Thursday, 18 February 2021

Medical Physics Sessions: Advanced Techniques and Technologies

(170 minutes)

08:30–11:20 CET

Chairs: Daniel Berger and Mauro Carrara; Dosimetry and Medical Radiation Physics Section, Division of Human Health, IAEA

08:30–08:50 CET

The UNSCEAR 2020 Report on Medical Exposure: Approach, Trends and Challenges in the Field of Radiation Therapy. Ferid Shannoun, United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR); Peter Thomas, Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA), Australia

08:50–09:10 CET

Prescribing, Recording and Reporting Proton and Light Ion Beam Therapy (ICRU 78 and 93). Oliver Jaekel, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg; International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements (ICRU), Germany

09:10–09:20 CET

Spatially Fractionated Radiation Therapy: from Photons to Charged Particles. Yolanda Prezado, European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics (EFOMP); Research Center-Orsay, Institut Curie, EFOMP/France

09:20–09:40 CET

Out of Field Doses. Geoffrey Ibbott, International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP); University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, IOMP/ United States

09:40–09:50 CET

kV Therapy Dosimetry: Updates and Challenges. Robin Hill, Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, New South Wales, Australia

09:50–10:00 CET

Radiation Planning Assistant: Automated contouring and treatment planning. Laurence Court, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC), United States

Paper Session 1: Advanced Techniques and Technologies

10:00–10:10 CET

Effect of Detector Choice for Commissioning Measurements Propagated Trough Beam Modelling to Final Dose Calculation. Sonja Wegener, University of Wuerzburg, Radiation Oncology, Germany

10:10–10:20 CET

Accuracy of an Eclipse Treatment Planning System for SRS. Iqbal Al Amri, Royal hospital, Oman

10:20–10:30 CET

Characterization of Helical Tomotherapy Plans Complexity. Tania Santos, University of Coimbra | IPOCFG ,E.P.E., Portugal

10:30–10:40 CET

Retrospective Evaluation of Portal Dosimetry Pre-Treatment Quality Assurance for Volumetric-Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) and Stereotactic Radiotherapy (SRT) Plans. Abdelkader Toutaoui, Hôpital Chahids Mahmoudi, Tizi Ouzou, Algeria

10:40–10:50 CET

A Novel Quantitative Metrics for Assessing IMRT Plan Complexity: A virtual Phantom Study. Hwee Shin Soh, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Malaysia

10:50–11:00 CET

Clinical Implementation of the MRLinac in Odense, Denmark. Vibeke Nordmark Hansen, Laboratory of Radiation Physics, Odense University Hospital, Denmark

11:00–11:10 CET

Fricke Dosimetry for Blood Irradiators. Andrea Mantuano, Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), Brazil

Poster Viewing Session/Break

(40 minutes)

11:20–12:00 CET

Medical Physics Sessions: Education

(150 minutes)

12:00–14:30 CET

Chairs: Debbie Van der Merwe; Section Head, Dosimetry and Medical Radiation Physics Section, Division of Human Health, IAEA

12:00–12:20 CET

IAEA Activities in Support of Education and Recognition in Medical. Giorgia Loreti, Dosimetry and Medical Radiation Physics (DMRP) Section, Division of Human Health, IAEA

12:20–12:40 CET

IOMP Activities in Medical Physics Education and Training. Geoffrey Ibbott, International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP), United States; University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer

12:40–12:50 CET

EFOMP Activities in Education and Training of Medical Physicists in Europe. Brendan McClean, European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics (EFOMP); St Luke’s Radiation Oncology Network, EFOMP/Ireland

Sub-Session: Medical Physics Education; Global Access to Medical Physics: Challenges and Opportunities

12:50–13:00 CET

Virtual Mentoring in Global Medical Physics Education and Training. Jacob Van Dyk, The University of Western Ontario, Canada; Medical Physics for World Benefit (MPWB)

13:00–13:10 CET

Challenges in Establishing a Clinical Training Programme for MP. Graciela Velez, Dosimetry and Medical Radiation Physics (DMRP) Section, Division of Human Health, IAEA

13:10–13:20 CET

The ‘Open Syllabus’ Project – Improving Global Access to Radiation Oncology Medical Physicist Residency Training Content. Parminder S. Basran, Medical Physics for World Benefit (MPWB), United States

13:20–13:30 CET

Monitoring and Evaluation of IAEA e-Learning Courses in Medical Physics. Giorgia Loreti, Dosimetry and Medical Radiation Physics (DMRP) Section, Division of Human Health, IAEA

