Physical aspects of total-body irradiation at the Middlesex Hospital (UCL group of hospitals), London 1988 - 1993: II. In vivo planning and dosimetry

• Published in: Physics in medicine & biology Vol. 41; no. 11; pp. 2327 - 2343
• Main Authors: Planskoy, B, Tapper, P D, Bedford, A M, Davis, F M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.11.1996; Institute of Physics
• Subjects: Age Factors; Applied radiobiology (equipment, dosimetry...); Biological and medical sciences; Biological effects of radiation; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive - radiotherapy; Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute - radiotherapy; London; Lung - radiation effects; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin - radiotherapy; Posture; Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma - radiotherapy; Radiotherapy Dosage; Radiotherapy, Computer-Assisted; Tissues, organs and organisms biophysics; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Whole-Body Irradiation - methods; London; Dose repartition; Human; Radiodiagnosis; Radiotherapy; Radioprotection; In vivo; Particle irradiation; Medical imagery; Planning technique; Computerized axial tomography; Whole body; Dosimetry; Thermoluminescent dosimeter

Part II of this paper gives the results of applying the TBI methods described in part I, to in vivo patient planning and dosimetry. Patients are planned on nine CT based body slices, five of which pass through the lungs. Planned doses are verified with ten silicon diodes applied bi-laterally to five...