TECNICHE DI DIAGNOSTICA PER IMMAGINI VII
Academic Year 2017/2018 - 3° Year- Technical aspects in Radiotherapy: Corrado Spatola
- Technics in Radiation therapy: Giuseppe Privitera
- equipments and techniques in nuclear medicine: Massimo Ippolito
- Protontherapy: Corrado Spatola
Scientific field
- MED/36 - DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING AND RADIOTHERAPY
- MED/50 - APPLIED MEDICAL TECHNIQUES
Term / Semester: 1°
Learning Objectives
- Technical aspects in Radiotherapy
To acquire knowledge about the following topics:
- Technical procedures in Radiotherapy
- Tolerance doses in radiotherapy – QUANTEC
- ICRU Reports
- Immobilization devices
- LINAC and 3D-CRT accessories
- 3D-Conformal Radiotherapy
- Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy
- Stereotactic Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery
- Intra-Operative Radiotherapy
- Image-Guided Radiotherapy
- Volumetric-Modulated Arc Therapy
- Metabolic Radiotherapy
- Cyberknife
- Gammaknife
- Tomotherapy
- Total Body Irradiation, Total Marrow Irradiation and Total Cutaneous Irradiation
- Technics in Radiation therapy
To acquire knowledge about the following topics:
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Technical modalities of use of ionizing radiations
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Technical aspects of External beam Radiotherapy
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Technical aspects of Brachitherapy
- Basic principles of Modern radiotherapy technics
- Technical aspects of Radiotherapy in solid tumors
- Technical aspects of Radiotherapy in Ematolgy
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- equipments and techniques in nuclear medicine
Gain knowledge about the following topics:
Radiopharmaceutical Preparations Conventional nuclear medicine
PET radiopharmaceutical Preparation
Quality controls on Radiopharmaceuticals
Operating principles Gamma Camera and PET/CT equipment
Patient preparation and placement for exam execution
Test Settings parameters
Nuclear Medical image Processing
- Protontherapy
acquire knowledge about the following topics:
- Phisyc-clinical characteristics of proton and hadron beams
- Technical aspects of Proton beam radiotherapy of orbital tumors
- Immobilization devices e portal imaging devices in Ocular Protontherapy
- Hadrontherapy equipments
- Technical and clinical aspects of deep seated tumors hadrontherapy
Detailed Course Content
- Technical aspects in Radiotherapy
Radiotherapy procedures
Radiotherapy Techniques
Radiotherapy technical equipment
Principles of Clinical Radiotherapy - Technics in Radiation therapy
Radiotherapy techniques for Solid tumors
Radiotherapy techniques in Ematology
Technical principles of Pediatric radiotherapy
- equipments and techniques in nuclear medicine
- Fundamentals on Nuclear Medicine
- Preparation of Radiopharmaceuticals in Conventional Nuclear Medicine
- Preparation of Radiopharmaceuticals in PET Nuclear Medicine
- Physical aspects of Nuclear Medicine
- Clinical applications: exams execution and acquisition techniques in Conventional Nuclear Medicine
- Clinical applications: exams execution and acquisition techniques in PET Nuclear Medicine
- Protontherapy
Radiobiological basics of Hadrontherapy
Adopted Equipment and Techniques
Clinical applications
Textbook Information
- Technical aspects in Radiotherapy
Diagnostica per immagini e Radioterapia - Cittadini
La moderna Radioterapia - Guzzi, Morra
Technical basis of Radiation Therapy - Levitt
- Technics in Radiation therapy
Diagnostica per immagini e Radioterapia - Cittadini
La moderna Radioterapia - Guzzi, Morra
Technical basis of Radiation Therapy - Levitt
- equipments and techniques in nuclear medicine
fondamenti di medicina nucleare - Volterrani
- Protontherapy
La moderna Radioterapia - Guzzi, Morra
Elementi di Radioterapia oncologica - Balducci