Course Contents
Ion Beam Therapy is a cutting edge tool to treat cancer. Ion beams offer unique properties to tailor the dose to deep-seated targets inside the human body, while sparing surrounding healthy tissue. Their finite range, sharp dose gradients and increase radiobiological efficacy offer the potential for improved treatment options, but also pose high demands on precision and further research to be optimally implemented in clinical practice.
This course addresses the following topics:
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[*]Basics of physics and radiobiology of ion beams
[*]Typical ion beam therapy centers
[*]Production of ion beams for therapy
[*]Ion beam application: principles of beam scanning
[*]Ion beam monitors and detectors
[*]Dose calculation and treatment planning
[*]Image guidance
[*]Irradiation of moving organs
[*]Monitoring of beam application and range in the patient
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This lectures handles both the user perspective as well as technical realization of real-time beam control and algorithms in treatment planning and application. Theoretical foundations will be accompanied by practical exercises, where students will learn to use public domain software for treatment planning for different applications in ion beam therapy and research.
Literature
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[*]Schardt et al. Heavy-ion tumor therapy: Physical and radiobiological benefits, 2010; DOI: 10.1103/RevModPhys.82.383
[*]NuPECC: Nuclear Physics for Medicine, 2014, www.nupecc.org/pub/npmed2014.pdf
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Ion Beam Therapy is a cutting edge tool to treat cancer. Ion beams offer unique properties to tailor the dose to deep-seated targets inside the human body, while sparing surrounding healthy tissue. Their finite range, sharp dose gradients and increase radiobiological efficacy offer the potential for improved treatment options, but also pose high demands on precision and further research to be optimally implemented in clinical practice.
This course addresses the following topics:
[list]
[*]Basics of physics and radiobiology of ion beams
[*]Typical ion beam therapy centers
[*]Production of ion beams for therapy
[*]Ion beam application: principles of beam scanning
[*]Ion beam monitors and detectors
[*]Dose calculation and treatment planning
[*]Image guidance
[*]Irradiation of moving organs
[*]Monitoring of beam application and range in the patient
[/list]
This lectures handles both the user perspective as well as technical realization of real-time beam control and algorithms in treatment planning and application. Theoretical foundations will be accompanied by practical exercises, where students will learn to use public domain software for treatment planning for different applications in ion beam therapy and research.
Literature
[list]
[*]Schardt et al. Heavy-ion tumor therapy: Physical and radiobiological benefits, 2010; DOI: 10.1103/RevModPhys.82.383
[*]NuPECC: Nuclear Physics for Medicine, 2014, www.nupecc.org/pub/npmed2014.pdf
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- Lehrende: GraeffChristian
Semester: ST 2023