Integrated systems: Tomotherapy

Niko Papanikolaou; Alonso N. Gutierrez; Sotirios Stathakis; Carlos Esquivel; Chengyu Shi

doi:10.1201/b10448

Integrated systems: Tomotherapy

Niko Papanikolaou, Alonso N. Gutierrez, Sotirios Stathakis, Carlos Esquivel, Chengyu Shi

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Abstract

Quality assurance (QA) protocols for conventional linear accelerators, encompassing both mechanical and dosimetric tests, have been widely studied and reported in the literature (Almond et al. 1999; Kutcher et al. 1994). The introduction of helical tomotherapy (HT) as a novel approach for the delivery of imageguided, intensity-modulated radiation therapy has instigated the development of new QA protocols, which test not only the unique radiation delivery geometry and properties of HT but also the integrated, volumetric megavoltage CT onboard imaging.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Quality and Safety in Radiotherapy
Publisher	CRC Press
Pages	465-467
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9781439804377
ISBN (Print)	9781439804360
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1201/b10448
State	Published - Jan 1 2010

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Medicine(all)
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
Physics and Astronomy(all)

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