ADVANCED RADIATION TREATMENT PLANNING

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: MED PHYS/B M E 566 and graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Design simple and intermediate forward-based photon and electron external beam plans using beam arrangements/energy, wedges and blocks intelligently with regards to underlying physics Audience: Graduate 2. Create target and region at risk planning volumes, setup objectives for, and optimize, inverse planned intensity modulated plans. Audience: Graduate 3. Evaluate dose distributions using a variety of metrics. Audience: Graduate 4. Understand beam model commissioning process and limitations including data requirements and processing. Audience: Graduate 5. Understand dose algorithms used in radiation therapy (including but not limited to: convolution superposition, Monte Carlo, pencil beam.) Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Design simple and intermediate forward-based photon and electron external beam plans using beam arrangements/energy, wedges and blocks intelligently with regards to underlying physics Audience: Graduate 2. Create target and region at risk planning volumes, setup objectives for, and optimize, inverse planned intensity modulated plans. Audience: Graduate 3. Evaluate dose distributions using a variety of metrics. Audience: Graduate 4. Understand beam model commissioning process and limitations including data requirements and processing. Audience: Graduate 5. Understand dose algorithms used in radiation therapy (including but not limited to: convolution superposition, Monte Carlo, pencil beam.) Audience: Graduate