day 1 Friday 26 th October Session (presentation summaries attached) Speakers 09:00 09:15 Summer School 2018 Welcome Julia Green 09:15 10:15 Session 1 Introduction (1.0hrs) 1.1 What a Quantitative

More information

Guideline & Reports 医学物理学会教育委員会資料

Guideline & Reports 医学物理学会教育委員会資料 Guideline & Reports 医学物理学会教育委員会資料 2017/11 更新 report title year keyword 1 keyword 2 AAPM TG211 Classification and evaluation strategies of auto-segmentation approaches for PET 2017 PET autosegmentation

More information

Credentialing for Clinical Trials -IGRT. Evidence Based Radiation Oncology. Levels of Clinical Evidence. Why Credentialing?

Credentialing for Clinical Trials -IGRT. Evidence Based Radiation Oncology. Levels of Clinical Evidence. Why Credentialing? Acknowledgements Credentialing for Clinical Trials -IGRT Invitation from Organizers RTOG Headquarter QA Team ATC Collaborators Evidence Based Radiation Oncology Clinical Trials From Collaborative Groups

More information

Leila E. A. Nichol Royal Surrey County Hospital

Leila E. A. Nichol Royal Surrey County Hospital 2 nd UK and Ireland Dosimetry Check User Meeting Symposium Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, 24 th October 2012 Leila E. A. Nichol Royal Surrey County Hospital Leila.Nichol@nhs.net *My experience with Dosimetry

More information

SPECT/CT image based dosimetry for Yttrium 90 radionuclide therapy: Application to treatment response

SPECT/CT image based dosimetry for Yttrium 90 radionuclide therapy: Application to treatment response Received: 8 January 2018 Revised: 17 May 2018 Accepted: 29 May 2018 DOI: 10.1002/acm2.12400 RADIATION ONCOLOGY PHYSICS SPECT/CT image based dosimetry for Yttrium radionuclide therapy: Application to treatment

More information

Imaging Rotation. University of Michigan Department of Radiation Oncology Division of Radiation Physics. Resident:

Imaging Rotation. University of Michigan Department of Radiation Oncology Division of Radiation Physics. Resident: University of Michigan Department of Radiation Oncology Division of Radiation Physics Imaging Rotation Resident: Rotation staff mentor/ advisor: James Balter, supplemental mentors: Dale Litzenberg, Don

More information

Selection Criteria and Insertion of SIRT into HCC Treatment Guidelines

Selection Criteria and Insertion of SIRT into HCC Treatment Guidelines Selection Criteria and Insertion of SIRT into HCC Treatment Guidelines 2 nd Asia Pacific Symposium on Liver- Directed Y-90 Microspheres Therapy 1st November 2014, Singapore Pierce Chow FRCSE PhD SIRT in

More information

3D Printed Phantoms for MRT Dosimetry

3D Printed Phantoms for MRT Dosimetry 3D Printed Phantoms for MRT Dosimetry Dr. Andrew Robinson Nuclear Physics Group, The University of Manchester Christie Medical Physics and Engineering, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust BIR/IDUG: The Future

More information

Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute

Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute Brief introduction to proton therapy technology, its advances and Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute Vahagn Nazaryan, Ph.D. Executive Director, HUPTI

More information

A Comparison of IMRT and VMAT Technique for the Treatment of Rectal Cancer

A Comparison of IMRT and VMAT Technique for the Treatment of Rectal Cancer A Comparison of IMRT and VMAT Technique for the Treatment of Rectal Cancer Tony Kin Ming Lam Radiation Planner Dr Patricia Lindsay, Radiation Physicist Dr John Kim, Radiation Oncologist Dr Kim Ann Ung,

More information

Real-time tumor tracking during VMAT radiotherapy treatments based on 2D/3D registration using CBCT projections

Real-time tumor tracking during VMAT radiotherapy treatments based on 2D/3D registration using CBCT projections Real-time tumor tracking during VMAT radiotherapy treatments based on 2D/3D registration using CBCT projections Hugo Furtado 13, Yvette Seppenwoolde 23, Dietmar Georg 23, and Wolfgang Birkfellner 13 1

More information

SIRT in Neuroendocrine Tumors

SIRT in Neuroendocrine Tumors SIRT in Neuroendocrine Tumors Marnix G.E.H. Lam, MD PhD Professor of Nuclear Medicine AVL Amsterdam UMC Utrecht ENETS Center of Excellence, The Netherlands Disclosure of speaker s interests Consultant

