Title :
Dosimetric validation of clinical serial tomotherapy delivery
Author :
Sanford, R. ; Al-Ghazi, M. ; Chung, H. ; Yakoob, R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Univ. of California, Orange, CA, USA
Abstract :
A serial tomotherapy dose validation procedure used to verify 106 patient target sites in the head, neck, thorax, abdomen, and pelvis is presented. Relative dose distributions can be evaluated with a spatial resolution better than 5 mm in diameter and errors in absolute dose can be detected within a tolerance ⩽6% (2σ)
Keywords :
dosimetry; quality control; radiation therapy; 5 mm; abdomen; absolute dose errors; clinical serial tomotherapy delivery; dosimetric validation; head; intensity-modulated radiotherapy; neck; pelvis; relative dose distribution; thorax; Abdomen; Dosimetry; Imaging phantoms; Magnetic heads; Medical treatment; Neck; Pelvis; Plastic films; Quality assurance; Thorax;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2000. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6465-1
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2000.900532
