ARDENT MEETING Andrej Sipaj June 13 th, 2013

ABOUT ME  Born and raised in Slovakia  Studied: BEng in Mechanical Engineering at UOIT, Canada MASc in Nuclear Engineering (Radiation Science) at UOIT

RESEARCH PROJECT  Work at AIT, Health & Environment department, Biomedical Systems  Enrolled at the Medical University of Vienna, PhD in Medical Physics Development of a heterogeneous, breathing thorax phantom with moveable tumor for treatment planning system verification

TRAINING AT AIT

TRAINING AT MUV TitleLasers in medicine Advanced radiotherapy techniques Physical fundamentals of radio oncology SupervisorProf, Leitgeb R, Prof. Pircher M. Prof. Dietmar G. Dr. Stock M. DescriptionIntroduction to physics, working principles and medical applications of various kind of lasers Journal club, new trends in radiotherapy including photon/ ion beams delivery techniques, imaging and clinical studies Operational principles of beam delivery units, dosimetry, treatment planning and advanced radiotherapy techniques NoteMandatory first year courses

TRAINING AT MUV  Visit of the Vienna General Hospital oncology department  treated patients per day  5 LINACs

TRAINING AT MUV  Visit of the Vienna General Hospital oncology department  treated patients per day  5 LINACs

PROJECT BACKGROUND  Objective: To measure dose of a moving lung tumor (online and offline) in order to validate treatment planning system  The tumor is not moving alone in the human body

PROJECT BACKGROUND  Current state of the art radiation therapy phantoms Limitations Only tumor motionChest wall motion but only 1D tumor motion Metal components CIRS - Dynamic Thorax Phantom RSD - Dynamic Anatomical Respiring Humanoid Phantom

RECENT WORK  Study of:  the current state of the art phantoms and their limitations  the commercially available tissue equivalent materials  possible lung tumor motion  Design based on the beam eye view  Solid material appears to be expanding and contracting  The tumor moves in 3D  Lung expansion motion together with rib cage motion  Three tissue equivalent materials used representing soft tissue, bones and lungs  Innovative design, never been done before  Virtual phantom has been constructed in CAD

RECENT WORK  Proposal submitted on 3 rd of June for FFG Bridge project  Industrial partner: Elimpex (Austrian medical supplies retail and research company)  University partner: Medical University of Vienna (Part of the Vienna General Hospital)

EXPERIMENTAL WORK MY LAB UP TO NOW

FUTURE THINGS TO DO  Continuing and finishing design  Selection of detectors for photon and ion beam therapy  Looking for a collaboration within ARDENT  Visiting Durham Regional Cancer Centre (Canada), in a week  Meeting with Dr. Anthony Waker, in a week  Learning German finally (outside of AIT), August  Taking mandatory courses at MUV, September