Radiotherapy Practicum
Multimodality Imaging in Radiation Oncology
“See the world in a grain of sand”
Modern radiation oncology practice is a testament to the old adage that “A picture is worth a thousand words”. The so-called therapeutic gain that can be achieved by maximizing tumour control and minimizing acute and late toxicity is dependent on delivering high-precision radiotherapy which in turn is critically dependent on a thorough understanding of images and the augmented capacity provided by analysis and fusion of disparate but complementary imaging modalities. Accordingly, the theme of this year’s Radiotherapy Practicum is “Multimodality Imaging in Radiation Oncology”. Over the course of a two-day period comprising of didactic lectures and practical demonstrations by renowned national and international faculty, we would attempt to bring forth a simplistic and yet comprehensive understanding of current cross-sectional imaging modalities used in clinical high-precision radiotherapy planning in the contemporary era. During the course of the Practicum, our endeavour would be to cover the following focus areas
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Overview of cross-sectional imaging modalities (CT, MRI, PET)
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Multimodality image fusion and registration
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Usage of multimodality image fusion in contouring (CNS, Head & Neck, Lymphomas)
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Imaging as a trigger for adaptive radiotherapy, verification
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Multimodality imaging in response assessment CNS, Head & Neck, Lymphoma)
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Multimodality imaging in predicting TCP and NTCP
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Newer imaging modalities in the anvil for the radiotherapy processes
Venue
Radiation Oncologists and Medical Physicists and RTT’s, Tata Memorial Centre, Dr Ernest Borges Marg, Parel, Mumbai 400012, India
Conference Date
02-09-2022 to 03-09-2022
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