Published January 5, 2010
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Journal article
Means of Intensity Modulation of Radiation in External Radiotherapy
- 1. Department of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Ilkovicova 3, 812 19 Bratislava (Slovakia)
Description
The paper deals with the main means of the beam intensity modifications that are used in radio therapeutic praxis. Physical principles and the main characteristics of the physical wedges and the enhanced dynamic wedges (EDW) are described. The main advantages and the disadvantages of the EDW over the conventional physical wedges are listed. The paper describes also a process of dosimetry verification of the application of the EDW that was applied on The Saint Elizabeth Cancer Institute in Bratislava and it details the experiment of the verification of an isodose distribution within this implementation of the EDW.
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.3295644;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- AIP Conference Proceedings
- Journal Volume
- 1204
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 195-197
- ISSN
- 0094-243X
- CODEN
- APCPCS
Conference
- Title
- 5. international summer school on nuclear physics methods and accelerators in biology and medicine
- Dates
- 6-15 Jul 2009
- Place
- Bratislava (Slovakia)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 41099179
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ACCELERATORS; COLLIMATORS; DOSIMETRY; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY; VERIFICATION; X RADIATION
- Descriptors DEC
- DISEASES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MEDICINE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIATIONS; RADIOLOGY; THERAPY
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics