PURPOSE The tracheostomy stoma is a potential site of recurrence for patients who have subglottic cancer or subglottic spread of cancer. In these patients, it is important that the anterior supraclavicular field does not underdose the posterior wall of the tracheostomy stoma when using a 6-MV anterior photon field. Conventionally, this problem is surmounted with placement of a plastic tracheost...

BACKGROUND Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) dosimetry verification is routinely conducted via integrated or individual field dosimetry using film or a matrix of detectors. Techniques and software systems are commercially available which use individual field dosimetry measurements as input into algorithms that estimate 3D patient dose distributions on CT scan derived target volumes a...

Radiation dosimetry is fundamental in Medical Physics, involving patients and phantom dosimetry. In both cases thennoluminescence dosimetry (TLD) is the most appropriate technique for measuring the absorbed dose. In this paper thennoluminescence phenomenon as well as the use of TLD in radiodiagnosis and radiotherapy for in vivo or in phantom measurements is discussed. Some results of measuremen...

This article describes the principles and evolution of multislice CT (MSCT), including conceptual differences associated with slice definition, cone beam effects, helical pitch, and helical scan technique. MSCT radiation dosimetry is described, and dose issues associated with MSCT-and with CT in general-as well as techniques for reducing patient radiation dose are discussed. Factors associated ...

Cite this article: Changmuang W (2016) The Importance of Patient-Specific Dosimetry to Minimize the Risk of Red Marrow Toxicity from 131I-mIBG Therapies. J Radiol Radiat Ther 4(1): 1059. *Corresponding author Changmuang W, Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, 270 Rama 6 Road, Retchathewi, Bangkok 1040...

Interventional procedures in radiology and cardiology are associated with high dose to the patient. Accurate dosimetry is essential calibration of equipment a means provide necessary accuracy assessment. The objective this work investigate performance dosimeters used interventional different standard non-standard X-ray radiation qualities, potential uncertainties related measurements, thus impr...

background: total body irradiation (tbi) is different from standard radiotherapy in many aspects, so it is not easy to predict the delivered dose to the patient under tbi treatment. diode dosimetry procedures for surface dose reading can help to define variations of the actually delivered dose from the prescribed one. the aim of this study was to describe the measurements made to calibrate diod...

An urgent requirement for 3D dosimetry has been recognized because of high failure rate (~25%) in RPC credentialing, which relies on point and 2D dose measurements. Comprehensive 3D dosimetry is likely to resolve more errors and improve IMRT quality assurance. This work presents an investigation of the feasibility of PRESAGE/optical-CT 3D dosimetry in the Radiologic Physics Center (RPC) IMRT H&...

The high dose gradients near the source characteristics of brachytherapy are equivalent to nefarious effects if unnoticed errors take place during patient treatment. In vivo dosimetry is only method quantify delivered dose. Previous studies this one, have characterized potential detectors that can be used as in dosimeter. Some them focused on tracking topic HDR brachytherapy. aim study perform ...