Programme

 

Speaker Sessions

 

Special Sessions

 

Meetings

 

Radiation Protection

 

Break

 

Invited Talk

Sponsor Talk
YP Young Physicist
Welcome! Doors open at 8:30 AM each morning.
Select Room
Time
Auditorium
Room 12
Room 8
Room 9
9:00 - 10:30
Plenary Session"What is a Gy?""Ethical Hacking"
 
 
 
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30
RT 1Treatment Planning
RX 1
NM 1
QM
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 15:30
RT + RXImaging / Motion Mgmt
BVS-ABR 1
RT 2QA & Dosimetry
QMRT.be
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee Break
16:00 - 18:00
BVS-ABR 2
Professional Matters | GAOpen to all 🥂
Tip: Click on any session block to view the detailed programme with speakers and talk times.
 

Plenary Session

Friday · 9:00 - 10:30 · Auditorium · 90 min
Moderator: Geert Pittomvils & Koen Snijders
9:00 - 9:05
Opening of the symposium
Organising committee
9:05 - 9:55
What is a Gy?
Leon de Prez & Jacco de Pooter · VSL.nl
Invited
9:55 - 10:30
Ethical hacking
Stijn Jans · CEO Intigriti
Invited

RT 1 — Treatment Planning

Friday · 11:00 - 12:30 · Auditorium · 90 min
Moderators: Barbara Vanderstraeten & Edmond Sterpin
11:00 - 11:15
Complexity analysis should be performed at the beam-level
Emma Van Riet
Quality Assurance
YP
11:15 - 11:30
Probabilistic planning including clinical target map definition for non-small cell lung cancer
Matijs Geerts
Probabilistic Planning
YP
11:30 - 11:45
Probabilistic radiotherapy treatment planning using Clinical Target Maps and expected-value optimization in head & neck cancer
Matteo Zazzini
Probabilistic Planning
YP
11:45 - 11:55
Going Beyond Voxelized Probabilities: A Geometry-Invariant Approach to Probabilistic CTV
Eliot Peeters
Probabilistic Planning
YP
11:55 - 12:05
GTV dose robustness across respiratory phases in Lung SBRT with GTV-based prescription
Volha Hertsyk
Treatment Planning
 
12:05 - 12:15
Accumulated dose evaluation and correlation with gastrointestinal toxicities in pancreatic cancer patients treated with SBRT
Youssef Ez-Zyouy
Treatment PlanningQA
YP
12:15 - 12:30
Evaluation of the robustness of the RayStation treatment planning system for SRS treatments
Geert Pittomvils
Treatment Planning
 

RT 2 — Quality Assurance & Dosimetry

Friday · 13:30 - 15:30 · Room 8 · 120 min
Moderators: Milan Tomsej & Antoine Delor
13:30 - 13:55
NCS 18, How to use it in 2026
Geert Pittomvils
 
13:55 - 14:10
The future of the radiotherapy calibrations?
Liviu-Cristian Mihailescu
QADose Measurement
 
14:10 - 14:25
Relative humidity control is essential for stable EBT4 film dosimetry
Marco Caprioli
QADose Measurement
YP
14:25 - 14:40
Clinical Evaluation of RadMachine, Suncheck®, and Artiscan for Machine Quality Assurance Management
Tsz Ching Wong
QA
YP
14:40 - 14:50
Assessing the Clinical Value of Delta4 ScandiDos DVH Anatomy for routine Patient-Specific Quality Assurance
Youssef Ez-Zyouy
QA
YP
14:50 - 15:00
Evaluation of Perfraction™ and ArcCheck® PSQA Systems: Results from the SEAFARER Study
Evy Bossuyt
QA
 
15:00 - 15:10
Performance of Film Dosimetry for Patient-Specific Quality Assurance in Radiotherapy: A Belgian Multicentric Study
Marco Caprioli
QADose Measurement
YP
15:10 - 15:20
Optimization of dailyQA for surface scanning system: a less user-dependent protocol
Hannelore Van Dyck
ImagingQAMPA
 
15:20 - 15:30
Jaw-collimated rectangular small field output factors
Luca Pellegri
QADose Measurement
 

RT + RX — Imaging for RT / Motion Management

Friday · 13:30 - 15:30 · Auditorium · 120 min
Moderators: Tom Depuydt & Thierry Gevaert
13:30 - 13:45
Beyond CBCT: real-time motion management in spine and non-spine bone SBRT using stereoscopic X-rays and SGRT
Adrián Gutiérrez
Imaging
 
13:45 - 13:55
Optimizing margin selection in spine SBRT: a systematic review of imaging chain impact on treatment accuracy
Luca Pellegri
ImagingTreatment Planning
 
