Proven conventional dosimetry techniques do not provide accuracy and precision in the measurement of inverse planned intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) fields. Dynamic and step-and-shoot multileaf collimation (DMLC/SMLC) challenge current ionization chamber dosimetry practices. Ionization chamber performance in these fields is evaluated for three cylindrical chambers of varying volume...

The stability of delivery of low monitor unit (MU) setting is important especially for step-andshoot intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), because the nature of the technique is inherent to repeat beam on/off according to the number of the segments. This study evaluates the dose linearity and profile flatness/symmetry under low MU settings for Vero4DRT, a new linear-accelerator based irradia...

Introduction: In recent years, one of the emerging two dimensional (2D) carbon based nano- materials namely Graphene Oxide has been incorporated into polymeric matrices to enhance the electrical properties of the composites. The electrical conductivity of Graphene Oxide is excellently used in fabricating polymer-based sensors, energy-related systems, biotechnology, anti-statics...

Dose escalation studies provide a good opportunity to assess the linearity of PK parameters. This paper describes hypothesis testing and confidence interval (C.I.) methods for assessing dose proportionality based on linear regression and weighted least squares (WLS) linear regression. SAS® code is presented using an example study and AUCinf data.

This study investigated the dosimetric properties of various electronic components extracted from a new generation mobile phone using optically stimulated luminescence and thermoluminescence. The studied resistors exhibit high linearity in the dose range of interest, signal repeatibility and reproducibility, along with a minimum detectable dose of 16 mGy after preheating.

background: over recent decades, modern protocols of external beam radio¬therapy and radiation techniques such as intensity-modulated radiotherapy (imrt) have been developed. these methods are extremely sensitive to errors in treatment delivery, so that it is essential to apply a high resolution 3d dosimetry system that has high sensitivity and is capable of measuring and verifying the complex ...

Introduction: Regular implementation of quality control (QC) program in diagnostic X-ray facilities may affect both image quality and patient radiation dose due to the changes in exposure parameters. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the status of randomly selected conventional radiographic X-ray devices installed in radiology centers of Great Khorasan Province, Iran, to produce the da...