In helical computed tomography (CT), reconstruction information from volumes adjacent to the clinical volume of interest (VOI) is required for proper reconstruction. Previous studies have relied upon either operator console readings or indirect extrapolation of measurements in order to determine the over-ranging length of a scan. This paper presents a methodology for the direct quantification o...

Chest X-ray is one the most frequently required diagnostic procedures used in clinical practice to produce an image of organs, tissues and bones body with a significant impact on collective dose. However, radiation dose received by patients from this procedure likely show large variations within among radiodiagnostic centres. This could be traced lack imaging protocols local or national referen...

Study a new film prepared via casting mixture of aqueous solutions consists Orange IV and Indigo Carmine dyes embedded poly (vinyl alcohol) for dose monitoring. The may be beneficial in low moderate monitor range from 0 to 60 kGy. undergoes an obvious color change green red on exposure gamma photons nominated it used as label dosimeter. response curve the target depends concentration added chlo...

A new inhalation synchronised dosimeter triggered by low inspiratory flow rates has been assessed. The methacholine challenge test using dosimeter nebulisation with controlled tidal breathing was compared with continuous nebulisation using De Vilbiss No 40 nebulisers with deep inhalations in 11 asthmatic subjects. Within subject PD20 FEV1 values were lower with the dosimeter method than with th...

PURPOSE The commissioning of treatment planning systems and beam modeling requires measured input parameters. The measurement of relative output in-air, Sc is particularly difficult for small fields. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of miniphantom design and detector selection on measured Sc values for small fields and to validate the measurements against Monte Carlo s...

The Delta4 biplanar diode array dosimeter was validated for helical tomotherapy delivery QA. The basic detector characteristics were found to be satisfactory in terms of short-term reproducibility (0.1%), linearity (<0.1%), dose rate dependence (0.4%), and absolute calibration accuracy (0.4% in the center of the phantom compared with the independently calibrated diode). Relative calibration of ...

PURPOSE To evaluate the suitability of the GD-301 glass dosimeter for use in in vivo dose verification in proton therapy. METHODS The glass dosimeter was analyzed for its dosimetric characteristic in proton beam. Dosimeters were calibrated in a water phantom using a stair-like holder specially designed for this study. To determine the accuracy of the glass dosimeter in proton dose measurement...

The authors have studied the feasibility of using three new high-sensitivity radiochromic devices in measuring the doses to peripheral points outside the primary megavoltage photon beams. The three devices were GAFCHROMIC® EBT film, prototype Low Dose (LD) Film, and prototype LD Card. The authors performed point dosimetry using these three devices in water-equivalent solid phantoms at x = 3,5,8...

BACKGROUND Reliance on verbal self-report of solar exposure in skin cancer prevention and epidemiologic studies may be problematic if self-report data are not valid due to systematic errors in recall, social desirability bias, or other reasons. METHODS This study examines the validity of self-reports of exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR) compared to objectively measured exposure among ch...