PSI Winter School for Proton Therapy 2023

Name: PSI Winter School for Proton Therapy 2023
Start: 2023-01-15T18:00:00+01:00
End: 2023-01-20T17:30:00+01:00
Location: No location set

15 Jan 2023, 18:00 → 20 Jan 2023, 17:30 Europe/Zurich

Parkhotel Bad Zurzach Badstrasse 44 CH-5330 Bad Zurzach Phone +41 56 269 88 11

Antony John Lomax (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut), Damien Charles Weber

Description

The onsite edition of the PSI Winter School 2023 has taken place.

Please note that the website for the PSI Winter School for Proton Therapy 2024 can be found under:
PSI Winter School 2024

Thank you.

Content of the course:

Clinical indications adult (CNS, GI, Head & Neck, Skull base)
Pediatrics and AYA
Basic physics of proton therapy
Radiation biology
Delivery & treatment planning
Therapy workflow
Uncertainty & motion
Specification, commissioning & Q.A.
New directions in proton therapy

Aim of course:

To provide detailed knowledge on the clinical, physics and technological aspects of proton therapy using pencil beam scanning

Target audience:

Radiation oncologists, medical physicists, physicists, engineers, radiation technologists and dosimetrists. No previous knowledge of proton therapy is necessary.

Support

winterschool@psi.ch

Registration

Registration Form

Sunday 15 January
- 18:00 → 19:30
  
  Registration 1h 30m Parkhotel Bad Zurzach
  
  Parkhotel Bad Zurzach
  
  Badstrasse 44 CH-5330 Bad Zurzach
  
  Dry run if requested.
Monday 16 January
- 08:30 → 09:00
  
  Departure to Paul Scherrer Institut - Meeting point in front of the hotel 30m
- 10:30 → 11:00
  
  Coffee break
- 11:45 → 12:30
  
  Proton therapy for adult CNS tumors 45m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Damien Charles Weber (Paul Scherrer Institut)
  
  05_Ver. 2023 Winterschool CNS tumor adult.pdf
- 12:30 → 13:45
  
  Lunch break 1h 15m
- 15:45 → 16:15
  
  Coffee break
- 18:00 → 18:20
  
  Departure to the hotel - Meeting point PSI West outside the auditorium 20m
Tuesday 17 January
- 08:30 → 09:00
  
  Departure to Paul Scherrer Institut - Meeting point in front of the hotel 30m
- 09:00 → 09:45
  
  Active scanning beam 1: Modulation delivery 45m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: David Meer (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
  
  11_2023_ActiveScanningBeam1_ ModulatingDelivery_DMeer.pdf
- 09:45 → 10:15
  
  Active scanning beam 2: Controlling delivery 30m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Martin Grossmann Handschin (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
  
  12_Winterschool_gm17.pdf
- 10:15 → 11:00
  
  Active scanning beam 3: Checking delivery/dosimetry 45m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Sairos Safai (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
  
  13_Dosimetry_2023_Safai.pdf
- 11:00 → 11:20
  
  Coffee Break 20m Online
  
  Online
- 11:20 → 12:20
  
  Treatment planning for pencil beam scanning and IMPT 1h Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Antony John Lomax (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
  
  14_Treatment planning V2.pdf
- 12:20 → 13:05
  
  Proton therapy workflow 45m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Arturs Meijers (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
  
  15_PSI WS 2023 - Proton Therapy Workflow .pdf
- 13:05 → 14:10
  
  Lunch break 1h 5m
- 14:10 → 14:55
  
  Validation methodologies for the clinical benefit of proton therapy 45m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Johannes Langendijk (University Medical Center Groningen)
  
  16_LANGENDIJK - Validation methodologies for the clinical benefit of proton therapy - FINAL.pdf
- 14:55 → 15:40
  
  Head and neck cancers 45m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Johannes Langendijk (University Medical Center Groningen)
  
  17_LANGENDIJK - HNC Proton therapy - FINAL.pdf
- 15:40 → 16:00
  
  Coffee break Online
  
  Online
- 16:00 → 16:10
  
  Group picture 10m
- 16:10 → 16:55
  
  Tumors of the skull base and spine chordoma and chondrosarcoma 45m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Damien Charles Weber
  
  18_Ver. 2023 Winterschool Tumors of the skull base and spine chordoma and chondrosarcoma.pdf
- 16:55 → 17:25
  
  Ocular proton treatment 30m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Jan Hrbacek (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
  
  19_PSI WS 2023 - Ocular Proton Therapy.pdf
- 17:40 → 18:00
  
  Departure to social EVENT - Meeting point PSI West outside the auditorium 20m
Wednesday 18 January
- 08:30 → 09:00
  
  Departure to Paul Scherrer Institut - Meeting point in front of the Hotel 30m
- 09:00 → 09:45
  
