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TECNICHE DI DIAGNOSTICA PER IMMAGINI VII

Teaching Staff

CORRADO SPATOLA - Module Technical aspects in Radiotherapy - MED/36 - 2 CFU
GIUSEPPE PRIVITERA - Module Technics in Radiation therapy - MED/36 - 3 CFU
MASSIMO IPPOLITO - Module equipments and techniques in nuclear medicine - MED/36 - 2 CFU
CORRADO SPATOLA - Module Protontherapy - MED/50 - 2 CFU

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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:

  • Technical modalities of use of ionizing radiations

  • Technical aspects of External beam Radiotherapy

  • Technical aspects of​ Brachitherapy

  • Basic principles of Modern radiotherapy technics
  • Technical aspects​ of Radiotherapy in solid tumors
  • Technical aspects of Radiotherapy in Ematolgy
• 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

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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
  
  1. Fundamentals on Nuclear Medicine
  2. Preparation of Radiopharmaceuticals in Conventional Nuclear Medicine
  3. Preparation of Radiopharmaceuticals in PET Nuclear Medicine
  4. Physical aspects of Nuclear Medicine
  5. Clinical applications: exams execution and acquisition techniques in Conventional Nuclear Medicine
  6. Clinical applications: exams execution and acquisition techniques in PET Nuclear Medicine
• Protontherapy
  

  Radiobiological basics of Hadrontherapy
  
  Adopted Equipment and Techniques
  
  Clinical applications

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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

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