Patient Specific QA and IGRT Requirements in Single Isocenter Treatments
- Event: 8th International Conference of the Novalis Circle 2018
- Topic: Brain Metastasis
- Year: 2018
Nzhde Agazaryan, PhD, Chief of Clinical Medical Physics at the University of California Los Angeles discusses patient specific quality assurance (QA) and image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) requirements for single isocenter treatment of multiple cranial targets with Brainlab Elements Multiple Brain Mets SRS software. He begins by outlining that there have been significant patient and provider benefits since implementing the software at his institution. He then uses three multiple brain metastases case scenarios to demonstrate in detail various patient specific QA methods.
About the speaker

Nzhde Agazaryan, PhD
University of California Los Angeles, USA
Professor of Radiation Oncology, Professor of the Physics and Biology in Medicine, and the Chief of Clinical Medical Physics
David Geffen School of Medicine UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Dr. Agazaryan is a Professor of Radiation Oncology and the Chief of Clinical Medical Physics at the UCLA Radiation Oncology. He is also a Professor of Physics and Biology in Medicine (PBM) Graduate Program. His appointment in the Department of Radiation Oncology involves research, teaching and clinical practice. His research and clinical interests include stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), small field dosimetry, image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT), gated radiotherapy and eye plaque brachytherapy. Dr. Agazaryan is a Diplomate of The American Board of Radiology (DABR) – board certified in Therapeutic Radiologic Physics. He is also California State Qualified Medical Physicist (QMP).
Dr. Agazaryan is the President of the AAPM Southern California Chapter since January 2015. He is a member of AAPM JACMP Board of Editors since May 2011. Dr. Agazaryan has been an Associate Editor for the Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics (JACMP) since 2004. Dr. Agazaryan is an Expert Panel Member of Novalis Radiosurgery and SBRT Credentialing since September 2010.
Actual Position:
- Professor of Radiation Oncology, Professor of the Physics and Biology in Medicine, and the Chief of Clinical Medical Physics at David Geffen School of Medicine UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Education:
- 2001, Ph.D. in Biomedical Physics, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA
- 2001, M.S. in Biomedical Physics, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA
- 1997, B.S. in Physics, UCLA College of Letters and Science, Los Angeles, USA
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