The market introduction of the MR-Linac technology improves the patient care via the real-time imaging of the targeted PTVs. Conventional Water Phantoms with ferromagnetic material become prohibited due to safety reasons. To overcome this situation, LAP introduced the MR-compatible Water Phantom THALES 3D MR SCANNER. Dr Thierry Gevaert, medical physicist and co-ordinator at the UZ Brussel institute, will share his experience with the THALES 3D MR SCANNER during the commissioning of the MRIdian Linac of Viewray. Furthermore, he will highlight which benefits played an important role for his clinical workflow.

During the webinar you will also learn more about the THALES technology for commissioning and quality-assurance processes of conventional Linacs.

Thierry Gevaert graduated as medical physicist at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and defended his PhD “Clinical implementation of frameless radiosurgery” in 2012. In 2016, he was nominated professor at the VUB and became chief of medical physics at the UZ Brussel (UZB). His appointment in the Department of Radiotherapy involves research, teaching and clinical practice. Thierry is board-certified in therapeutic physics and is engaged in mentoring medical physics for graduate students, residents and medical engineers. His research and clinical interests include stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), motion management, the development of high-tech radiation techniques, image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT), all with an emphasis on clinical implementation of translational research. Thierry has made numerous international and national presentations, and published more than 50 peer-reviewed papers. Since 2015, he is also an auditor for the Novalis Certification program.

Thierry Mertens has a PhD in physics and nearly 15 years of experience in medical physics and radiotherapy. His main responsibility is to develop innovative quality assurance solutions to support the medical end-users with their clinical tasks. As business development manager for LAP since 2016, Thierry has been instrumental in the development of the THALES 3D MR SCANNER and had the opportunity to work closely together with pioneer users of the MRIdian system, therefore, within the LAP R&D team, he can advise on the customers’ needs, ensuring that the end-user needs are fulfilled.