Method for pre treatment verification in radiation therapy

The present invention relates to a method to measure dose distribution in a patient-shaped phantom with high accuracy. The invention consists of a method of measuring dose distribution in a phantom for radiation therapy treatment verification, a detector configuration in such a phantom, detector imp...

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Main Author NILSSON GORGEN
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 14.09.2006
Subjects
ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVEREDIN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS
DIAGNOSIS
ELECTROTHERAPY
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
MAGNETOTHERAPY
MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
MEASURING
MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE
MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
PHYSICS
RADIATION THERAPY
SURGERY
TARIFF METERING APPARATUS
TESTING
ULTRASOUND THERAPY
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Summary:The present invention relates to a method to measure dose distribution in a patient-shaped phantom with high accuracy. The invention consists of a method of measuring dose distribution in a phantom for radiation therapy treatment verification, a detector configuration in such a phantom, detector improvement and measurement methodology to enable application of correction factors in an accurate way.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20050551184