Imaging diagnostic techniques VIIModule radiotherapy techniques
Academic Year 2024/2025 - Teacher: CORRADO SPATOLAExpected Learning Outcomes
To acquire knowledge about the following topics:
- Technical procedures in Radiotherapy
- Tolerance doses in radiotherapy – QUANTEC
- ICRU Reports
- 3D-Conformal Radiotherapy
- Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy
- Stereotactic Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery
- Intra-Operative Radiotherapy
- Image-Guided Radiotherapy
- Volumetric-Modulated Arc Therapy
- Metabolic Radiotherapy
- Total Body Irradiation, Total Marrow Irradiation and Total Cutaneous Irradiation
Course Structure
Lessons
Required Prerequisites
Knowledge of the theoretical bases of Radiobiology, from the interaction of ionizing radiation with the matter, to the principles of dose fractionation in radiotherapy
Attendance of Lessons
once per week lesson
Detailed Course Content
Radiotherapy procedures
Radiotherapy Techniques
3D-CRT
IMRT, IMAT, VMAT
Stereotactic radiotherapy e radiosurgery
IORT
Metabolic radiotherapy
IGRT
TBI, TMI, TSI
Textbook Information
Diagnostica per immagini e Radioterapia - Cittadini
La moderna Radioterapia - Guzzi, Morra
Tecniche stereotassiche e Radiochirurgia
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | apparecchiature in radioterapia | cittadini |
| 2 | sistemi di set-up paziente | Cittadini, Balducci |
| 3 | icru reports | balducci |
| 4 | tecniche radioterapiche moderne | guzzi, morra |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
on topics covered in class