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Day 1: 27 November

12.15 –
Main Room

Registration* / Light lunch

*Upon arrival each attendee will be given an individual programme with timings /sessions based on their job role and their level of experience with SGRT.

13:15
Main Room

Welcome

Wesley Naidoo
Director of Clinical Applications, EMEIA, Vision RT

Group 1 – How to Successfully Implement SGRT

 

Enhancing Radiation Therapy Precision and Workflow with Vision RT Surface Guided Radiation Therapy: A One-Year Institutional Experience

Phys. Roxanna Zaharia
Medical Physicist, The Oncology Institute “prof.dr Ion Chiricuta”, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

 

Dr. Daniela Martin
Radiation Oncologist, The Oncology Institute “prof.dr Ion Chiricuta”, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

 

 

Step-by-Step Guide to Commissioning SGRT

Michael Tallhamer, DABR
Chief of Radiation Physics. AdventHealth Parker, Colorado, USA

 

 

Introduction of AlignRT and the expansion of DIBH technique to Mediastinal Lymphoma

Lisa Telford
Treatment Delivery Team Leader, Rosemere Cancer Centre, UK

 

Jayne Fletcher
Treatment Delivery Team Leader, Royal Preston Hospital, UK

 

 

Advances in AlignRT: Enhancing SGRT Precision, Safety, and Workflow

Adi Robinson
Senior Medical Physicist, AdventHealth Celebration, Florida, USA

Group 2 – Expanding Indications with SGRT

 

Advances in AlignRT: Enhancing SGRT Precision, Safety, and Workflow

Adi Robinson
Medical Physicist, AdventHealth Celebration, Florida, USA

 

SGRT Products in Action

Live demonstrations of the latest SGRT products including MapRT, AlignRT and Dose RT

Physics Workshop

Enhancing Workflow with Scripting

 

 

Scripting with MapRT

Michael Tallhamer, DABR
Chief of Radiation Physics, AdventHealth Parker, Colorado, USA

 

Scripting with AlignRTCarl Horsfield
Principal Physicist-Imaging and Bioinformatics, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK

 

Scripting with SimRT
Erik Fura
Medical Physicist Västerås Hospital, Sweden

Clinical Workshops

Optimising SGRT across indications – Protocols

 

Launching an RTT-Led Study: “NoMask” Head & Neck RT + SGRT
Katerina Nilo
Deputy Chief Radiation Therapist, University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland

Crystal Sulaiman
Radiation Therapist, University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland

 

Patient Experience of Wearing an Immobilisation Mask for Head & Neck Cancer and Outlook for Change
Lisa Laws
Principal Radiographer, Rosemere Cancer Centre, UK

 

Utilizing SGRT in Hypofractionated TreatmentsTBC

Break

Product Demos

SGRT Products in Action

Live demonstrations of the latest SGRT products including MapRT, AlignRT and Dose RT

Share your Vision: Meet the Vision RT Product Owners.

An opportunity to meet Vision RT’s product owners, ask questions and give feedback on the latest SGRT technologies

17:00

Day 1 Ends

19:00

SGRT Community Food and Drinks Reception

Join us for a free evening reception event, featuring plenty of chances to mingle, including activities and games.

Location: BrewDog Waterloo
(Google Maps: a 5-minute walk from the venue)

Day 2: 28 November

08:30

Welcome

08:45

Efficiency in the Workplace

Natasha Calle, BS, RT(T)
Lead Radiation Therapist, Florida Cancer Specialists, Ocala Cancer Center, USA

09.00

Setup Accuracy and Efficiency of Real-Time Video Assistance for Surface-Guided Positioning in Radiation Therapy of Right-Sided Locoregional Breast Cancer

Professor Taran Paulsen Hellebust
Head of Section, Oslo University Hospital, Norway

09.20

OPEN: Intrafraction Motion with Open vs. Closed H&N Face Masks: What Continuous SGRT Monitoring Adds in a Randomized Phase III Trial