More information

Ritu Raj Upreti, S. Dayananda, R. L. Bhalawat*, Girish N. Bedre*, D. D. Deshpande

Ritu Raj Upreti, S. Dayananda, R. L. Bhalawat*, Girish N. Bedre*, D. D. Deshpande 60 Original Article Evaluation of radiograph-based interstitial implant dosimetry on computed tomography images using dose volume indices for head and neck cancer Ritu Raj Upreti, S. Dayananda, R. L. Bhalawat*,

More information

Dosimetric Analysis Report

Dosimetric Analysis Report RT-safe 48, Artotinis str 116 33, Athens Greece RT-safe +30 2107563691 info@rt-safe.com Dosimetric Analysis Report SAMPLE, for demonstration purposes only Date of report: ------ Irradiation system: ------

More information

The value of 99m Tc-MAA SPECT/CT for lung shunt estimation in 90 Y radioembolization: a phantom and patient study

The value of 99m Tc-MAA SPECT/CT for lung shunt estimation in 90 Y radioembolization: a phantom and patient study Allred et al. EJNMMI Research (2018) 8:50 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13550-018-0402-8 ORIGINAL RESEARCH Open Access The value of 99m Tc-MAA SPECT/CT for lung shunt estimation in 90 Y radioembolization: a

More information

Utilisation du PET-FDG pour la définition des volumes cibles en radiothérapie des tumeurs de la sphère cervico-maxillo-faciale: mythe et réalité

Utilisation du PET-FDG pour la définition des volumes cibles en radiothérapie des tumeurs de la sphère cervico-maxillo-faciale: mythe et réalité Utilisation du PET-FDG pour la définition des volumes cibles en radiothérapie des tumeurs de la sphère cervico-maxillo-faciale: mythe et réalité Vincent GREGOIRE, M.D., Ph.D. Head and Neck Oncology Program,

More information

CURRICULUM OUTLINE FOR TRANSITIONING FROM 2-D RT TO 3-D CRT AND IMRT

CURRICULUM OUTLINE FOR TRANSITIONING FROM 2-D RT TO 3-D CRT AND IMRT CURRICULUM OUTLINE FOR TRANSITIONING FROM 2-D RT TO 3-D CRT AND IMRT Purpose The purpose of this curriculum outline is to provide a framework for multidisciplinary training for radiation oncologists, medical

More information

Quality assurance and credentialing requirements for sites using inverse planned IMRT Techniques

Quality assurance and credentialing requirements for sites using inverse planned IMRT Techniques TROG 08.03 RAVES Quality assurance and credentialing requirements for sites using inverse planned IMRT Techniques Introduction Commissioning and quality assurance of planning systems and treatment delivery

More information

8/10/2016. PET/CT for Tumor Response. Staging and restaging Early treatment response evaluation Guiding biopsy

8/10/2016. PET/CT for Tumor Response. Staging and restaging Early treatment response evaluation Guiding biopsy PET/CT for Tumor Response Evaluation August 4, 2016 Wei Lu, PhD Department of Medical Physics www.mskcc.org Department of Radiation Oncology www.umaryland.edu FDG PET/CT for Cancer Imaging Staging and

More information

Managing the imaging dose during image-guided radiation therapy

Managing the imaging dose during image-guided radiation therapy Managing the imaging dose during image-guided radiation therapy Martin J Murphy PhD Department of Radiation Oncology Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond VA Imaging during radiotherapy Radiographic

More information

Dose prescription, reporting and recording in intensity-modulated radiation therapy: a digest of the ICRU Report 83

Dose prescription, reporting and recording in intensity-modulated radiation therapy: a digest of the ICRU Report 83 Special report Dose prescription, reporting and recording in intensity-modulated radiation therapy: a digest of the ICRU Report 83 Rapid development in imaging techniques, including functional imaging,

More information

Radiosurgery by Leksell gamma knife. Josef Novotny, Na Homolce Hospital, Prague

Radiosurgery by Leksell gamma knife. Josef Novotny, Na Homolce Hospital, Prague Radiosurgery by Leksell gamma knife Josef Novotny, Na Homolce Hospital, Prague Radiosurgery - Definition Professor Lars Leksell The tools used by the surgeon must be adapted to the task and where the human

More information