Discussion on the desired STELLA Facility

Name: Discussion on the desired STELLA Facility
Start: 2023-02-10T14:30:00+01:00
End: 2023-02-10T18:00:00+01:00
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Friday 10 Feb 2023, 14:30 → 18:00 Europe/Zurich

Manjit Dosanjh (CERN/University of Oxford), Paul Collier (CERN), Steinar Stapnes (CERN)

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manjit.dosanjh@cern.ch

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- 14:30 → 14:40
  
  Welcome and purpose of meeting. 10m
  
  Speakers: Manjit Dosanjh, Paul Collier (CERN), Steinar Stapnes (CERN)
- 14:40 → 14:55
  
  Group Introductions 15m
  
  a. Taofeeq Ige (LMICs)
  b. Paul Collier/Steinar Stapnes (CERN)
  c. Nina Wendling (ICEC)
  d. Graeme Burt (UK)
- 14:55 → 15:25
  Introduction to ICEC and Motivation for Project STELLA: Chair Manjit Dosanjh 30m
  
  Speaker: Norman Coleman (ICEC)
  
  Coleman-ICEC presentation-10.02.2023.pdf
  - A. ICEC Goals 5m
  - B. Status of RT in LMICs 25m
    
    Challenges for LINACs in LMICs
    
    Generally accepted design features of a LINAC for challenging environments based on prior workshops
    a. Low overall cost
    b. Robust (not susceptible to breakdown of hardware or software)
    c. Ease of operation by radiation therapy technologists (RTTs)
    d. Modular for ease of repairs by medical physicists or engineers and for upgrading
    e. Insensitive to power failures
    f. Low power requirement
    g. Low heat production
    h. High level internet connectivity (fail-proof) for local operation as well as remote QA, treatment planning, system fault diagnosis
- 15:25 → 15:40
  
  Data Gathering from Africa 15m
  
  Speakers: Manjit Dosanjh, Taofeeq Ige
  
  Ige_Data gathering-10.02.2023.pdf
  
  Ige_Data gathering-10.02.2023.pptx
- 15:40 → 16:10
  
  Review of the Project STELLA CDR: Chair Walter Wuensch 30m
  
  a. Design Goal Ranking ?
  b. Common problems with LINAC components from 28-country survey in Africa
  c. Beam specifications
  d. Brief Review of Accelerator and Supporting Subsystems
  e. Summary of recommendations from the CDR review and potential for implementation
  
  Speaker: Graeme Campbell Burt (Lancaster University (GB))
  
  ITAR_CERN_Feb23.pdf
  
  ITAR_CERN_Feb23.pptx
- 16:10 → 16:20
  
  Break 10m
- 16:20 → 16:50
  
  Discussion of Key Design Considerations from LMICs 30m
  
  a. Ability to provide radiation treatments with routine and advanced techniques; what do you consider essential: 3D-CRT, IMRT, VMAT, SBRT, SRS?
  b. Is single photon energy (6 MV), a dose rate of 600 cGy/min and a 0.1 cm beam spot size on target as selected acceptable?
  c. Are multi-leaf collimators (MLCs) breaking down a major problem?
  d. Cone-beam CT on the RT system?
  e. Higher level diagnostic imaging capability on the RT system (such a diagnostic CT scanner for adaptive replanning or for pure diagnostic imaging when the RT system is not being used for patient treatments?)
  f. Remote treatment planning as well as full capability for treatment planning locally?
  g. Remote RT system diagnostics and repair?
  
  Other?
  
  Speakers: Manjit Dosanjh, Taofeeq Ige
  
  Points for discussion with LMIC colleagues.docx
  
  Points for discussion with LMIC colleagues.pdf
- 16:50 → 17:40
  
  Current RT Systems and Future Opportunities 50m
  
  a. Review of 3 latest competitive RT systems - Halcyon, Siddhartha and UIH
  b. Potential technological advances that might be considered for the
  STELLA RT system.
  
  Speakers: Jeff Buchsbaum, Ceferino Obcemea
  
  Buschbaum-ICEC Feb 2023.pdf
  
  Obcemea_ICEC Retreat 2023.pdf
- 17:40 → 18:00
  
  Discussion 20m
  
  Speakers: Paul Collier (CERN), Steinar Stapnes (CERN)