Treatment Planning MasterClass

Agenda

The agenda  can  be found in a PDF format here HERE

Treatment Planning MasterClass 

Moderators:

 

Time	Tittle
09:00 – 09:30	TBA
09:30 – 10:00	Physics and technology allied against cancer  Capizzello Antonio (AUTH / AHEPA)
10:00 – 10:30	Treatment Planning in clinical environment  George Giakoumetis (AUTH / AHEPA)
10:30 – 11:00	Treatment Planning matRad introduction  Niklas Wahl (DKFZ)
11:00 – 11:30	Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00	Treatment Planning matRad introduction  Niklas Wahl (DKFZ)
13:00 – 14:30	Lunch Break
14:30 – 16:30	Treatment Planning hands-on Niklas Wahl (DKFZ)
16:30 -17:00	Coffee Break
17:00 – 17:30	Particle Therapy MasterClass Yiota Foka (GSI)
17:30 – 18:00	Particle Therapy MasterClass: tangible impacts Nermine Muradi (Uni Tetovo)
18:00 – 18:30	HITRIplus schools and its impacts Nicholas Sammut (Uni Malta)

 

Deails on the Treatment Planning Workshop are given below (To Be Confirmed).

ONLINE: the matRad installation procedure will be showcased by: Niklas Wahl (DKFZ) with the assistance of Noa Homolka (DKFZ). Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and resolve any issues with the installation. 

IN-PERSON: On Monday 21  October starting at 9:00: the focus will be on the preparation of treatment plans following workflows similar to workflow1  (recordings1) and/or workflow2 (recordings2), workflow3 (recordings3). This material (recordings from previous hands-on sessions) is available for participants who wish to further practice using the workflows independently and explore matRad beyond what can be achieved during the planned hands-on sessions. The workflows will be performed by: Niklas Wahl (DKFZ).

The session will be concluded by presenting the concepts and methods of the Particle Therapy MasterClass and showcasing the material that can be used by the participants to perform it at their institutes as tutors. This will be presented by: Yiota Foka (GSI)

 

	Yiota Foka GSI
Foka is a senior researcher currently involved in medical applications and the development of a next-generation ion facility for tumor cancer research and therapy with ions within the framework of the collaboration of the NIMMS/CERN group and her home institute GSI, where she holds a permanent position. Her career was mostly developed within the ALICE experiment at CERN's LHC, where she also served in management positions such as deputy physics coordinator, outreach coordinator, and system coordinator for data quality monitoring and event display. Active in the dissemination of information on scientific advances via the organization of conferences, seminars, and educational outreach activities, she introduced and coordinates the new "Particle Therapy Masterclass" since 2019.
	Niklas Wahl DKFZ
Niklas Wahl leads the research group Radiotherapy Optimization, embedded into the Department of Medical Physics in Radiation Oncology led by Prof. Jäkel, at the German Cancer Research Center – DKFZ. His career at DKFZ started in 2015, studying probabilistic proton dose calculation and optimization to obtain his PhD with honors in 2018. Afterwards, he continued as postdoctoral researcher and project coordinator, expanding his research to other numerical and computational challenges in radiotherapy treatment planning focusing on proton and ion beams. His research touches the topics of FLASH particle therapy, AI integration, nano-dosimetric planning and multi-modality therapy. Niklas Wahl currently leads the development of the open-source treatment planning toolkit matRad. Besides his research activities, Niklas Wahl is part of multiple scientific and educational outreach activities like the Particle Therapy Masterclass since 2019.