TY - JOUR
T1 - Diode arrays and QA of advanced techniques
AU - Gutiérrez, Alonso N.
AU - Calvo, Oscar
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Dosimetric verification of delivery for intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) treatment plans is critical to ensure accurate and safe patient treatments. Commonly, a point dose measurement using a calibrated ion chamber as well as a planar dose measurement using film was traditionally implemented for dosimetric quality assurance (QA) of treatment plans. However, new products have become commercially available in which both an absolute and coarse planar dose measurements can be acquired simultaneously by the use of an array of detectors - either ion chamber- or diode-based. Currently, two devices, MapCHECK and Delta4, utilize diode technology for planar dose measurements with Delta4 implementing an orthogonal biplanar arrangement versus the common singular plane. Both devices have been thoroughly clinically characterized with more published experience in the literature available for the MapCHECK due to the novelty of Delta4. In this review, an overview of basic diode dosimetry and both diode array systems is presented with an emphasis on our research and clinical experience of the Delta4.
AB - Dosimetric verification of delivery for intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) treatment plans is critical to ensure accurate and safe patient treatments. Commonly, a point dose measurement using a calibrated ion chamber as well as a planar dose measurement using film was traditionally implemented for dosimetric quality assurance (QA) of treatment plans. However, new products have become commercially available in which both an absolute and coarse planar dose measurements can be acquired simultaneously by the use of an array of detectors - either ion chamber- or diode-based. Currently, two devices, MapCHECK and Delta4, utilize diode technology for planar dose measurements with Delta4 implementing an orthogonal biplanar arrangement versus the common singular plane. Both devices have been thoroughly clinically characterized with more published experience in the literature available for the MapCHECK due to the novelty of Delta4. In this review, an overview of basic diode dosimetry and both diode array systems is presented with an emphasis on our research and clinical experience of the Delta4.
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U2 - 10.1088/1742-6596/250/1/012049
DO - 10.1088/1742-6596/250/1/012049
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:78650574167
VL - 250
SP - 227
EP - 230
JO - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
JF - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
SN - 1742-6588
M1 - 012049
ER -