10th Course MRI in radiotherapy 2018
Yearly course given from 26th to 28th of March at UMC Utrecht, department Radiotherapy.

In radiotherapy a trend is evident of increasing use of MRI in radiotherapy. Therefore, a need is created in radiation oncology to learn about implementation, interpretation and workflow of MRI for radiotherapy applications. This course is intended for radiation oncologists, residents, medical physicists and trainees, who want to learn about the usage of MRI specifically for radiotherapy. It is also open for participants with different backgrounds. In response to the needs of a mixed audience with clinicians, physicists and PhD students, we try to balance between a physical and a clinical scope to meet your interest as good as possible.

The aim of the course is to give an introduction in the clinical and physical aspects of MRI in radiotherapy from a practical point of view. In the afternoon, practical examples will be studied in hands-on sessions.

The course will be given on 3 consecutive days from 9:30 till the end of the afternoon 17:30. The course language is English. Lunch will be served near the auditorium. For master students the course is free of costs. For staff members, the fee is € 600,-, for trainees and PhD students the fee is € 300,-. After application, you will receive information about payment. For registration please visit MRI in Radiotherapy basic course.

CME points are requested at the NVRO and NVKF.

Please register before March 12th .

Nico van den Berg, MR physicist
Marielle Philippens, medical physicist radiotherapy

Provisional program of course

Tuesday March 26th

Wednesday March 27th

Thursday March 28th

Introduction, implementation of MRI in radiotherapy

cervix MRI for RT

MRI for brachytherapy: needle, seed detection, robot

MRI physics I

MRI for Breast cancer

MRI for Breast cancer  treatment

Brain MRI

Brain MRI in RT

break

MRI physics II

Head and neck MRI

safety

MR imaging in treatment position

MRI for radiotherapy

Head and neck MRI for RT

MRI guided RT

lunch

DWI for RT Planning and response monitoring

QA: geometry and general MRI tests

How will MRI change radiotherapy

Prostate MRI EBRT and brachytherapy

DCE MRI

Break

Hands-on sessions:

Prostate implementation:

Image acquisition, MR contrasts, delineation of tumor

Hands-on sessions:

Head and neck implementation:

Image acquisition, MR contrasts, delineation of tumor and OAR

Hands on sessions:

Rectal cancer implementation:

Image acquisition, MR contrasts, delineation of tumor and OAR

Instruction prostate on MR

Instruction head&neck on MR

Tour MRI at Radiotherapy Department

Faculty: Ellart Aalbers, Nico van den Berg, Desirée van den Bongard, Katelijne van den Ende, Jeroen Hendrikse, Martijn Intven, Karin Kleynen, Jan Lagendijk, Astrid van Lier, Rien Moerland, Tuan Nyugen, Frank Pameijer, Marielle Philippens, Bas Raaymakers, Tim Schakel, Ina Schulz, Chris Terhaard, Rob Tijssen, Jochem van der Voort van Zyp, Stephanie de Waard.