  Delivery uncertainties and their consequences 45m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Francesca Albertini (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
  
  20_Albertini_uncertainties_2023_new.pdf
- 09:45 → 10:30
  
  Motion / motion mitigation 45m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Giovanni Fattori (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
  
  21_Fattori_Motion-MotionMitigation_2023.pdf
- 10:30 → 11:00
  
  Coffee break and group allocation 30m
- 11:00 → 11:15
  
  On the way to the workshop 15m
- 11:15 → 12:15
  
  Workshop 1 to 4 in parallel 1h WPTA 139
  
  WPTA 139
  
  Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speakers: Barbara Bachtiary, Dominic Leiser (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut), Nicola Bizzocchi (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
  
  Workshop 1 - Nasal Cavities Project.pdf
  
  Workshop 1 - Paper.pdf
  
  Workshop 1 - tox meeting statements_summary-131022.pdf
  
  Workshop 1 - TS-1716-592_Case-based Planning Standardization.pdf
- 12:15 → 13:15
  
  Workshop 1 to 4 in parallel 1h WPTA 141
  
  WPTA 141
  
  Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speakers: Alessandra Bolsi (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut), Sairos Safai (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
  
  Workshop 2 - WINTER_SCHOOL_2023_QA_Physics.pdf
  
  Workshop 2 - WINTER_SCHOOL_2023_QA_planning.pdf
- 13:15 → 13:30
  
  On the way for lunch 15m
- 13:30 → 14:30
  
  Lunch break 1h
- 14:30 → 14:45
  
  On the way to the workshop 15m
- 14:45 → 15:45
  
  Workshop 1 to 4 in parallel 1h WBGB/19 in Time OUT
  
  WBGB/19 in Time OUT
  
  Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Antony John Lomax (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
- 15:45 → 16:45
  
  Workshop 1 to 4 in parallel 1h Gantry 1
  
  Gantry 1
  
  Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speakers: Christian Bula (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut), David Meer (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
- 16:45 → 17:15
  
  Coffee break 30m
- 17:15 → 18:15
  
  Site tour 1h Center for Proton Therapy (Villigen)
  
  Center for Proton Therapy
  
  Villigen
- 18:30 → 18:50
  
  Departure to the hotel - Meeting point PSI West outside the auditorium 20m
Thursday 19 January
- 08:30 → 09:00
  
  Departure to Paul Scherrer Institut - Meeting point in front of the Hotel 30m
- 09:00 → 09:45
  
  Commissioning a new facility: Specifications 45m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Håkan Nyström (The Skandion Clinic)
  
  30_PSI WS 2023 Nyström.pdf
- 09:45 → 10:30
  
  Commissioning a new facility: Clinical 45m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Arturs Meijers (PSI)
  
  31_PSI WS 2023 - Commissioning.pdf
- 10:30 → 11:15
  
  Proton therapy for pediatrics and AYA patients 45m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Anita Mahajan (Mayo Clinic)
  
  32_PSI Mahajan PED AYA 2023.pdf
- 11:15 → 11:45
  
  Coffee-Break 30m
- 11:45 → 12:15
  
  Protons versus "the competition" 30m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Antony John Lomax (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
  
  33_Competition_V2.pdf
- 12:15 → 12:45
  
  Technological Innovation: Flash:: BIOLOGY 30m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Marie-Catherine Vozenin
  
  34_MCVozenin_PSI2023b.pdf
- 12:45 → 13:15
  
  Technological Innovation: Flash:: PHYSICS 30m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Serena Psoroulas (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
  
  35_WS2023_FLASH_Physics.pdf
- 13:15 → 14:15
  
  Lunch break 1h
- 14:15 → 14:55
  
  Technological innovation: Imaging 40m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Giovanni Fattori (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
  
  36_Fattori_TechnologicalInnovation_Imaging_2023.pdf
- 14:55 → 15:35
  
  Technological innovation: Delivery 40m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: David Meer (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
  
  37_2023_TechnologicalInnovations_DMeer.pdf
- 15:35 → 16:15
  
  Technological Innovation: Treatment planning 40m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Jan Hrbacek (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
  
  38_PSI WS 2023 Hrbacek - TPS.pdf
- 16:15 → 16:30
  
  Closing Remarks 15m Auditorium
  
  Auditorium
  
  Auditorium c/o Paul Scherrer Institut West Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI
  
  Speaker: Antony John Lomax (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
- 16:45 → 17:05
  
  Departure to the hotel - Meeting point PSI West outside the auditorium 20m
Friday 20 January
- 07:30 → 17:30
  
  Skiing day is cancelled. 10h

PSI Winter School for Proton Therapy 2023

Parkhotel Bad Zurzach

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Online

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Online

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WPTA 139

WPTA 141

WBGB/19 in Time OUT

Gantry 1

Center for Proton Therapy

Villigen

Auditorium

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