CIM PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES

March 19, 2024

April 4, 2006
Workshop on IMRT
Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning: Target Uncertainties, Computational Challenges and Beyond

at the Fields Institute , 222 College Street, Toronto

Organizers: Eva Lee, Michael Sharpe, Tamás Terlaky, Yuriy Zinchenko
Supported by
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Overview

The workshop will explore advanced and robust computational approaches for: 1. tackling non-systematic errors in intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) treatment planning; and 2. image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) techniques for incorporating organ motions and other non-stationary geometry into the treatment planning process.

The workshop consists of three core groups of presentations. The first two consist of talks by physicists, clinicians and operations researchers on image-guided therapy and robust optimization approaches for managing organ motion and uncertainties. The third, an evening event, incorporating the ongoing Fields Industrial Optimization Seminar, includes a leading optimization researcher presenting computational strategies for large-scale IMRT planning, and a physicist discussing computational challenges in the field.

Schedule & Audio of talks

Time
General Topic
Talk title
Speaker
9:00-10:00 Image-guided radiation therapy
Introduction into robust and IGRT:
Review of Infrastructure Required for Image-Guided
Therapy

Treatment Plan Optimization in the Era of IGRT


David Jaffray (UofT)


Michael Sharpe (PMH)

10:00-10:30  
Coffee break
10:30-11:00  
Increasing Precision in RT through Deformable Modeling
Kristy Brock (PMH)
11:00-11:30  
Clinical experience in image-guided radiation therapy
Lei Xing (Stanford)
11:30-12:00  
Cervix Cancer: Uncertainties in Radiation Treatment Planning and Delivery
Michael Milosevic (Ontario Cancer Institute)
12:00-13:30
Lunch break
13:30-14:00 Robust IMRT
Robust optimization: PTV reduction for rigid body deformations
Yuriy Zinchenko (McMaster)
Shane Henderson (Cornell)
14:00-14:30  
Producing IMRT plans robust to uncertainty in lung motion
Timothy Chan (MIT/M GH)
14:30-15:00  
Medical Software: A Clinical and Commercial Perspective
Todd McNutt (Johns Hopkins University)
15:00-15:30  
Coffee break
15:30-16:30  
Panel discussion (robust and IGRT)
   
17:00-18:00 Advanced Computation
Large-Scale Optimization Strategies for Optimal Cancer Treatment Design
Eva Lee (Georgia Tech)
18:00-19:00  
Computational challenges in radiation oncology
Joseph Deasy (Washington University)

For additional information contact:cim@fields.utoronto.ca

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