Date: January 26, 2016 ǀ 4.30 - 5.30pm
Location: Klinikum rechts der Isar der TU München, Einsteinstraße 22, 81675 Munich ǀ Pavillon Lecture Hall
Speaker: Prof. Dietmar Georg (Medical University of Vienna)
During the last two decades spectacular advances in medical imaging equipment, of both anatomy and physiology, and medical radiation physics (i.e. beam generation and shaping) as well as in computer sciences have been made. Therefore it is possible to deliver radiation doses to a predefined target, which includes the macroscopic tumor and the region of assumed microscopic spread, with unprecedented precision. One great challenge in radiation oncology remains however to detect, assess, delineate, and track this target with the same precision and to respond to changes in the target volume during the course of the treatment, both with respect to changes in time and space.
Dietmar Georg will shortly review these developments and thereby motivate the multifaceted new paradigms of image guided adaptive radiotherapy. The main focus of his presentation will be the “missing links” from a technological point of view, but also the clinical implementation and validation. In this context Prof. Georg will cover both advanced photon beam therapy as well as the upcoming particle beam therapy.
Biography of Dietmar Georg
Dietmar Georg is full professor in Medical Radiation Physics and Oncotechnology at the Medical University Vienna. He conducted his basic physics (MSc) as well as his post-graduate studies (PhD) at the University of Technology in Vienna. Between 1995 and 1999 he was staying at the Department of Radiation Oncology, Catholic University Leuven (KUL), Belgium, first as a PhD student and then as a Post-Doc researcher. In 1999 he returned to Vienna and became Head of the Division of Medical Radiation Physics at the Department of Radiation Oncology. He was awarded for his work from different international and national associations.
Registration
For registration please write a short email to bioengineering@tum.de stating your full name and institution / department you work or study at.
TUM Hosts of this Bioengineering Lecture are Prof. Stephanie E. Combs (TUM Professor and Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology), TUM-IAS Alumni Carl von Linde Senior Fellow Prof. Axel Haase (Director, TUM Graduate School of Bioengineering) and Prof. Fridtjof Nüsslin (TUM Distinguished Affiliated Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology).
The event is co-organized together with the University Hospital Klinikum rechts der Isar and the Medical University of Vienna.