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Brachytherapy
UT-HSC Radiation Therapy Course MPHY 619/819
Summer Semester 2011
Syllabus, Schedule & Grading Scheme
Brachytherapy is a clinical course designed for MSBS/Ph.D. students in clinical radiation oncology physics track. It is divided into two sections of didactic and laboratory experiments. The aim of the didactic portion of the course is to familiarize students with clinical setups and safe handling of radioactive material as well as fluency in treatment planning and hand calculation of dose using actual patient data.
Text Book: Brachytherapy Physics AAPM Summer School, July 2005, Editors: B.R. Thomadsen, Mark Rivard, and Wayne Butler
Reference Text 1: The Physics of Modern Brachytherapy for Oncology. Authors: Baltas, Sakelliou, and Zamboglou
Reference Text 2: A Practical Manual of Brachytherapy. Authors: Pierquin & Marinello
Credit hrs: 3 credits (Lectures: Wednesdays 1:30 to 3:45 pm; Lab hours: 2 hrs/week)
Prerequisite: consent of instructor
Instructors: E. Parsai, J. Feldmeier, D. Pearson, N. Sperling, M. Dennis & D. Shvydka
Grading policy:| Lab write-ups | 20% |
| Mid-term Exam | 40% |
| Final Exam | 40% |
Lectures:
|
Topic |
Additional References |
Instructor |
Date |
|
Brachytherapy principles, definitions, methods. |
Chapter 1, text*; Power point handout. |
EP |
5-20 |
|
Radiobiological aspects of brachytherapy; systems of implant dosimetry |
Chapter 2, text |
DS |
5-25 |
|
Physical properties & clinical use of radionuclides, source calibration, measurement of source strength. Review of TG-32 |
Chapters 3, 11-13 text |
DP |
6-1 |
|
Quantitative dosimetry methods in Brachytherapy; Review of TG-43 |
Chapter 15 &16 Text; |
EP |
6-8 |
|
Mid-term Examination |
Exam over first four sessions of the course |
6-15 |
|
|
Implantation techniques; dose specifications (ICRU 38) |
Chapters 18-20; 26 text |
JJF |
6-22 |
|
Quality assurance and regulatory issues |
Chapters 5, 7; 23-24 text; |
MJD |
6-29 |
|
Physical & biological aspects of HDR |
Chapter 6, text; Nag's HDR Book Chapters 3-5 & 7 |
EP |
7-6 |
|
Computer dosimetry & 3-D treatment planning |
Chapters 17, 21-23 text |
EP |
7-13 |
|
Review |
Review of the second half of the course |
EP |
7-20 |
|
Final Examination |
Exam over the last three sessions |
EP |
7-27 |
*Text refers to Brachytherapy Physics, second edition; AAPM Summer School, July 2005
Laboratory experiments:
|
Lab Number |
Topic |
Instructor |
|
1 |
a. Handling, survey counting and inventory of brachytherapy sources. b. Energy distribution and determination of unknown source strength using HVL concepts |
EP/DP/NS |
|
2 |
Computer treatment planning and 3-D treatment planning of brachytherapy cases.
|
EP/DP/NS |
|
3 |
a. Calibrate 3 different Cs-137 sources using a Cutie-Pie ionization chamber. b. Experiment on Dose calibration, two energies, response map. |
EP/DP/NS |
|
4 |
Follow a brachytherapy (HDR) patient and report steps on:
|
EP/DP/NS |
Lab reports are due one week after completion of each lab session.
