PROGRAM
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WEDNESDAY, 20TH SEPTEMBER
09:00-09:15
Welcome
Joachim Fandrey
(Prodekan für Studium und Lehre. Medizinische Fakultät der Universität Dusiburg-Essen)
Lorenzo Brualla
Universitätsklinikum Essen
Germany
SESSION 1: DO WE NEED THE MONTE CARLO METHOD IN THE CLINICAL ENVIRONMENT?
Chair: Pedro Andreo
Karolinska Institutet
Sweden
09:15-09:45
The point of view of a clinician
Wolfgang Sauerwein
Universitätsklinikum Essen
Germany
09:45-10:15
The point of view of a medical physicist
Luca Cozzi
Istituto Humanitas
Italy
10:15-10:45
Review of Monte Carlo codes applied to radiation oncology
Lorenzo Brualla
Universitätsklinikum Essen
Germany
10:45-11:15 Coffee break
SESSION 2: ALGORITHMS I
Chair: Lorenzo Brualla
Universitätsklinikum Essen
Germany
11:15-11:45
Moving PRIMO to the cloud
Héctor Miras
University Hospital Virgen Macarena
Spain
11:45-12:15
Monte Carlo dose calculation of VMAT clinical treatment plans for Novalis TrueBeam STx linac using PRIMO
Alain Sottiaux
CHU Charleroi
Belgium
12:15-13:30 Lunch
SESSION 3: CLINICAL
Chair: Wolfgang Sauerwein
Universitätsklinikum Essen
Germany
13:30-14:00
Monte Carlo simulation of translational total body irradiation with PRIMO and source 20 of DOSXYZnrc
Karl Loewenich
University Hospital Zurich
Switzerland
14:00-14:30
Evaluation of clinical plans using PRIMO Dose Planning Method (DPM) for brain and lung metastases
Giacomo Reggiori
Istituto Humanitas
Italy
14:30-15:00
Evaluation of the target dose inhomogeneity in breast cancer treatment due to tissutal differences
Antonella Fogliata
Istituto Humanitas
Italy
15:00-15:30
Dosimetric evaluation of AAA and Acuros XB algorithms with the PRIMO software in inhomogeneous media
Javier Jiménez
Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet
Spain
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
SESSION 4: DOSIMETRY I
Chair: Luca Cozzi
Istituto Humanitas
Italy
16:00-16:30
Accuracy of PRIMO software validated against a reference dosimetry dataset for Varian clinical linear accelerators
Marcelino Hermida
Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron
Spain
16:30-17:00
A Monte Carlo study of Varian Unique linear accelerator using PRIMO software
Sinan Irmak
Acibadem Kayseri Hospital
Turkey
17:00-17:30
Monte Carlo simulation of 3D-scanner in PRIMO: comparison with experimental data
Ricardo Tortosa
Hospital IMED Elche
Spain
THURSDAY, 21ST SEPTEMBER
SESSION 5: KEYNOTE LECTURE
Chair: Josep Sempau
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
Spain
09:00-09:45
Monte Carlo simulations in radiotherapy dosimetry
Pedro Andreo
Karolinska Institutet
Sweden
SESSION 6: ALGORITHMS II
Chair: Lorenzo Brualla
Universitätsklinikum Essen
Germany
09:45-10:15
PENELOPE transport parameters for linac simulation
Josep Sempau
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Spain
10:15-10:45
Monte Carlo dose calculation of VMAT clinical treatment plans for Novalis TrueBeam STx linac using PRIMO
Alain Sottiaux
CHU de Charleroi
Belgium
10:45-11:15 Coffee break
SESSION 7: NEW VERSION OF PRIMO
Chair: Antonella Fogliata
Istituto Humanitas
Italy
11:15-11:45
The Dose Planning Method Code
Josep Sempau
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
Spain
11:45-12:15
Improvements on DPM for PRIMO
Miguel Rodriguez
Centro Medico Paitilla
Panama
12:15-12:45
What’s new in PRIMO
Miguel Rodriguez
Centro Medico Paitilla
Panama
12:45-14:00 Lunch
SESSION 8: DOSIMETRY II
Chair: Miguel Rodriguez
Centro Medico Paitilla
Panama
14:00-14:30
Study of build-up dose region for 6 MV photon beam using PRIMO simulation software
Manta Mahur
Delhi State Cancer Institute
India
14:30-15:00
Determination of initial parameters of Varian 2100 CD linac electron beams using PRIMO
Reza Maskani
Shahroud University of Medical Sciences
Iran
15:00-15:30
Radiation dose distribution in functional heart regions— comparison of Acuros XB and PRIMO
Heiko Karle
University Medical Center Mainz
Germany
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
SESSION 9: ASK THE AUTHORS
Chair: Pedro Andreo
Karolinska Istitutet
Sweden
16:00-17:30
Participants are invited to ask questions or comment difficulties on PRIMO to its authors. The participants can use slides to facilitate the
discussion.
Lorenzo Brualla
Josep Sempau
Miguel Rodriguez
19:00 – 21:00 Social Dinner
FRIDAY, 22ND SEPTEMBER
SESSION 10: TEACHING THE NEW PRIMO VERSION
Lorenzo Brualla
Josep Sempau
Miguel Rodriguez
09:00-10:30
Hands-on session for learning the new features of PRIMO
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30
Hands-on session for learning the new features of PRIMO
12:30-12:45
Closing remarks
Lorenzo Brualla
Universitätsklinikum Essen
Germany