Vol. 4, 2019

Medical Physics

FIRST RESULTS AND ASPECTS OF IN VIVO DOSIMETRY SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION OF EXTERNAL RADIATION THERAPY IN TOMSK REGIONAL ONCOLOGY CENTER

Andrey V. Vertinskiy, Leonid G. Sukhikh, Evgeniia S. Sukhikh, Yana N. Sutygina

Pages: 181–186

DOI: 10.37392/RapProc.2019.37

This article describes some aspects of the implementation of the system in vivo dosimetry PerFraction with the linear accelerator Elekta Synergy Platform. The first results of in vivo dosimetry application are presented in comparison with the results of 3D phantom-based ArcCHECK dosimetry.
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