Adobe Illustrator & Indesign Tutorial - UCSF Radiation Oncology ...

Adobe Illustrator &
Indesign Tutorial
presented by Robin Cheung
Disclaimer: I’m not an employee of Adobe and have not been trained to
provide instruction in these programs

Adobe Program Functions
Photoshop photo editing, raster image creation
Illustrator vector image creation
InDesign layout

Adobe Program Functions
Photoshop photo editing, raster image creation
Illustrator vector image creation
InDesign layout

Design Principles
The goal of a scientific poster is to communicate informaton.

Hierarchy
What is the most important thing on the page?
What order do you want your reader to read in?
If your reader spent 1 minute looking at your poster, what
should they get from it? 5 mins? 10 mins?

Design Tools: Proximity
It’s important to group information that is logically
connected. This helps you organize information to
create hierarchy.

Design Tools: Proximity
Example images are from The Non-Designer’s Design Book by Robin Williams

Design Tools: Proximity
Example images are from The Non-Designer’s Design Book by Robin Williams

Design Tools: Proximity

Design Tools: Proximity

Design Tools: Alignment
Nothing should be placed arbitrarily on the page,
everything should be visually connected.

Design Tools: Alignment

Design Tools: Alignment

Design Tools: Alignment

Design Tools: Alignment
Create strong alignments to direct the eye

Design Tools: Repetition
Create a visual system and stick to it.
What do your headlines look like? What size font do
you use for your paragraph text?

Design Tools: Repetition

Design Tools: Repetition

Design Tools: Contrast
Contrast creates visual interest and helps distinguish
different types of information.
If the information you are communicating is similar,
it should look similar. If the information you are
communicating is different, it should look really
different.

Design Tools: Contrast

Design Tools: Contrast

Design Tools: White Space
White space is the empty areas in your layout.
White space gives the eye a break and helps
separate items from each other.
Using white space well makes your information less
overwhelming and confusing.

Design Tools: White Space
Leading = the space between lines of text
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Font Issues
Do not use too many fonts. For most projects, one
font is enough.

Font Issues
For easy communication use appropriate, easy-to-read fonts
not childish ones
not hard to read ones
not scripty ones
not girly ones
not weird ones

Dose Delivered to Patients for Megavoltage Cone-Beam CT Imaging
Olivier Morin1,2, Je Bellerose1, Clayton Akazawa1, Amy Gillis1, Martina Descovich1, Michèle Aubin1, Josephine Chen1, Hong Chen1,
Jean-François Aubry1, Ping Xia1,2 and Jean Pouliot1,2
PURPOSE
UCSF
University of California San Francisco
1600 Divisadero Street, Suite H1031
San Francisco CA 94143-1708
Email: morin@radonc17.ucsf.edu
WebSite: http://www.ucsf.edu/jpouliot/
AAPM 2006 SU-FF-I-13
1- Department of Radiation Oncology, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center
2- UCSF / UC Berkeley Joint Graduate Group in Bioengineering
Megavoltage Cone-Beam CT (MVCBCT) uses a
conventional treatment unit equipped with a at
panel detector to obtain a 3D representation of the
patient in treatment position. MVCBCT has been
used for 2 years in our clinic for anatomy verication
and to improve patient alignment
prior to dose delivery. Depending
on the soft-tissue information
required for setup we are currently
using a total exposure ranging
between 2-10 monitor units (MU).
CT MVCBCT (5MU)
The objectives of this work are:
To evaluate the dose delivered to patients for MVCBCT acquisition.
To develop a simple plan modication receipe to compensate for
the dose received by daily MVCBCT.
METHODS & MATERIALS
The MVCBCT dose calculated by our treatment planning system
(Phillips, Pinnacle) was compared to measurements.
Typical MVCBCT acquisition:
6 MV beam, 27.4 x 27.4 cm2 eld size, 145 cm source-detector distance, Arc: 270o to 110o Experimental setup to
measure MVCBCT dose
IMRT QA Cylinder
MOSFETS and an
ion chamber
Dose (cGy/MVCBCT MU)
1.12
1.05
-2.1 % 1.7 %
2.3 %
0.95
0.3 %
-1.1 %
1.4 % 0.2 %
0.85
2.8 % 1.4 %
0.75
-0.9 %
2.6 %
16 cm
Percentage dierence
between the dose
calculated by Pinnacle
and the measurements
ALL WITHIN 3 %
MVCBCT acquisition
simulated in Pinnacle
Simulation of an arc
treatment with
MVCBCT setting
Pinnacle can be used to simulate the
MVCBCT dose received by the patients.
Normalized Volume
RESULTS
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
MVCBCT Portal Imaging
or Film
Tx (solid) with Tx+MVCBCT (dashed)
Rectum
Right Femoral
Spinal Cord
Penis Bulb
cGy per MU
1.2
1.1
1.0
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.4
Bladder
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
CONCLUSION
Seminal Vesicles
Prostate
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
Dose (Gy)
MVCBCT dose evaluated in the treatment planning system
Table 1. Dose per fraction delivered to prostate
patients at UCSF for daily alignment verication.
MVCBCT (9 MU) and portal imaging (4 x 2 MU = 8 MU).
Simple method to compensate for daily MVCBCT
Prostate (daily 9MU MVCBCT, 40 fractions)
Head and Neck (daily 5 MU MVCBCT, 33 fractions)
Tx Alone Tx + MVCBCT Compensated Tx
+ MVCBCT
A compensation factor (CBCF) was introduced
to keep the target mean dose the same.
Tx Alone Tx + MVCBCT Compensated Tx
+ MVCBCT
77 Gy
70 Gy
55 Gy
45 Gy
35 Gy
28 Gy
15 Gy
Prostate
Seminal Ves.
Nodes
Rectum
Bladder
Penis Bulb
Small Bowel
Spinal Cord
MVCBCT [cGy] Portal Imaging [cGy]
Min Mean Max Min Mean Max
6.4
6.3
5.2
5.3
6.7
6.5
2.7
0.9
6.9
6.5
6.8
5.9
7.8
6.9
8.3
3.9
Tx (solid) with CBCF. Tx+MVCBCT (dashed)
100
CBCF = 96%
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
7.6
6.8
10.1
6.8
9.5
7.6
11.2
5.2
5.5
5.4
4.4
4.8
5.8
5.8
3.0
0.8
20
Brain
20
10
Right Eye
10
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Dose (Gy)
Patient CT scans can be imported in Pinnacle to evaluate the dose delivered by MVCBCT. For a typical MVCBCT, the delivered dose forms
a small anterior-posterior gradient roughly ranging from 0.6 to 1.2 cGy per MVCBCT MU. A MVCBCT acquisition of 9 MU in the pelvis area
delivers slightly more dose than what is currently delivered by portal imaging at UCSF. Daily 9 MU MVCBCT remains a small dose addition
compared to treatment dose (

What’s good about it?
Repetition good visual system
Contrast

What needs work?
White space poster is too crowded, overwhelming
Alignment

Dose Delivered to Patients for Megavoltage Cone-Beam CT Imaging
Olivier Morin1,2, Je Bellerose1, Clayton Akazawa1, Amy Gillis1, Martina Descovich1, Michèle Aubin1, Josephine Chen1, Hong Chen1,
Jean-François Aubry1, Ping Xia1,2 and Jean Pouliot1,2
PURPOSE
UCSF
University of California San Francisco
1600 Divisadero Street, Suite H1031
San Francisco CA 94143-1708
Email: morin@radonc17.ucsf.edu
WebSite: http://www.ucsf.edu/jpouliot/
AAPM 2006 SU-FF-I-13
1- Department of Radiation Oncology, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center
2- UCSF / UC Berkeley Joint Graduate Group in Bioengineering
Megavoltage Cone-Beam CT (MVCBCT) uses a
conventional treatment unit equipped with a at
panel detector to obtain a 3D representation of the
patient in treatment position. MVCBCT has been
used for 2 years in our clinic for anatomy verication
and to improve patient alignment
prior to dose delivery. Depending
on the soft-tissue information
required for setup we are currently
using a total exposure ranging
between 2-10 monitor units (MU).
CT MVCBCT (5MU)
The objectives of this work are:
To evaluate the dose delivered to patients for MVCBCT acquisition.
To develop a simple plan modication receipe to compensate for
the dose received by daily MVCBCT.
METHODS & MATERIALS
The MVCBCT dose calculated by our treatment planning system
(Phillips, Pinnacle) was compared to measurements.
Typical MVCBCT acquisition:
6 MV beam, 27.4 x 27.4 cm2 eld size, 145 cm source-detector distance, Arc: 270o to 110o Experimental setup to
measure MVCBCT dose
IMRT QA Cylinder
MOSFETS and an
ion chamber
Dose (cGy/MVCBCT MU)
1.12
1.05
-2.1 % 1.7 %
2.3 %
0.95
0.3 %
-1.1 %
1.4 % 0.2 %
0.85
2.8 % 1.4 %
0.75
-0.9 %
2.6 %
16 cm
Percentage dierence
between the dose
calculated by Pinnacle
and the measurements
ALL WITHIN 3 %
MVCBCT acquisition
simulated in Pinnacle
Simulation of an arc
treatment with
MVCBCT setting
Pinnacle can be used to simulate the
MVCBCT dose received by the patients.
Normalized Volume
RESULTS
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
MVCBCT Portal Imaging
or Film
Tx (solid) with Tx+MVCBCT (dashed)
Rectum
Right Femoral
Spinal Cord
Penis Bulb
cGy per MU
1.2
1.1
1.0
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.4
Bladder
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
CONCLUSION
Seminal Vesicles
Prostate
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
Dose (Gy)
MVCBCT dose evaluated in the treatment planning system
Table 1. Dose per fraction delivered to prostate
patients at UCSF for daily alignment verication.
MVCBCT (9 MU) and portal imaging (4 x 2 MU = 8 MU).
Simple method to compensate for daily MVCBCT
Prostate (daily 9MU MVCBCT, 40 fractions)
Head and Neck (daily 5 MU MVCBCT, 33 fractions)
Tx Alone Tx + MVCBCT Compensated Tx
+ MVCBCT
A compensation factor (CBCF) was introduced
to keep the target mean dose the same.
Tx Alone Tx + MVCBCT Compensated Tx
+ MVCBCT
77 Gy
70 Gy
55 Gy
45 Gy
35 Gy
28 Gy
15 Gy
Prostate
Seminal Ves.
Nodes
Rectum
Bladder
Penis Bulb
Small Bowel
Spinal Cord
MVCBCT [cGy] Portal Imaging [cGy]
Min Mean Max Min Mean Max
6.4
6.3
5.2
5.3
6.7
6.5
2.7
0.9
6.9
6.5
6.8
5.9
7.8
6.9
8.3
3.9
Tx (solid) with CBCF. Tx+MVCBCT (dashed)
100
CBCF = 96%
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
7.6
6.8
10.1
6.8
9.5
7.6
11.2
5.2
5.5
5.4
4.4
4.8
5.8
5.8
3.0
0.8
20
Brain
20
10
Right Eye
10
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Dose (Gy)
Patient CT scans can be imported in Pinnacle to evaluate the dose delivered by MVCBCT. For a typical MVCBCT, the delivered dose forms
a small anterior-posterior gradient roughly ranging from 0.6 to 1.2 cGy per MVCBCT MU. A MVCBCT acquisition of 9 MU in the pelvis area
delivers slightly more dose than what is currently delivered by portal imaging at UCSF. Daily 9 MU MVCBCT remains a small dose addition
compared to treatment dose (

