The aim of the organisers is to provide an up-to-date scientific programme covering advanced practices in radiotherapy as well as roles and responsibilities of the RTT’s. We will be focusing on patient care, imaging in planning process, imaging in treatment process, setup and imobilisation, modern techniquess in radiation therapy (IMRT, VMAT, BRT, adaptive RT, motion management, …) and RTT’s responsibilities and duties.
A wide range of sessions will be offered, comprising:
* Lectures
* Practical Sessions
* Special Sessions
* Poster Sessions
Friday, 4.10.
QUALITY ASSURANCE, SAFETY
14.30 – 15.40
Chair: A.Oklješa Lukič (SL)
Chair: V. Karadža (HR)
14.30 – 14.50 M. Mlekuž (RTT): Segment gradient based technique for craniospinal irradiation with VMAT(SI)
14.50 – 15.10 A. Polšak (MF): Review of biggest radiotherapy accidents and what can we learn from them(SI)
15.10 – 15.40 M. Vejda (VARIAN): Varian Strategy and Portfolio News
15.40 – 16.10 COFFE BREAK
PATIENT CARE (RT of children, claustrophobic patients, information to patients, psychology)
16.10 – 17.20
Chair: I.Čurić (RS)
Chair: I. Payanova (BG)
16.10 – 16.40 Yohei Watanabe – Global Product Manager Radiation Oncology, Siemens Healthineers:
New world of CT simulation – scientific update
16.40 – 17.00 M. Coffey (Adjunct Associate Prof.): ESTRO lecture – The RTT
role in patient care (IRL)
17.00 – 17.20 V. Žager Marciuš (PhD RTT): The role of radiation therapists
in patients with claustrophobia in radiotherapy (SI)
17.20 – 17.50 E. Barini (ELEKTA): Elekta Unity driving MR/RT
18.00 WELCOME DRINK
Saturday, 5.10.
EDUCATION, TEACHING
9.00 – 10.30
Chair: V. Žager Marciuš (SL)
Chair: M. Leech (IR)
9.00 – 9.20 E. Alukič (RTT): University radiography courses in Slovenia (SI)
9.20 – 9.40 J. Stevanović (RTT): Improvment of university student skills by simulation exercise (RS)
9.40 – 10.00 M. Coffey (Adjunct Associate Prof.): ESTRO lecture – Educating the RTT of the future (IRL)
10.00 – 10.30 C. Huang (VARIAN): A Shared Vision for the Future of Adaptive Care
10.30 – 10.50 COFFE BREAK
SRS, SRT, SBRT (protocols, imobilisation,verification)
10.50 – 12.10
Chair: D. Ciprić (HR)
Chair: M. Coffey (IRL)
10.50 – 11.10 Đ.Harmicar (RTT): New possibilities and indications in intracranial
metastatic diseases – neuroradiosurgery (SRS)(HR)
11.10 – 11.30 A. Şafek (RTT): Motion management in prostate SBRT (TR)
11.30 – 11.50 G. Firtina (RTT): Motion management for lung cancers using
cyberknife robotic radiosurgery device (TR)
11.50 – 12.10 S. Gašpar (RTT): “Calypso extracranial tracking” system in radiosurgery (HR)
12.10 – 13.10 LUNCH
IMAGING IN PLANING PROCESS (CT, MR, PETCT,setup and imobilisation)
13.10 – 14.30
Chair: A. Kostovski (BA)
Chair: M. Jeraj (SL)
13.10 – 13.40 M. Leech (Associate Prof.): ESTRO lecture – Positioning and immobilisation – the key to
a quality treatment plan and a successful treatment (IRL)
13.40 – 14.00 A.Jovanovska, I.Payanova, A.Hristova (RTT): Aplication of PET/CT in radiothetapy treatment planning
for linear accelerator halcyon (BG)
14.00 – 14.20 E. Erge (RTT): The superiority of 4D CT imaging to conventional CT imaging (TR)
IMAGING IN TREATMENT PROCESS (IGRT, CBCT, 4D CBCT, UZ, protocols)
14.30 – 16.20
Chair: A. Safek (TR)
Chair: D. Dostal (SL)
14.30 – 14.50 R. Ljubijankić, E. Kuduzović (RTT): Ultrasound urinary bladder volume control
during radiotherapy of gyneco urological cancers (SI)
14.50 – 15.10 I. Ranić, K. Šnjarić (RTT): Proper radiotherapy treatment preparation
for prostate cancer patients (HR)
15.10 – 15.30 E. Al-Khazae, M. Han (RTT) : Comparison between two different techniques of patient positioning
for prostate cancer image-guided radiation (HR)
15.30 – 15.50 A. Petković, V.Bišof, J. Bibić (RTT) : Determination of prostate margins in clinical practice (HR)
15.50 – 16.20 M. Wenke (RaySearch): Machine Learning & Analytics at RaySearch
16.20 – 16.40 COFFE BREAK
MODERN TECHNIQUES IN RADIATION THERAPY
16.40 – 18.00
Chair: J. Stevanović (RS)
Chair: L. Ilijev (BG)
16.40 – 17.00 D. Drljača (RTT): Implementation of VMAT/SIB with extended volumes in
gyn malignancies, RTT`S role (BA)
17.00 – 17.20 A. Kostovski (RTT): Practical implementation of DIBH radiotherapy in treatment
of left sided breast carcinoma, RTTS point of view (BA)
17.20 – 17.40 H.S Yaman (RTT): Optical surface tracking system (TR)
17.40 – 18.00 D. Cvijić, P. Zebec (RTT): Is it possible to reduce radiation dose to the heart
on left-sided breast cancer patients using existing equipment? (SI)
20.00 OFFICIAL DINNER
Sunday, 6.10.
WORKSHOPS (Department of Radiotherapy, Institute of Oncology Ljubljana)
On site live demo presentations – from 9.30am – 12am:
- M. Jeraj (RTT): Breast radiotherapy – special techniquess (PA breast support and motion management with ABC) (SI)
- L. Madureira, R. Postma: CIVCO Frameless Stereotactic Radiotherapy
- S. Baldwin, T. Swayne: Qfix Encompass Frameless SRS Solution
- M. Vejda, C. Huang: HyperArc workshop