Image-Guided IMRT

Foundations: Clinical rationale of IMRT.- The physical potential of IMRT.- Imaging the Lymph Nodes: CT, MRI, PET.- Morphology imaging.- IMRT plan optimization.- Practical IMRT planning.- IMRT Dose calculation.- IMRT delivery techniques.- Biological considerations of IMRT planning and delivery.- Image guided patient setup.- IMRT QA (European perspective).- IMRT QA (US perspective).- Advanced Image Guided and Biologically Driven Techniques: Functional and biological imaging (PET, SPECT, MRI-MRS).- Tumor imaging for dose painting.- Biological/functional-image guided optimization.- Biological optimization.- Image guided patient setup (and immobilization).- Adaptive IMRT (Linac).- Adaptive IMRT (Tomotherapy).- 4D CT.- 4D TP concepts.- Gating and tracking.- Clinical: Paranasal sinus.- Oropharynx.- Nasopharynx.- Larynx.- CNS, Skull Base and Paraspinal Tumors.- Chest.- Breast.- GI/Abdomen.- Prostate.- GYN.- Combination of IMRT with other modalities.- High precision.