DOSE DELIVERED TO PATIENTS FOR MEGAVOLTAGE CONE-BEAM CT IMAGING
Olivier Morin 1,2 , Jeff Bellerose 1 , Clayton Akazawa 1 , Amy Gillis 1 , Martina Descovich 1 , Michèle Aubin 1 , Josephine Chen 1 ,
Hong Chen 1 , Jean-François Aubry 1 , Ping Xia 1,2 and Jean Pouliot 1,2
1 Department of Radiation Oncology, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center
2 UCSF / UC Berkeley Joint Graduate Group in Bioengineering
PURPOSE
Megavoltage Cone-Beam CT (MVCBCT) uses a
conventional treatment unit equipped with a flat
panel detector to obtain a 3D representation of
the patient in treatment position. MVCBCT has
been used for 2 years in our clinic for anatomy
verification and to improve patient alignment prior
to dose delivery. Depending on the soft-tissue
information required for setup we are currently
using a total exposure ranging between 2-10
monitor units (MU).
The objectives of this work are:
♦ To evaluate the dose delivered to
patients for MVCBCT acquisition.
♦ To develop a simple plan modifi-cation
receipe to compensate for the dose
received by daily MVCBCT.
METHODS & MATERIALS
CT MVCBCT (5MU)
♦ The MVCBCT dose calculated by our treatment planning system
(Phillips, Pinnacle) was compared to measurements.
Typical MVCBCT acquisition: 6 MV beam, 27.4 x 27.4 cm 2 field size,
145 cm source-detector distance, Arc: 270 o to 110 o
Experimental setup to
measure MVCBCT dose
IMRT QA Cylinder MOSFETS
and an ion chamber
Percentage difference between
the dose calculated by Pinnacle
and the measurements
ALL WITHIN 3 %*
MVCBCT acquisition
simulated in Pinnacle
Simulation of an arc treatment
with MVCBCT setting
Pinnacle can be used to simulate the MVCBCT dose received by the patients.
RESULTS
MVCBCT dose evaluated in the treatment planning system
CONCLUSION
GTV
CTV
M andible
Spinal Cord
Left Parotid
Brain tem s
Skin
Right lens
GTV
CTV
M andible
Spinal Cord
Left Parotid
Brain tem s
Skin
Right lens
MVCBCT [c Gy] CR Film Gy] [c
Min Mean Max Min M ean Max
4.7
2.7
3.5
3.3
2.4
6.5
2.7
0.9
5.2
5.0
5.4
4.2
4.9
6.9
8.3
3.9
5.8
5.8
6.0
4.8
5.3
7.6
11.2
5.2
6.6
3.8
5.5
5.1
4.2
6.6
0.0
5.4
Simple method to compensate for daily MVCBCT
Patient CT scans can be imported in Pinnacle to evaluate the dose delivered by MVCBCT. For a typical MVCBCT, the delivered dose
forms a small anterior-posterior gradient roughly ranging from 0.6 to 1.2 cGy per MVCBCT MU. A MVCBCT acquisition of 9 MU
in the pelvis area delivers slightly more dose than what is currently delivered by portal imaging at UCSF. Daily 9 MU MVCBCT
remains a small dose addition compared to treatment dose (

Design Tools Summary
Proximity
Alignment
Repetition
Contrast
White space