AAPM/HUG/UAMP Medical Physics Training Course for Ukraine: Part 1

Part 1 of AAPM/HUG/UAMP Medical Physics Training Course for Ukraine started on January 27th, 2024 spanning 31 lectures in various topics pertinent to basics of medical physics and linac acceptance and commissioning. 130 Ukrainian medical physicists signed up for the course.

Click on the entry in the table below to navigate to the Zoom recording of the lecture. The videos with Ukrainian subtitles are posted below. We thank Ruslan Zelinskyi, Serhii Brovchuk, Anna Fedorova, Oksana Galias, Nadiia Honcharenko, Oleksandr Ostapchuk, Olha Fomenko, Arevik Avakian, Alina Didyk, Kateryna Havryliuk, Daryna Ostapchuk, and Nataliya Kovalchuk for their help with translations.

Lecture Date Kyiv Time Topic Speaker(s)
1 1/27/2024 18:00 Course Introduction and Role of Medical Physicist in Ukraine Ruslan Zelinskyi
2 1/31/2024 19:00 EBRT: LINACs, PDDs, TMRs, Beam Profiles Kelly Kisling
3 2/3/2024 18:00 Dose Calculation, MU Peyton Irmen
4 2/7/2024 19:00 3D Dose Calculation Eduard Gershkevitsh
5 2/10/2024 18:00 Radiation Protection Part 1: Principles + Regulations and Occupational Dose Limits + Handling Radioactive Material Patricia Svolos
6 2/14/2024 19:00 Radiation Protection Part 2: Shielding Methods and Requirements + Radiation Survey Equipment David Gierga
7 2/17/2024 18:00 Acceptance 1 – Philosophy and Safety: Practical Aspects Jeremy Donaghue, Devin Olek, William Boone
8 2/21/2024 19:00 Acceptance 2 -Vendor specific: Practical Aspects Jeremy Donaghue, Devin Olek, William Boone
9 2/25/2024 18:00 Cavity theory + Calibration of Megavoltage Photon and Electron Beams – TRS 398 Saiful Huq
10 2/28/2024 19:00 Beam Modeling, Setup Philosphy in Context of Absolute Dose Calibration Mehgan Boone, Rob Krauss, Carlos Bohorquez
11 3/2/2024 18:00 Calibration of Megavoltage Photon and Electron Beams – TRS 398 Saiful Huq
12 3/6/2024 19:00 Water Tank and setup, Beam Scanning, Detector Selection – AAPM TG106, IAEA TRS 483 Ramiro Pino, Jeremy Donague
13 3/9/2024 18:00 Dosimeters and Measurement of Ionizing Radiation for Radiation Therapy Saiful Huq
14 3/13/2024 18:00 OF, Sc Sp, Linearity, Stability – AAPM TG106, AAPM MPPG 8b, IAEA TRS 483 Carlos Bohorquez
15 3/16/2024 17:00 Radiobiology Eduard Gershkevitsh
16 3/20/2024 18:00 Absolute Dose Calibration, TRS 398 and Setup: Practical Aspects Serhii Brovchuk, Parminder Basran
17 3/23/2024 17:00 Concepts of Image Quality Adel Mustafa
18 3/27/2024 18:00 Mechanicals and Imaging – AAPM MPPG 8b, AAPM MPPG 2b Stephen Palefsky, Ramiro Pino
19 4/3/2024 19:00 End–to–End Testing, Independent Verification, Routine QA – MPPG 8B Tom Brown, Rob Krauss
20 4/6/2024 18:00 Radiography and Fluoroscopy Matthew Hoerner
21 4/10/2024 19:00 Daily/Monthly QA Device Baselines and Setup – AAPM MPPG 8b Rob Krauss, Carlos Bohorquez
22 4/13/2024 18:00 Ultrasound Imaging Adel Mustafa
23 4/17/2024 19:00 Vendor Specific Commissioning Aspects: Varian and Elekta Devin Olek, Ramiro Pino, Meredith Coyle
24 4/20/2024 18:00 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Joe Weygand
25 4/24/2024 19:00 SRS and SBRT Program Development Tom Brown, Jessica Fagerstrom
26 4/27/2024 18:00 Artificial Intelligence in Radiation Oncology Rafe McBeth
27 5/1/2024 19:00 Informatics: Practical Aspects Parminder Basran
28 5/4/2024 18:00 Computed Tomography Kevin Grizzard
29 5/8/2024 19:00 Nuclear Medicine Imaging (SPECT and PET) Ana Maria Marques da Silva
30 5/11/2024 18:00 Dosimetry and Dosimeters for Diagnostic Imaging Matthew Hoerner
31 5/15/2024 19:00 Brachytherapy Hyejoo Kang
32 5/18/2024 18:00 Ethics and Professionalism Jeremy Hoisak

