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Modern radiation oncology relies on image registration and fusion to accomplish daily tasks. These tasks include 1) contouring target volumes, 2) contouring organs at risk for treatment planning, and 3) daily verification of image guided radiation therapy. Despite the reliance of these techniques to ensure high quality treatment planning and delivery, literature suggests there is currently no standard education for trainees to understand, create, or verify image registrations. Our purpose was to create and implement an image registration and fusion workshop to fill gaps in trainee confidence, skills, and knowledge.

The voluntary image registration workshop consisted of a hands-on portion where participants independently performed image registrations and a didactic portion containing lectures presented by a medical physicist and chief resident. All trainees at our institution were invited to participate …