The polymer gel-Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) dosimetry technique was employed to evaluate the mechanical and dose delivery accuracy in Leksell gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery for the treatment of multiple targets. Two different polymer gel dosimeter formulations that have been reported in the literature were prepared in-house. A plan for the treatment of four brain metastases (targets...

BACKGROUND The recent spread of positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET/CT) poses extremity dosimetry challenges. The question arose whether the radiation dose measured by the ring thermoluminescent dosimeter usually worn on the proximal phalanx (P1) of the index finger measures doses that are representative of the true doses received by the upper extremities of the operators. A p...

PURPOSE While there are several reports of prostate multisector dosimetry data obtained from CT or MRI scans performed at intervals ranging from 14-70 days after prostate brachytherapy (PB), there are no reports on multisector dosimetry performed in the immediate post-implant period. This study was undertaken to determine the results of prostate multisector dosimetry performed in the immediate ...

Over the course of the last decade, routine monitoring of the alanine dosimetry system revealed a small but significant observation that, after examination, led to the characterization of a previously unknown absorbed-dose-dependent, dose-rate effect for the alanine system. The newly discovered rate effect is of potential concern for electron-beam dosimetry, since electron-beam dosimetry typica...

In March 2004, the recommendations of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine sAAPMd on the interstitial brachytherapy dosimetry using I and Pd were reported in Medical Physics fTG-43 Update: Rivard et al., 31, 633–674 s2004dg. These recommendations include some minor changes in the dose-calculation formalism and a major update of the dosimetry parameters for eight widely used inters...

Silicon diode dosimeters have been used routinely for in-vivo dosimetry. Despite their popularity, an appropriate implementation of an in-vivo dosimetry program using diode detectors remains a challenge for clinical physicists. One common approach is to relate the diode readout to the entrance dose, that is, dose to the reference depth of maximum dose such as d(max) for the 10x10 cm(2) field. V...