The Particle Therapy Masterclass with the open-source treatment planning toolkit matRad

by Niklas Wahl (Heidelberg)

Thursday 10 Apr 2025, 10:00 → 12:00 Europe/Berlin

Kreuzbergweg 24/0.052 (FTD) - Präsentationsraum (FTD)

Abstract:  Radiotherapy is applied in half of all cancer treatments by using targeted ionizing radiation to control the tumor. It is a prime example for translation of fundamental physics research and developments into socially impactful, “real-world” applications. This is especially true for charged particle therapy with protons and light ions, due to its challenges in accelerator physics and dosimetric modeling. However, despite the prevalence of cancer and radiotherapy, today’s education hardly touches these subjects.

The Particle Therapy Masterclass (PTMC) addresses this educational gap by providing a one-day dive into charged particle therapy. To a large extent, this is made possible with the open-source treatment planning toolkit matRad developed at DKFZ. While matRad’s primary goal is to facilitate research in a field dominated by otherwise proprietary software, interactive planning is possible with a graphical user interface for participants of the PTMC.

This seminar will first introduce the basics of particle therapy and the PTMC concept before detailing on the functionality of matRad. It will then conclude with an overview of other educational as well as research projects currently relying on matRad.

 

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