Lecture 1 - Role of Medical Physicist in Ukraine by Ruslan Zelinskyi

Lecture 2 - EBRT: LINACs, PDDs, TMRs, Beam Profiles by Dr. Kelly Kisling

Lecture 3 - Dose Calculation, MU by Peyton Irmen

Lecture 4 - 3D Dose Calculation by Dr. Eduard Gershkevitsh

Lecture 5 - Radiation Protection in Diagnostic and Nuclear Medicine by Dr. Patricia Svolos

Lecture 6 - Radiation Protection in Radiation Oncology by Dr. David Gierga

Lecture 7 - LINAC Acceptance 1: Philosophy and Safety by Jeremy Donaghue

Lecture 8 - LINAC Acceptance 2: Vendor Specific Practical Aspects by Jeremy Donaghue

Lecture 9 - Cavity Theory and Calibration of MV Photon and Electron Beams by Dr. Saiful Huq

Lecture 10 - Beam Modeling, Setup Philosphy in Context of Absolute Dose Calibration by Mehgan Boone

Lecture 11 - Calibration of Megavoltage Photon and Electron Beams – TRS 398 by Dr. Saiful Huq

Lecture 12 - Water Tank and setup, Beam Scanning, Detector Selection by Dr. Ramiro Pino

Lecture 13 - Dosimeters and Measurement of Ionizing Radiation for Radiation Therapy by Dr. Sailful Huq

Lecture 14 - OF, Sc Sp, Linearity, Stability by Carlos Bohorquez

Lecture 15 - Radiobiology by Dr. Eduard Gershkevitsh

Lecture 16 - Practical Aspects of TRS 398 by Dr. Serhii Brovchuk

Lecture 17 - Concepts of Image Quality by Dr. Adel Mustafa

Lecture 18 - Mechanical and Imaging Tests by Dr. Steven Palefsky

Lecture 19 - End-to-End Testing, Independent Verification, Routine QA - MPPG 8b by Drs. Robert Krauss and Thomas Brown

Lecture 20 - Radiography and Fluoroscopy by Dr. Matthew Hoerner

Lecture 21 - Daily/Monthly QA Device Baselines and Setup Dr. Rob Krauss and Robert Bohorquez

Lecture 22 - Ultrasound Imaging by Dr. Adel Mustafa

Lecture 23 - Vendor specific commissioning aspects by Devin Olek and Meredith Coyle

Lecture 24 - Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Dr. Joe Weygand

Lecture 25 - SRS/SBRT Program Development by Drs. Tom Brown and Jessica Fagerstrom

Lecture 26 - Artificial Intelligence in Radiation Oncology by Dr. Rafe McBeth

Lecture 27 - Informatics: Practical Aspects by Dr. Parminder Basran

Lecture 28 - Computed Tomography by Dr. Kevin Grizzard

Lecture 29 - Nuclear Imaging: SPECT and PET by Dr. Ana Maria Marques da Silva

Lecture 30 - Dosimetry and Dosimeters for Diagnostic Imaging by Dr. Matthew Hoerner

Lecture 31 - Brachytherapy by Dr. Hyejoo Kang

Lecture 32 - Ethics and Professionalism by Dr. Jeremy Hoisak