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Transmission detectors are safe and the future for patient‐specific QA in radiation therapy
Author(s) -
Rangaraj Dharanipathy,
Yaddanapudi Sridhar,
Cai Jing
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1002/mp.13201
Subject(s) - quality assurance , workflow , medical physics , radiation oncology , software , radiation therapy , computer science , medicine , engineering , operations management , radiology , operating system , external quality assessment , database
Real-time radiation dose monitoring during treatment delivery is highly desired for quality assurance purposes but has been hampered in its clinical implementation due to various technical challenges. Recent advances in transmission detector technology offer a potential solution for real-time dosimetric measurements of treatment delivery. While some are optimistic about the clinical adoption of transmission detector technology for enhancing the safety of radiation therapy, others have some significant concerns about using transmission detectors for dosimetric measurements. This is the premise debated in this month's Point/Counterpoint. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.