Open AccessVerification of treatment planning algorithms using optically stimulated luminescent dosimeters in a breast phantom
Author(s) -
Zhenia Gopalakrishnan,
Raghuram K Nair,
P Raghukumar,
Sharika Venugopal Me,
Saju Bhasi
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of medical physics/journal of medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1998-3913
pISSN - 0971-6203
DOI - 10.4103/jmp.jmp_112_18
Subject(s) - imaging phantom , dosimeter , nuclear medicine , radiation treatment planning , materials science , standard deviation , dose profile , optically stimulated luminescence , medicine , mathematics , biomedical engineering , radiation therapy , dosimetry , radiology , statistics
The aim of this study is to measure and compare the surface dose of treated breast and contralateral breast with the treatment planning system (TPS) calculated dose using calibrated optically stimulated luminescent dosimeter (OSLD) in an indigenous wax breast phantom.