Dose quality assurance for stereotactic radiotherapy treatments

Julian R Perks; Ivan Rosenberg; Jim Warrington

doi:10.1088/0031-9155/44/10/401

Dose quality assurance for stereotactic radiotherapy treatments

Julian R Perks, Ivan Rosenberg, Jim Warrington

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Abstract

A simple Perspex phantom is presented for routine dosimetry checks of stereotactic radiotherapy procedures, along with a procedure for checking the planning process. The phantom is hemispherical and water filled. It can be fitted into the Brown-Robert-Wells fiducial system for CT scanning and attached to the stereotactic frame for treatment. Both arcing and fixed field plans can be carried out on the phantom. We present our results, performed on a Varian 600C linac, which were found to be within 2% of the expected dose.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	Physics in Medicine and Biology
Volume	44
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/44/10/401
State	Published - Oct 1999
Externally published	Yes

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Biomedical Engineering
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Radiological and Ultrasound Technology

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