Conveners
Wednesday afternoon - Poster Presentations - Screen5
- Oleg Belyakov (IAEA)
Attila SARVARI
(Institute of Oncology Ljubljana)
21/06/2017, 15:30
QA/QC
Poster
Introduction
Radiophysics department of the Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, use different electrometers for absolute dosimetry. They are from two different vendors PTW Freiburg GmbH and IBA Dosimetry GmbH. Intercomparison study was carried out in which a total of nine electrometers were compared by using a radioactive check source. An electrometer used by the Institute of Occupational...
Cecilia Maria Kalil Haddad
(Sirio Libanes Hospital)
21/06/2017, 15:35
QA/QC
Poster
Introduction:
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in males, excluding non-melanoma skin cancers. Clinical presentation is variable and the disease is classified as having low, intermediate or high-risk. The main modalities of treatment are radical prostatectomy (RP), brachytherapy (BT), and external beam radiation therapy (EBRT), with or without androgen deprivation. Brachytherapy is a...
Eduard Gershkevitsh
(North Estonia Medical Centre)
21/06/2017, 15:40
QA/QC
Poster
Purpose:
To evaluate VMAT planning and dosimetric delivery accuracy in the Baltic States through on site visits with the PTW Octavius 4D 1500 system.
Methods:
The data (CT images with contours in DICOM RT format) for three patients (prostate, pelvic nodes, head & neck) was send to participants to be planned on local Treatment Planning System (TPS). The target dose objectives and critical...
Humbulani Vincent Maselesele
21/06/2017, 15:45
QA/QC
Poster
**Introduction**
Morden radiotherapy treatment of cancer involves different modalities. Some of these modalities have limited number of referral literatures. These modalities include advanced treatment like IMRT, Stereotactic, RapidArc, Gamma knife etc. Radiotherapy dosimetry audits play an important role in verifying the treatment chain of all these techniques. The National Metrology...
Tharmar Ganesh
(Fortis Memorial Research Institute Gurgaon Haryana)
21/06/2017, 15:50
QA/QC
Poster
Objective: To compare the accuracy of 3 different known geometry objects drawn on CT (Computed tomography), MR (Magnetic Resonance) and DSA (Digital subtraction Angiography) images on a phantom with stereotactic frameless mask on Brainlab iPlan RT Image contouring workstation.
Methods and material: A phantom study was done for images registration and contouring accuracy for SRS case of...
George Felix Acquah
(Sweden Ghana Medical Centre)
21/06/2017, 15:55
QA/QC
Poster
In equipping clinical medical physicists across the African Member States with both theoretical and practical information on the quality assurance (QA) procedure of records and verify systems (R&VSs), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) organized a regional (AFRA) training course. The main focus of the course was to equip participants to validate data integrity that will be followed...