13:30–13:40 CET

Experience as a Remote Supervisor Under the IAEA Doctoral CRP Programme. Daniel Venencia, Instituto Zunino - Fundación Marie Curie, Argentina

Paper Session 2: Education

13:50–14:00 CET

Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT): The Gold Standard for the Present and Future of Radiotherapy? Sherisse De Four, St. James Medical Complex, Trinidad and Tobago

14:00–14:10 CET

A Study on the Determination of Relative Output Factors for Very Small Fields in Stereotactic Radiosurgery. Chi Do Duc, Central Military Hospital, No.1, Vietnam

14:10–14:20 CET

Establishment of an Incident Reporting and Learning System as a Tool for Quality Management in Uganda’s radiotherapy services: A case of the low resource setting. Ignatius Komakech, Uganda Cancer Institute, Uganda

14:20–14:30 CET

Evaluation of Positioning and Dosimetry Uncertainties in Patients Treated with Intensity Modulation Radiotherapy (IMRT) for Nasopharyngeal Cancers in Tunisia. Nesrine Elamri, University Tunis El Manar I, Tunisia

14:30–14:40 CET

Determination and Comparison of Output Factors in Small Field for Field Square and Rectangular Field with 5 Detectors for 6 MV. Milagros Garcia Gutierrez, Red Auna - Clinica Delgado, Peru

Poster Viewing Session/Break

(50 minutes)

14:40–15:30 CET

Medical Physics Sessions: Audits, Quality and Safety

(130 minutes)

15:30–17:40 CET

Chairs: Ola Holmberg, Department of Nuclear Safety, Division of Radiation, Transport and Waste Safety, Unit Head (Radiation Protection of Patients Unit) and Debbie Van Der Merwe, Section Head, Dosimetry and Medical Radiation Physics Section, Division of Human Health, IAEA

15:30–15:45 CET

What is New in Radiotherapy Medical Physics Auditing? Andy Nisbet, University College London, United Kingdom

15:45–16:05 CET

Enhancing Quality in Radiotherapy Through Dosimetry Audits (the IROC Experience). Stephen Kry, The Global Health Group (GHG), United States; M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC)

16:05–16:20 CET

IAEA/WHO Dosimetry Audits: Present and Future. Pavel Kazantsev, Dosimetry and Medical Radiation Physics (DMRP) section, Division of Human Health, IAEA

16:20–16:30 CET

Experience and Skills for Medical Physics Auditing Under the IAEA QUATRO Activity. Stefaan Vynckier, UCL, Université catholique de Louvain, Imagerie Médicale, Radiothérapie et Oncologie (MIRO), Belgium

16:30–16:40 CET

Designing a Framework for Improving Radiotherapy Safety and Quality. Annette Wygoda, Quality and Safety of Radiotherapy Treatments, Radiation Control Unit, Ministry of Health – Israel, Israel

16:40–16:50 CET

Enhancing Safety in Radiotherapy: the IAEA Safety Standards for Medical Uses. Ola Holmberg, Department of Nuclear Safety, Division of Radiation, Transport and Waste Safety, Unit Head (Radiation Protection of Patients Unit), IAEA

Paper Session 3: Audits, Quality and Safety

16:50–17:00 CET

Dose Verification from Imaging to Delivery During Site Visits in Radiotherapy. Petri Sipilä, Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK), Finland

17:00–17:10 CET

Small Field Absorbed Dose to Water Determinations in LINAC MV Photon Beams During Site Visit Authority Control of Radiotherapy. Ilkka Jokelainen, Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK), Finland

17:10–17:20 CET

Introduction of the IAEA Electron Beam Dosimetry Audit Service. Alexis Dimitriadis, Dosimetry and Medical Radiation Physics (DMRP) section, Division of Human Health, IAEA

17:20–17:30 CET

Following up on Radiotherapy Dosimetry Audit Discrepancies (2018-2020): the IAEA Experience. Godfrey Azangwe, Dosimetry and Medical Radiation Physics (DMRP) section, Division of Human Health, IAEA

17:30–17:40 CET

Medical Physics Outsourcing in Radiotherapy in France: Services, Practices, Limits and Points of Vigilance. Magali Edouard, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Fontenay-aux-Roses (IRSN), France

Parallel Sessions

Refresher Courses

17:40–20:00 CET

See the Refresher Courses page.