The TOPAS development team is offering the free online course “Monte Carlo simulation in medicine with TOPAS,” November 8-10, 2021.
Registration is not yet open. Registration is limited to 50 participants. A registration link will be posted on the TOPAS User Forum and on topasmc.org on October 1, 2021 at 9 am Pacific Time. We recommend you note this registration opening time, as past registrations have closed within hours of opening. Format/Educational methods: A 15-hour online course with lectures and practical examples divided evenly over three days (5 hours a day, with a 15-minute break). The students will use the TOPAS system hands-on to simulate the examples shown by the instructors and observe the effect of changing parameters used in the different simulations.
Target audience: Medical physicists with basic knowledge of Monte Carlo simulations. The course is designed for new as well as experienced TOPAS users.
Requirement: Before you attend the 3-day course, you are expected to have already completed the separate 2-hour online course, "Introduction to TOPAS," You are also expected to have already installed Topas version 3.7 or newer (which you can only do after you have completed the "Introduction to TOPAS"). Register for "Introduction to TOPAS" at topasmc.org/registration.
Course objectives: To provide the background necessary for participants to reliably use the TOPAS Tool for Particle Simulation for Monte Carlo simulation in medicine. Participants will learn the fundamentals of the Monte Carlo method and its application in medicine, with focus on external beam radiotherapy. They will then learn through lectures and examples how TOPAS provides a simple, effective means to access the Geant4 Monte Carlo toolkit. Participants will leave the course with practical knowledge on how to use TOPAS for their own application.
Registration fee: There is no registration fee for this on-line course.
Registration period: October 1, 2021 at 9 am Pacific Time, closing when we reach 50 participants on a first come, first served basis.
Registration method: Online link to be posted on the TOPAS User Forum and on topasmc.org.
Activity location: The course will be given online. The instructors and their institutions are listed below.
Zoom: Zoom login information and password will be distributed to registered participants by November 6, 2021, prior to the start of the course.
Sources of support: This course is partially supported by NIH grant U24CA215123.
Contact: Harald Paganetti, HPAGANETTI@mgh.harvard.edu
Instructors: • Jhonatan Carrasco Hernandez, Ph.D., TOPAS Developer, UCSF (Jhonatan)
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