Ateneo - UPO

Radiobiology, fundamentals of the functioning of the various equipment used in radiodiagnostics, identification of target lesions, segmentation tools for radiological images, radiomic features and their meaning.
Role of radiotherapy in oncology
Clinical applications of radiomics and radiogenomics and their methodological problems

Radiomics and Radiogenomics: Technical Basis and Clinical Applications (Imaging in Medical Diagnosis and Therapy) 1st Edition
By Ruijiang Li, Lei Xing, Sandy Napel, Daniel L. Rubin
ISBN 9780815375852
Published June 28, 2019 by Chapman and Hall/CRC

The course aims to provide the student with knowledge on the analysis of radiological images to extract data for both diagnostic and research purposes.

Knowledge: acquisition of basis of radiobiology; know the different radiomic features and their meaning; know the role of radiotherapy in oncology; know the role of images and workflow in radiotherapy; know the clinical applications of radiomics and radiogenomics and their methodological criticalities; enrichment of the appropriate scientific language in the radiomics field; ability to interpret radiological image analysis data in diagnostics and research.

Autonomy of judgment: ability to identify target lesions.

Communication skills: improvement of the disciplinary lexicon in the field of radiomics. Ability to report on the topics presented during the course with an appropriate scientific language.

Learning skills: acquisition of the ability to critically deepen and autonomously update the skills acquired by reading texts and scientific articles. Ability to use the didactic material for a critical and reasoned study.

Students must have adequate preparation in the fields of anatomy, physics, physiology, molecular basis and human genetics.

Lectures and theoretical and practical exercises in the ward

The teacher gives availability to receive the students to solve the single critical issues with targeted tutoring.

Verification with multiple choice tests and subsequent oral exam on the topics covered and on the diagnostic procedures

KNOWLEDGE:
- basis of radiobiology
- fundamentals related to radiomics and radiogenomics and their clinical applications
- basis of segmentation tools for radiological images
- fundamentals of the operation of the various equipment used in radio diagnostics
- indications for radiotherapy and workflow
COMPETENCES AND SKILLS:
The student will be able to understand independently and in-depth:
- ability to know the different radiomic features and their meaning
- ability to use radiological image segmentation tools
- ability to identify target lesions
- ability to understand the fundamentals of the operation of the various equipment used in radiodiagnostics