Kaiser Franz Josef Spital, Institute of Radiooncology, Vienna, Austria

Head of Department:
Univ.-Doz. Dr. Annemarie Ulrike Schratter-Sehn

 

Kaiser Franz Josef Spital belongs to the "Wiener Krankenanstaltenverbund" (KAV), one of the biggest healthcare enterprises in Europe (32000 employees in 23 sites in Vienna and its environs).

Past and Present

In 1996, the Institute of Radiooncology (IRO) started as one of the first digital radiotherapy departments in the world, fully networked and filmless from the very beginning.  Being a Varian Reference Site, in February 2006 the IRO was one of the two European sites which took part in the Customer Evaluation Testing of ARIA before the software was released clinically.  The Institute combines high patient load with highest quality of care. For treatment planning, state-of-the-art algorithms (Anisotropic Analytical Algorithm for photons, Electron-Monte-Carlo for electrons) are used in a grid-like Distributed Calculation Framework.  On the two identical Varian machines (Clinac 2300C/D), routine IMRT treatments are performed since the year 2000. Pretreatment verification is performed with Varian's Portal Dosimetry System and/or the 2D-ARRAY seven29 (which serves as gold standard).  

 

The dosimetry equipment from PTW includes

 

A broad range of detectors from the large volume Farmer chamber to the small volume Photon and Electron Diodes meet all requirements of dosimetry in our radiotherapy department.

 

PTW software includes VeriSoft, MEPHYSTO mc2, MultiCheck, MultiSoft and QCWin.
The expertise of the IRO's Physicists regarding the requirements of a routine hospital has often been appreciated by PTW.

 

Medical Physics Group

Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Harald Krauss, MAS (Medical Physics),  harald.krauss[at]wienkav.at
Dipl.-Ing. Daniela Mailat, MAS (Medical Physics),  daniela.mailat[at]wienkav.at
Dipl.-Ing. Jochen Reiterer,  jochen.reiterer[at]wienkav.at

 

Medical Physics website: http://www.wienkav.at/kav/kfj/91033454/physik/irohome.htm