13:55 - 14:05
Implementation of a novel Surface Guided Radiotherapy system into our clinic
Jasper Jacobs
Imaging
 
14:05 - 14:15
Multicenter assessment of CT calibration curves for Direct Density photon dose calculations
Evelien Bogaert
Imaging
 
14:15 - 14:25
Patient-specific quality assurance method for pelvic Cone Beam CT-based synthetic CT
Joachim Marichal
ImagingAdaptiveQA
YP
14:25 - 14:35
Automated daily CBCT-based dose calculations reveal interfraction dose stability patterns in lung radiotherapy
Dylan Callens
Imaging
 
14:35 - 14:45
HyperSight-iCBCT calibration curve validation through dose calculation with open fields
Kevin Tihon
ImagingAdaptive
YP
14:45 - 15:00
Down the road of performance evaluation of an O-ring's CBCT imager line for dose calculation
Jinane Bakkali Tahiri
Imaging
YP
15:00 - 15:15
Surface guided brachytherapy for customized skin applicators
Seppe Vanoppen
Imaging
YP

RX 1

Friday · 11:00 - 12:30 · Room 12 · 90 min
Moderators: Nico Buls & Klaus Bacher
11:00 - 11:15
Validation of dynamic Xenon-enhanced dual-energy CT for a multiparametric assessment of normal and bronchoconstricted in vivo rabbit lungs
Emma Verelst
Spectral CTPulmonary Imaging
YP
11:15 - 11:30
Manufacturing and validation of part-solid pulmonary nodule phantoms with realistic morphology and multiple densities for CT imaging studies using stereolithography-based 3D-printing
Louise D'hondt
Low-Dose CT3D-printing
YP
11:30 - 11:45
Impact of beam hardening and Metal Artefact Reduction on iodine quantification in Dual-Energy CT
David Van Hee
DECTIodineMAR
YP
11:45 - 12:00
Patient-based Image-quality for CT (PIC): insights, robustness, and practical considerations of an open source toolbox for global noise level calculation on CT
Kwinten Torfs
CTImage QualitySoftware
YP
12:00 - 12:15
Patient-specific resolution measurements in low-dose chest CT: adapting mesh-based algorithms for high noise images
Kwinten Torfs
CTImage QualityResolution
YP

RX 2

Saturday · 11:00 - 12:30 · Room 12 · 90 min
Moderators: Hilde Bosmans & Liesbeth Elo
11:00 - 11:15
Evaluation of Scapholunate Ligament Injury Using Loaded Dynamic CT in a Cadaveric Model
Benyameen Keelson
Dynamic CT
 
11:15 - 11:30
A novel method to automatically evaluate knee implant migration based on CT imaging
Manou Acke
Migration AnalysisKnee
YP
11:30 - 11:45
Impact of longitudinal positioning on dose modulation in head CT examinations
Mathilde Clérin
CTDose
YP
11:45 - 12:00
Optimising workflow in conventional radiography: Development of alert levels for acquisition number and fluoroscopy
Rashèl De Stefanis
RadiographyDose Optimisation
YP
12:00 - 12:15
Radiation dose comparison between two cardiac CT scanners with different 16 cm detector configurations
Thea De Pauw
CTCardiacDose
YP
12:15 - 12:30
Quantitative and functional comparison of Cone-Beam CT phantoms
Seppe Van Bogaert
CBCTImage Quality
YP

NM 1

Friday · 11:00 - 12:30 · Room 8 · 90 min
Moderators: Yves D'Asseler & Michel Hesse
11:00 - 11:15
Double versus triple peak acquisition protocol for 225Ac-SPECT/CT imaging
Wies Claeys
Ac-225SPECT/CT
YP
11:15 - 11:30
Walk-Through PET for cost-effective, high-throughput and high-resolution imaging
Maya Abi Akl
PET
 
11:30 - 11:45
Extending the Walk-Through PET with Anatomical Imaging Capabilities: Performance and Applicability of CT-less and Custom-CT approaches
Boris Vervenne
PETCTDeep Learning
YP
11:45 - 12:00
Lower-Level Discriminator Energy Window Optimization for Improved Noise Equivalent Count in PET
Seyed Amir Zaman Pour
PETEnergy Window
YP
12:00 - 12:15
A new service for calibrations of activity meters established at SCK CEN / LNK
Liviu-Cristian Mihailescu
CalibrationAc-225Tb-161
 
 

NM 2

Saturday · 9:00 - 10:30 · Room 8 · 90 min
Moderators: Yves D'Asseler & Michel e
9:00 - 9:20
Novel radionuclides and activity measurements
Kristof Baete
Invited
9:20 - 10:30
Round table discussion on activity meters, calibration, ...
Panel
CalibrationDiscussion

