Published November 2011 | Version v1
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Peripheral Doses in Modern Radiotherapy Techniques: A Comparison Between IMRT and Tomotherapy

Creators

  • 1. Radioprotection, Dosimetry and Calibration Unit, Belgian Nuclear Research Center, Mol (Belgium)
  • 2. Radiotherapy Department, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Louvain (Belgium)
  • 3. Radiotherapy Department, University Hospital Sart Tilmant, Liege (Belgium)
  • 4. Radiotherapy Department, University Hospital UZ Brussel, Brussels (Belgium)

Description

The goal of this intercomparison is to determine the peripheral doses during treatment of prostate cancer. Two different treatment techniques are compared: (a) intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT - 10MV and 18MV) on a Varian Clinac 2100 C/D (Varian Medical Systems, Inc.) and (b) tomotherapy (6 MV, Tomotherapy Inc.). The treatment devices are located in the university hospitals of Louvain and Brussels. A common treatment protocol was agreed between the two clinical centres, which was used by each partner. In this case, it was possible to evaluate the performance (in terms of peripheral doses) of the different treatment techniques, when faced with the same constraints, in terms of dose distribution. (author)

Part of:
Standards, Applications and Quality Assurance in Medical Radiation Dosimetry (IDOS). Proceedings of an International Symposium. V. 2

Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Publications/PDF/P1514_web/p1514_vol2_web.pdf; http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/publications.asp;

Publishing Information

Publisher
IAEA
Imprint Place
Vienna (Austria)
ISBN
978-92-0-116210-6
Imprint Title
Standards, Applications and Quality Assurance in Medical Radiation Dosimetry (IDOS). Proceedings of an International Symposium. V. 2
Imprint Pagination
495 p.
Series
Proceedings Series
Journal Page Range
p. 227-235
ISSN
0074-1884

Conference

Title
International Symposium on Standards, Applications and Quality Assurance in Medical Radiation Dosimetry
Acronym
IDOS 2010
Dates
9-12 Nov 2010
Place
Vienna (Austria)

INIS

Country of Publication
Austria
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
43009161
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CT-GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; DOSES; NEOPLASMS; PROSTATE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS
Descriptors DEC
BODY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; GLANDS; MALE GENITALS; MEDICINE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; ORGANS; RADIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY

Optional Information

Notes
6 figs., 2 tabs., 10 refs. Imprint:In two volumes; A CD-ROM of the contributed papers accompanies these proceedings.
Secondary number(s)
STI/PUB--1514(vol.2); IAEA-CN--182