IAEA Regional Training Course on
Radiotherapy Techniques w/ Emphasis on Imaging & Treatment Planning
09 - 13 October 2011

This training course is aimed at helping professionals in the different ARASIA communities who are involved in the implementation and management of radiation therapy programs to transform old radiation treatment approaches to advanced radiotherapy.  

Japanese - KFSH&RC Oncology Seminar
02 March 2011

The Japanese - KFSH&RC Oncology Seminar was held in King Faisal Specialist hospital (KFSH&RC) that is organized by KFSH&RC and Southern Tohoku Research Institute for Neuroscience; Southern Tohoku General Hospital; Sendai Kousel Hospital; Kameda Medical Center; Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry; and Japan Cooperation Center for the Middle east.

This Intensive Course & Workshop: The World of Medical Physics presents comprehensive lectures to offer a broad understanding of the fundamentals of Medical Physics and help participants to prepare for board certification. In addition, workshops cover topics ranging from basic radiation therapy planning procedures through to advanced radiation therapy techniques. An anonymous practice board exam was given during the first and last day of the course to provide participants with medical physics certification exam practice. The practice exam was consist of typical board exam questions on basic radiation physics.

IAEA Course TRS 457: Joint KFSH&RC / IAEA Advanced School on Dosimetry in Diagnostic Radiology & its Clinical Implementation
28 February - 04 March 2010

The IAEA Course TRS 457: Joint KFSH&RC / IAEA Advanced School on Dosimetry in Diagnostic Radiology & its Clinical Implementation was hosted by the Biomedical Physics Department of the King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (KFSH&RC) in cooperation with the International ATomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), in line with IAEA mission of upgrading the knowledge of medical physics professionals in Arab-Asia member states. The goal of this course is to demontrate hands on procedures in place to asses both in vitro and in vivo dose delivered to patients in the course of diagnostic radiology procedures that involve use of low energy X-ray tubes. Reference dosimetry procedures for the ionization chambers in low energy photon beams was demonstrated.

5th Annual Radiological
Physics Review Centre
13 - 24 June 2010

The Radiological physics review course covers the medical imaging modalities of: conventional and digital radiography (DR), conventional and digital fluoroscopy, computed radiography (CR), conventional and digital mammography, multi-slice computed tomography (CT), ultrasound (US), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET), PET/CT, nuclear medicine (NM), PET/CT and bone densitometry. In addition to the above, modality specific image processing techniques will also be reviewed. Because most of these imaging modalities emply ionizing radiation, radiation exposure to patients and staff is to concern, so radiobiology and radiation protection principles must also be reviewed.

PACS Administrator Course on: PACS Technology Review, Acquisition, Implementation & Clinical Operation
06 - 08 April 2009

This course has been set up from onset to provide PACS Administrators and their support staff with a good review of the PACS System and also to provide a medium where vendor and user experience can be shared in an open forum to discuss the various issues that are being encountered by institutions, onsite engineers & PACS Administrators. In addition to the above, course content has been selected to also address concerns of hospital administrators and/or physicians that are considering the purchase of a new PACS solution and to cater as well to IT/medical professionals that are thinking of entering the field of PACS Administration.

Innovative Approaches in Radiotherapy:
Beyond Tommorrow
09 - 12 March 2009

The Innovative Approaches in Radiotherapy: Beyond tomorrow is hosted by the King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (KFSH&RC) in collaboration with King Abdulziz City of Science and Technology (KACST). Provides the attendees with innovative technology trends in the clinical practice of radiotherapy. This requires, among other things, a capillary interaction among all involved components of the clinical operations. It also requires coordination among colleagues in the disciplines of radiation oncology, medica physics, neurosurgery, nuclear medicine, radiation therapy and nursing. Along with this meeting comes a historic event the introduction of three major radiotherapy treatment modalities, namely TomoTherapy, Cyberknife and RapidArc at the KFSH&RC.

IAEA Regional Training Course on Quality Assurance in Radiotherapy Treatment Planning Systems
19 - 23 April 2008

This course is an in-depth review of an evolving area of radiotherapy treatment planning practice and provides practical hands-on information on the implementation of the "IAEA TRS 430: Commissioning and Quality Assurance of Computerized Planning Systems for Radiation Treatment of Cancer" for medica physics and medical dosimetry professionals. It includes the review of latest developments and quality assurance programs in the field of radiotherapy treatment planning. Methods for generating acceptance and use of new procedures was discussed, and theoretical and practical information was presented on how modern treatment planning system can be configured and used.

3rd International Saudi Conference on
Medical Physics
05 - 07 February 2008

Conference Objectives: reviewed medical physics, health physics and radiation protection principles and applications; reviewed technology advances and their corresponding implementations; shared local clinical practices and experience; reviewed technical parameters that can affect image quality, treatment planning and patient radiation dose; shared medical physics related research activities being carried out in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; obtained hands-on experience in performing quality control testing; updates participants on the Saudi Medical Physics Society; updates participants on vendor new applications and technologies; and provides a medium for professional interaction and collaboration.