G4 MR in Radiotherapy & MR linac

This course will be held in Utrecht at the Department of Radiotherapy within the University Medical Center UtrechtThe course includes lectures, Q&A sessions, clinical implementation sessions and hands-on workshops. There will also be demonstrations of workflows on the MRI simulators and MR-Linacs.

For the course dates and an overview of the topics that will be covered please check the information on the mri in radiotherapy site.

Coordinator
Dr. Simon Woodings

Contact
rtmricourses@umcutrecht.nl

Description
In radiotherapy the use of MRI is increasing and MRI guided treatments are emerging. Due to this trend in radiation oncology it has become necessary to learn about implementation, interpretation and workflow of MRI in radiotherapy for simulation and MRI guided treatments on MR-Linac.

This course is intended for radiation oncologists, radiologists, residents, medical physicist, and radiation therapists/technologists who want to learn about the application of MRI, specifically for radiotherapy.

Registration

Please check the radiotherapy website for detailed information and the reigstration link.

Prerequisites 

Literature

Examination
Examination is not obligatory, only in case of: 

  • Students who want to obtain 3.5 European credits (ECTS; European Credit Transfer System); they  have to do a short assignment
  • PhD candidates who want to obtain 3.5 credits for the Graduate programme ImagO; they have to do a short assignment. Without the assignment, but with active participation you obtain 1.5 credits