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RADT 8105

Treatment Planning 4 RADT 8105

Radiation Therapy Course

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Registration is now open for the Spring/Summer 2026 term.

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Course Overview

This course provides the student with lab experiences to develop competency in clinical treatment planning. Students will gain an understanding of how manual methods are used to produce composite isodose distributions and examine the management of digital information that has evolved as a result of increased computerization in clinical practice. Using a variety of patient images, students will employ 3-D software to outline critical structures, assess planning target volumes and design optimal treatment plans.

Prerequisite(s)

RADT 8101

Credits

6.0

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Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Develop dose distributions which are achievable on the treatment unit, optimize target dose and limit dose to critical organs to within tolerance parameters for photon beams.
Recognize and delineate critical structures on a variety of axial views for different tumour sites.
Perform multi-modality image fusion as required.
Validate dose and fractionation based on radiobiological and clinical oncology principles.
Compare and evaluate a variety of techniques and their isodose distributions for different tumour sites.
Apply the principles of inverse treatment planning to produce distributions.
Produce treatment plans that consider the physical and mechanical limitations of specific treatment units.
Provide rationale for technique selection specific to tumour site and patient positioning limitations.
Complete documentation to enable plan to be accurately applied to patient.
Determine appropriate action to modify or correct calculations based on the clinical situation.
Understand quality assurance practices for clinical radiation therapy treatment planning procedures.
Employ beam-modification devices and techniques in order to optimize distribution.

Effective as of Spring/Summer 2026

Related Programs

Treatment Planning 4 (RADT 8105) is offered as a part of the following programs:

School of Health Sciences

Radiation Therapy
Bachelor of Science Full-time

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