Open AccessDevelopment of a Simple Radioactive marker System to Reduce Positioning Errors in Radiation Treatment
Author(s) -
William H. Miller,
Jatinder Palta
Publication year - 2007
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/902658
Subject(s) - margin (machine learning) , quality assurance , radiation dose , simple (philosophy) , computer science , medical physics , nuclear medicine , medicine , machine learning , pathology , philosophy , external quality assessment , epistemology
The objective of this research is to implement an inexpensive, quick and simple monitor that provides an accurate indication of proper patient position during the treatment of cancer by external beam X-ray radiation and also checks for any significant changes in patient anatomy. It is believed that this system will significantly reduce the treatment margin, provide an additional, independent quality assurance check of positioning accuracy prior to all treatments and reduce the probability of misadministration of therapeutic dose