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Advances in CT and PET Imaging for Radiation Treatment Planning
Program Code:
EDU208
Date:
Monday, September 22, 2008
SPEAKER(S):
J. Daniel Bourland, Associate Professor, Physicist, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Katherine Mah, Senior Planning Physicist,
Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Ctr.
The author is the senior planning physicist at the Odette Cancer Centre (formerly the Toronto Sunnybrook Cancer Centre). Her research focus has been on the utilization of various imaging modalities to improve radiation targeting for high precision therapy. Her recent publications and presentations have focussed on the use of PET to reduce observer variation in defining the radiation target in lung and head and neck cancers; the impact of PET on treatment planning; and the possible role of PET in determining the internal target volume. She is the co- and author of two book chapters on PET in radiation oncology as well as co-author of three book chapters on CT-simulation.
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LEARNER OUTCOMES:
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Review quantitative uses and limitations of CT and PET images in radiation treatment planning.
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Review technological advances in CT and PET imaging for radiation treatment planning.
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Summarize the physical and biological principles of CT and PET imaging.