Ciaran Malone
SLICR Research Fellow & Senior Medical Physicist, St.Luke’s Radiation Oncology Network, Ireland

09.40

Evaluation of AutoROI Automated Region of Interest Generation Tool in AlignRT: Preliminary Findings from a Testing Site

Robert Nolan
Physicist, Beacon Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

 

 


Tanith Lott

Clinical Specialist Radiation Therapist, Beacon Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

10.00

Pushing the Boundaries of SGRT: Exploring Current and Future Uses of SGRT Throughout the Radiation Oncology Workflow

Michael Tallhamer
Chief of  Radiation Physics, AdventHealth Parker, Colorado, USA

10.20

Break – Opportunity to Meet Vendors

Choose One of Four Breakout Groups:

Breakout Group 1
Evaluating Motion & Efficiencies with SGRT

11:00

Investigation of Patient Positioning Times and Remaining Positioning Deviations Using AlignRT InBore on a Varian Halcyon AcceleratorNiels Goetting
Physicist, MVZ Pruener Gang, Flensburg, Citti-Park, Germany

 

Intra-fraction Motion Management Detection with SGRTAaron Singleton
Macmillan Treatment Team Leader, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, UK

 

SGRT in Detection of Secondary Patient Movement Caused by Pitch and Roll Corrections in Pelvic RadiotherapyAntti Aula, PhD
Physicist, Tampere University Hospital, Finland

Marko Laaksomaa
Radiation Therapist, Tampere University Hospital, Finland

Breakout Group 2
Head & Neck Treatments with SGRT

11:00

Clinical Application of Open-Face Masks Combined with Surface Guidance in Head & Neck Stereotactic Radiotherapy

Dawid Bodusz, PhD, RTT
Head of RTTs Team, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, Poland

 

Using SGRT and Faceless Masks to Improve Patient Experience While Maintaining AccuracyHannah Dyer
Lead Research and Development Radiographer, Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, UK

 

Occipital Mask-Only Treatment: Occipital Mask vs Conventional Mask for Head & Neck Radiotherapy Treatment  Kyle Noyce
Technique Development Lead, University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, UK (joint with Centre de Radiotherapie Guillaume le Conquérant)

Breakout Group 3
Ensuring High Precision with SGRT

11:00

Missing Metrics for Digitalised Objects-Based Radiotherapy QA : Example of CT-Reference and Captured SurfacesMathieu Gonod
Medical Physicist, Centre G.F. Leclerc, France

 

SRS Brain and Beyond…Our Journey with Vision RT and ElektaLeanne McNamara
Clinical Specialist Radiation Therapist, Galway University Hospital, Ireland

 

Departmental Comparison of AlignRT and Postural Video Versus AlignRT AloneDaniel Holt
Principal Operations Radiographer and Centre Manager, The Christie at Macclesfield Radiotherapy, UK

Breakout Group 4
Delivering Stereotactic Treatments with SGRT

11:00

Intracranial SRT on Halcyon™ Without a 6DoF Couch: Clinical Evaluation of TruPose™ Head Adjuster and SGRTDaniel Nguyen
Physicist, Orlam Group, France

 

Surface Guided Radiation Therapy Complementing CBCT in Liver SBRT: A Pilot Study Using AlignRTAarti Jamwal
Ph.D. Scholar, PGIMER Chandigarh, India

 

Use of AlignRT InBore in a Lung SABR Workflow on a Ring Gantry LinacGail Anastasi
Principal Physicist, Research Lead, Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, UKHannah Nayee
Project Development Radiographer, Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, UK

12:00

Lunch

Choose One of Four Breakout Groups:

Breakout Group 1
Evaluating Motion & Efficiencies with SGRT

13:00

Investigation of Patient Positioning Times and Remaining Positioning Deviations Using AlignRT InBore on a Varian Halcyon AcceleratorNiels Goetting
Physicist, MVZ Pruener Gang, Flensburg, Citti-Park, Germany

