Title:

Online Adaptive Radiotherapy Commissioning and Clinical Experience with the Ethos System

Speaker:

Dr. Kelly Kisling

Affiliation:

Assistant Professor and Medical Physicist, University of California, San Diego

When:

Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 11:00:00 AM   Add to Calendar

Where:

Boggs Building, Room 3-47

Host:

Farzad Rahnema
farzad@gatech.edu
4043855502

Abstract

Online adaptive radiotherapy (ART) has shown potentially substantial improvements in target coverage and normal tissue toxicity for patients. These systems require a new clinical workflow and include many new auxiliary systems to complement standard radiotherapy equipment. In July 2021, a CBCT-based online ART system, the Varian Ethos, was installed at the University of California, San Diego. In this seminar, a novel approach to commissioning online ART systems will be introduced. Additionally, 1.5 years of clinical experience with adaptive treatments on the Ethos system will be reviewed. Finally special considerations for the adaptive clinical workflow, including the role of the medical physicist, will be discussed.

Biography

Dr. Kelly Kisling is an Assistant Professor and Medical Physicist at the University of California, San Diego. She is Technology Chief of the Breast Cancer Team at UCSD and has eight years of clinical experience. She received her undergraduate degree in Nuclear Engineering at Georgia Tech and graduate degrees in Medical Physics at MD Anderson Cancer Center. In her research, Dr. Kisling is focused on the use of knowledge-based dose prediction for decision support, automated treatment planning, and quality control, especially for patients with breast cancer. Clinically, she is active in the brachytherapy, adaptive, and external beam radiotherapy programs at the Moores Cancer Center in La Jolla.

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