NM 3

Saturday · 11:00 - 12:30 · Room 9
Moderators: Hannah Loots & Bruno Vanderlinden
Nuclear Medicine Workgroup

QM

Friday · 11:00 - 12:30 · Room 9 · 90 min
Moderators: Nathalie Deman & Koen Snijders
11:00 - 11:15
Management review: from normative requirement to added value
Fanny Borfiga
Quality Management
 
11:15 - 11:30
Adaptation of HFMEA in a radiotherapy department when it comes to scoring
Koen Snijders
Quality Management
 
11:30 - 12:00
Iridium's quest to increase PREMS respons rate
Lisanne Van Puyvelde
Quality Management
 
12:00 - 12:30
An introduction to FlaQuM
Charlotte Vanderauwera
Invited
 

BVS-ABR 1

Friday · 13:30 - 15:30 · Room 12 · 120 min
Moderator: Hilde Engels & Tom Clarijs
13:30 - 13:35
Welcome and intro
BVS-ABR
13:35 - 14:05
UNSCEAR Report: Second Primary Cancer After Radiotherapy
Laurence Lebaron-Jacobs
Radiation Protection
14:05 - 14:35
Insight into stereotactic radiotherapy and hadron therapy data by the Belgian Cancer Registry
Nancy Vandamme
Registry
14:35 - 15:05
E²-RADIatE, real-world data and alternate methodologies for evidence generation in radiotherapy
Enrico Clementel
Real-World Data
15:05 - 15:30
Patient release after therapy with Lu-177 labelled pharmaceuticals in HERCA member states
Marleen Vandecapelle
Lu-177Regulation

BVS-ABR 2

Friday · 16:00 - 17:00 · Auditorium · 60 min
Moderator: Hilde Engels & Tom Clarijs
16:00 - 16:25
From Bench to Bedside: The Authorization Process for FLASH-radiotherapy
Willeke Danckaert
FLASHRegulation
16:25 - 16:40
Preliminary results of a survey on the current policy about personal radiation protective equipment (PRPE) in Belgian healthcare institutions
Sandrine Bayart
Radiation ProtectionSurvey
YP
16:40 - 16:55
Case Study: Fertility-Preserving Radiotherapy for Pelvic Sarcoma: Clinical workflow, testicular shielding and dose optimization
Arno Van Der Strieckt
Treatment PlanningRadiation Protection
16:55 - 17:00
Closing
BVS-ABR

QMRT.be

Friday · 13:30 - 15:30 · Room 9
Moderators: Aude Vaandering & Nathalie Deman
QMRT.be meeting

Professional Matters | General Assembly

Friday · 16:00 - 18:00 · Meeting room level · 120 min
Moderator: Jan Vandecasteele
i Open to everybody — also non-effective members!  🥂 Drinks served from ~16:55
16:00 - 16:05
Welcome and overview of program
BHPA Board
 
16:05 - 16:15
General Assembly
BHPA Board
 
16:15 - 16:25
Working group overview
BHPA Board
 
16:25 - 16:40
French experience
Gilles Le Rouzic
InvitedScientific and Educational Committee
 
16:40 - 16:55
Feedback from internship supervisors meeting
Barbara Vanderstraeten & Tom Depuydt
Scientific and Educational Committee
 
16:55 - 17:15 🥂
Feedback from BHPA-FANC meeting
BHPA Board
BHPA Professionalisation🥂
 
17:15 - 17:35 🥂
How should the role of the MPE evolve in modern hospitals, particularly in relation to digitalization and AI?
BHPA Board
BHPA Professionalisation🥂
 
17:35 - 17:40 🥂
What can the board do better for its members?
BHPA Board
BHPA Professionalisation🥂
 
17:40 - 18:00 🥂
Discussion and mingle
BHPA Board
🥂
 

MRI

Saturday · 9:00 - 9:45 · Room 12 · 45 min
Moderators: Pim Pullens & Timo De Bondt
9:00 - 9:05
Introduction to BHPA MRI Working Group
Timo De Bondt
MRI
 
9:05 - 9:25
Data transfer and surgery planning with fMRI and dMRI - what could possibly go wrong?
Pim Pullens
MRIfMRIdMRI
 
9:25 - 9:45
Interactive session - Should I scan this?
Dimitri Roose
MRIInteractive
 

MPA

Saturday · 9:45 - 10:30 · Room 12 · 45 min
Moderators: Bianca Vanstraelen
9:45 - 10:30
Belgian MPA’s in transition: profile and navigating AI and Adaptive Radiotherapy
MPA Session
MPA
 

