2024-2025 Catalog

MDO-721 Treatment Planning II

A continuation of Treatment Planning I that focuses on advanced treatment planning techniques including intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), arc therapy, stereotactic treatment planning, and proton therapy. Discusses the advantages of each technique/modality over conventional 3D-treatment planning and contrasts against the challenges presented by each technique such as need for better immobilization, 4D CT scanning and daily IGRT.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Students who specified one or more of these Programs of Study or Program Foci Medical Dosimetry MSMD