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W P 1 3 : Treatm ent planning W P 1 3 : Treatm ent planning MedAustron

• R. Mayer, ebg MedAustron

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• D. Georg, Medical Univ. Vienna

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Medical University Vienna

• About 10 000 employees,
• 31 university clinics
• 2.200 beds
• Dept. of Radiotherapy
• 170 employees with two Full Professors and ten

p y Associate Professors

• Largest radiotherapy department in Austria
• > 3000 patients receive radiotherapy per year
• > 3000 patients receive radiotherapy per year

EBG MedAustron Gm bH

• The company is building, and will later operate, the

MedAustron cancer-therapy and research centre

• The centre is currently in the planning stage and is

foreseen to begin trial operation in December 2013

Project description 1 / 3 Project description 1 / 3

Many patients undergoing radiotherapy will receive combined ion therapy and conventional radiotherapy During the course of treatm ent there might be marked anatomic changes including marked anatomic changes, including

• shrinking of the primary tumour or nodal masses
• resolving postoperative changes/ oedema
• resolving postoperative changes/ oedema
• changes in overall body contour due to weight loss

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Project description 2 / 3 Project description 2 / 3

• Today, such combined treatment plans (e.g.

photon plus protons, or protons plus carbon ions) cannot be analyzed in an elegant and simple manner manner

• But: urgent need for such a tool within the light
• f image guided adaptive ion beam therapy

Wh f i bi d d lit t t t

• When performing combined modality treatment
• r adaptive image guided ion beam therapy the
• verall treatment plans need to be considered

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Project description 3 / 3 Project description 3 / 3

Work on the conceptual design and developm ent of a softw are platform for the

• evaluation of composite treatment plans which

allow summing up correctly the contributions from allow summing up correctly the contributions from all individual contributions in the whole treatment Radiobiological considerations need to be addressed when creating

• cumulative dose distributions and
• dose volume histogram information

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Requirem ents Requirem ents

• Graduated in Physics, Biom edical

Engineering or Medical I nform atics

• Excellent skills in computing

Experience in radiotherapy and treatment

• Experience in radiotherapy and treatment

planning is an asset

• Interested in a scientific career
• Interested in an international working

environment including frequent travels environment, including frequent travels

• Fluent in English (spoken and written),

knowledge of German language is an asset

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Function

To establish a software platform for evaluating combined modality treatment plans Contract duration: 36 months Contract duration: 36 months Application deadline: 1 October 2008 (!) Approxim ate contract start: 1 February 2009 Approxim ate contract start: 1 February 2009 Partners

• Medical University, Vienna
• EBGMedAustron

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Constraints in the context of the Marie Constraints in the context of the Marie- Curie Program m e

• Degree obtained within the 4 years prior their

it t recruitment

• Not of Austrian nationality
• Not of Austrian nationality
• No permanent stay or regular activity in Austria

No permanent stay or regular activity in Austria for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to their recruitment

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