CHiMPS

Saturday · 9:00 - 10:30 · Room 9
Moderator: Nadine Linthout
CHiMPS meeting | Members only

RT 3 — Automation and Adaptive, Clinical Workflow

Saturday · 9:00 - 10:30 · Auditorium · 90 min
Moderators: Nathalie Deman & Dirk Verellen
9:00 - 9:15
The bone rigidity error: a simple, quantitative, and interpretable metric for patient-specific validation of deformable image registration
Andreas Smolders
ImagingAdaptive
 
9:15 - 9:30
Optimizing Prostate SGRT Workflow Using Lean Principles: Improving Efficiency in Clinical Practice
Matthias Hermans
ImagingWorkflow
YP
9:30 - 9:40
Optimizing Palliative Radiotherapy Planning with a Diagnostic CT-Only Workflow: A Clinical Pilot study with Integrated FMEA
Michaël Claessens
WorkflowTreatment Planning
 
9:40 - 9:50
Development of a configurable cost-accounting tool for operational assessment of radiotherapy workflows and technologies
Quentin Bouchez
AdaptiveWorkflow
YP
9:50 - 10:00
A Cyberattack Fallback Scenario for a Radiotherapy Department
Eric Messens
Workflow
 

RT 4 + MPA — Treatment Planning & 3D Printing

Saturday · 11:00 - 12:30 · Auditorium · 90 min
Moderators: Bianca Vanstraelen & Geert Pittomvils
11:00 - 11:15
Automated Evaluation of Organ Sparing in Prostate SBRT Using Dose-Gradient Metrics
Geert De Kerf
QATreatment PlanningMPA
 
11:15 - 11:25
Defining soft constraints for prostate cancer
Veronica Dragomir
Treatment PlanningMPA
YP
11:25 - 11:35
Multicentric Comparative Evaluation of Automated Solutions for Head and Neck Radiotherapy Planning
Ilènia Furgiuele
Treatment PlanningMPA
YP
11:35 - 11:45
3D printing of a phantom for an end-to-end test of SRT and prostatic SBRT treatments
Nicolas Mercanti
QA3D Printing
 
11:45 - 12:00
Evaluation in Healthy Volunteers of 3D-Printed Head and Neck Radiotherapy Immobilization
Bertrand Dewit
MPA3D PrintingWorkflow
 

RT 5 — Protons and MRI

Saturday · 11:00 - 12:30 · Room 8 · 90 min
Moderators: Ana M. Barragán Montero & Younes Jourani
11:00 - 11:15
Optimizing range shifter use to lower intrauterine doses in pencil beam scanning proton therapy during pregnancy
Jana Hohmann
ProtonRadiation Protection
YP
11:15 - 11:30
Design and Characterization of Pregnant Anthropomorphic Phantoms for Fetal Dose Measurements in Proton Therapy
Marijke De Saint-Hubert
ProtonRadiation Protection
 
11:30 - 11:45
Real-Time Adaptive Optimization of Proton Therapy Treatment Plans Using a Deep Reinforcement Learning Framework
Mélanie Ghislain
ProtonAdaptive
YP
11:45 - 12:00
A Beamlet Correlation Driven Optimization Method for Monte Carlo Based Proton Therapy
Romain Schyns
ProtonProbabilistic
YP
12:00 - 12:10
Validation of Apparent Diffusion Coefficient as a Quantitative Imaging Biomarker for Pancreatic Cancer on a 1.5T MR-Linac
Lionel Rickiel Elame Paffo
ImagingMRI
YP
12:10 - 12:20
Clinical implementation of pelvis synthetic CT: Limitations, opportunities and dosimetric results
Mohammed Salah Eddin Boudouani
ImagingMRI
YP
 

Closing Debate: "The Pregnant Patient"

Saturday · 13:30 - 15:30 · Auditorium · 120 min
Moderator: Ana M. Barragán Montero
13:30 - 13:45
Radiation oncology perspective
Overall clinical perspective and decision-making
Maarten Lambrecht · KU Leuven / University Hospitals Leuven
Invited
 
13:45 - 14:00
Radiology and nuclear medicine perspective
Issues in diagnostic radiology, insights about pregnancy in nuclear medicine, tools for fetal dose estimation
Klaus Bacher · Ghent University
Invited
 
14:00 - 14:15
Radiotherapy perspective
Setup imaging dose considerations, treatment planning, current research and future directions in optimizing therapy for pregnant patients
Gloria Vilches Freixas · MAASTRO Clinic / Maastricht University Medical Centre
Invited
 
14:15 - 15:00
Open debate
Panel discussion
Discussion
 
15:00 - 15:30
Awards & Closing
Organising committee