Title:

Managing Patient Motion in Image Guided Radiation Therapy

Speaker:

Dr. Eduard Schreibmann

Affiliation:

Emory University School of Medicine: Department of Radiation Oncology

When:

Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 11:00:00 AM   Add to Calendar

Where:

Boggs Building, Room 3-47, 3rd FL

Host:

Dr. Anees Dhabaan
anees.dhabaan@emory.edu
(404) 894-3718

Abstract

The seminar will describe how tracking patient motion can improve accuracy when treating lung cancer using four-dimensional (4D) imaging. Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) is an advanced technology that uses repeated imaging to better view and define targets in cancer treatment. Four-dimensional imaging (3 spatial dimensions + time) is a new acquisition technique that allows continuous sampling of the patient anatomy during his/her breathing cycle. Using this information, better, individual, treatment plans can be created by delivering radiation only to the observed tumor motion, while sparing healthy tissue. Along with an introduction to the IGRT concepts, the seminar will focus on presenting different deformable registration solutions that are enabling advanced clinical applications.

Biography

Dr. Eduard Schreibmann is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Emory University. He received his MS and Ph.D. in Medical Physics from University of Patras, Greece and spent three years as a Post Doc at Stanford University before joining Emory University in 2006. In addition to the publication of more than 25 papers in journals or conferences, he has been serving the scientific community as guest editor and reviewer of journals and conferences. His clinical interest lies in deformable image registration and their clinical applied in IGRT.