AAPM - 2003 Summer School - Wednesday Scientific Program Schedule

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Scientific Program Schedule Day 4, Wednesday, June 25, 2003
Time	Topic & Faculty	Objectives
8:00 – 8:45 AM	IMRT for Prostate Cancer Alan Pollack PDF Presentation (1.52 MB)	Describe target volume and critical structure definitions for the prostate. Review the dose volume constraints used for inverse planning optimization. Provide rationale for clinical margins and describe plan evaluation criteria.
8:45 – 9:30 AM	IMRT for Head and Neck Tumors Cliff Chao PDF Presentation (3.45 MB)	Describe target volume and critical structure definitions for the head and neck tumors. Review the dose volume constraints used for inverse planning optimization. Provide rationale for clinical margins and describe plan evaluation criteria.
9:30 – 10:00 AM	DISCUSSION
10:00 – 10:15 AM	BREAK
10:15 – 11:00 AM	IMRT for Lung Tumors Craig Stevens PDF Presentation (1.42 MB)	Describe target volume and critical structure definitions for lung tumors. Describe strategies to account for the internal organ motion. Review the dose volume constraints used for inverse planning optimization. Provide rationale for clinical margins and describe plan evaluation criteria.
11:00 – 11:45 AM	Unusual uses of IMRT Jim Welsh PDF Presentation (1018 KB)	Describe the rationale for using IMRT in different clinical sites. Review clinical scenarios where IMRT may be counter indicated.
11:45 – 12:15 PM	DISCUSSION
12:15 – 2:00 PM	LUNCH
2:00 – 2:45 PM	Issues of Organ Motion and Gating in IMRT John Wong PDF Presentation (2.98 MB)	Describe the impact of internal organ motion on target volume coverage for different disease sites. Review the strategies to minimize organ motion during radiation delivery. Review different techniques used in gating the radiation delivery.
2:45 – 3:30 PM	X-ray-Guided IMRT David Jaffray PDF Presentation (3.20 MB)	Describe electronic portal imaging devices. Review the principle of on-line verification and correction strategies for patient positioning. Describe the clinical implementation of image-guided IMRT. Describe the principle of on-line CT and cone-beam CT. Review the improvement in radiation delivery accuracy using the CT-guidance. Provide an overview of different schemes used in clinics at the present time.
3:30 – 4:00 PM	DISCUSSION
4:00 – 4:15 PM	BREAK
4:15 – 5:15 PM	Patient Positioning Using Optical and Ultrasound Techniques Sanford Meeks PDF Presentation (2.62 MB)	Describe the principle of precise patient positioning using the optically guided devices such as LED and video systems. Review the improvement in overall accuracy of IMRT delivery using such devices. Provide estimates of inter- and intra-fraction patient motion for different disease sites. Describe the principles of ultrasound-guided IMRT. Review different systems used to localize the target volume in 3-dimensions. Provide estimates of overall improvement in target coverage using ultrasound guidance in different clinical disease sites.
Evening Discussion Session (Beer and Pretzels) 7:30- 9:30 PM "Quality Assurance; When and what is enough for IMRT?" Gary Ezzell; Moderator Panel: Michael Sharpe, Lei Xing, Radhe Mohan, Jatinder Palta, and Tom LoSasso PDF Presentation (133 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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