 

Intra-fraction Motion Management Detection with SGRTAaron Singleton
Macmillan Treatment Team Leader, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, UK

 

SGRT in Detection of Secondary Patient Movement Caused by Pitch and Roll Corrections in Pelvic RadiotherapyAntti Aula, PhD
Physicist, Tampere University Hospital, Finland

Marko Laaksomaa
Radiation Therapist, Tampere University Hospital, Finland

Breakout Group 2
Head & Neck Treatments with SGRT

13:00

Clinical Application of Open-Face Masks Combined with Surface Guidance in Head & Neck Stereotactic Radiotherapy

Dawid Bodusz, PhD, RTT
Head of RTTs Team, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, Poland

 

Using SGRT and Faceless Masks to Improve Patient Experience While Maintaining AccuracyHannah Dyer
Lead Research and Development Radiographer, Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, UK

 

Occipital Mask-Only Treatment: Occipital Mask vs Conventional Mask for Head & Neck Radiotherapy Treatment  Kyle Noyce
Technique Development Lead, University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, UK (joint with Centre de Radiotherapie Guillaume le Conquérant)

Breakout Group 3
Ensuring High Precision with SGRT

13:00

Missing Metrics for Digitalised Objects-Based Radiotherapy QA : Example of CT-Reference and Captured SurfacesMathieu Gonod
Medical Physicist, Centre G.F. Leclerc, France

 

SRS Brain and Beyond…Our Journey with Vision RT and ElektaLeanne McNamara
Clinical Specialist Radiation Therapist, Galway University Hospital, Ireland

 

Departmental Comparison of AlignRT and Postural Video Versus AlignRT AloneDaniel Holt
Principal Operations Radiographer and Centre Manager, The Christie at Macclesfield Radiotherapy, UK

Breakout Group 4
Delivering Stereotactic Treatments with SGRT

13:00

Intracranial SRT on Halcyon™ Without a 6DoF Couch: Clinical Evaluation of TruPose™ Head Adjuster and SGRTDaniel Nguyen
Physicist, Orlam Group, France

 

Surface Guided Radiation Therapy Complementing CBCT in Liver SBRT: A Pilot Study Using AlignRTAarti Jamwal
Ph.D. Scholar, PGIMER Chandigarh, India

 

Use of AlignRT InBore in a Lung SABR Workflow on a Ring Gantry LinacGail Anastasi
Principal Physicist, Research Lead, Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, UKHannah Nayee
Project Development Radiographer, Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, UK

14.00

Break – Opportunity to Meet Vendors

14.30

Latest Clinical Experience with Dose RT and BeamGuide

PD Dr. Florian Stieler
Medical Physicist, University Medical Center Mannheim, Germany

14.50

Surface Guided Respiratory Gating with AlignRT’s Respiratory Module and DIBH for SABR lung

Kyle Noyce
Technique Development Lead, University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, UK (joint with Centre de Radiotherapie Guillaume le Conquérant)

 

Chloe Westlake-Allen
University Hospitals Dorset, UK

15.10

Reducing Paediatric Radiotherapy-Associated Trauma, Positional Challenges and Additional Imaging Dose Through the Introduction of SGRT Technology

Molly Bamber
Lead Paediatric/TYA Therapeutic Radiographer, Nottingham Radiotherapy Centre, UK

 

 

Samantha Stevens
Advanced Practitioner for Image Guided Radiotherapy, Nottingham Radiotherapy Centre, UK

15.30

Implementation of End-Expiration Breath-Hold for Liver SABR Patients Using SGRT Alone as a Motion Management Tool

Orla McKivitt
SABR/SRS Clinical Specialist Radiation Therapist, Cork University Hospital, Ireland

16.00

Best Presentation Award & Review of the Day