- Docente: Francesco Cocco
- Credits: 3
- SSD: MED/50
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Rimini
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Imaging and Radiotherapy techniques (cod. 8486)
Learning outcomes
The student, at the end of the course, has skills on the techniques of radiotherapy : set up patient, immobilization , treatment, special treatment , verification of treatment .
Course contents
- INTRODUCTION;
- PURPOSE OF RADIOTHERAPY;
- RADIOTHERAPY TECHNICIAN/PATIENT RELATIONSHIP: PSICHOLOGICAL AND RELATIONAL ASPECTS;
- HISTORY AND PHISICS PILLS;
- RADIOTHERAPY'S PHASES: FROM FIRST VISIT TO LAST RADIATION FRACTION;
- CENTRATION CT: CT, MOBILE LASERS, REPOSITIONING AND IMMOBILIZAT ION SYSTEMS, RADIOPAQUE MARKERS E AND TATOOS, SETUP PAPER;
- SIMULATION TECHNIQUES (TRADITIONAL AND VIRTUAL);
- CONTOURING;
- PLANNING TECHNIQUES AND TREATMENT PLAN;
- IMAGING CHECKS IN RADIOTHERAPY;
- CONVENTIONAL EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY TECHNIQUES (PHOTONS AND ELECTRONS);
- ADVANCED EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY TECHNIQUES: FRACTIONING, IGRT, IMRT, ARC THERAPIES, RADIOSURGERY (STEREOTAXIS, GAMMAKNIFE AND CYBERKNIFE, TOMOTHERAPY);
- IORT;
- BRACHITHERAPY;
- PROTONTHERAPY;
- ADROTHERAPY;
- RADIOTHERAPY FOR DISTRICT: Brain, Head/Neck, Torax, Abdomen, Pelvis, Arms, Legs;
- ERRORS IN RADIOTHERAPY;
- USEFUL LAWS AND REGULATIONS FOR RADIOTHERAPY TECHNICIANS.
Readings/Bibliography
Bibliography will be provided lesson by lesson.
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons.
Assessment methods
ORAL EXAM: Student must know and explain all radiotherapy techniques, treatment plan structure, pros and cons of each radiotherapy technique.
Office hours
See the website of Francesco Cocco