Open AccessVolumetric-modulated arc therapy lung stereotactic body radiation therapy dosimetric quality assurance: A comparison between radiochromic film and chamber array
Author(s) -
Juan Fernando Mata Colodro,
A. Serna Berná,
V. Puchades,
D. Ramos Amores,
Miguel Alcaraz Baños
Publication year - 2017
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_130_16
Subject(s) - quality assurance , ionization chamber , nuclear medicine , materials science , normalization (sociology) , medicine , physics , quantum mechanics , sociology , anthropology , ionization , ion , external quality assessment , pathology
The aim of this work is to verify the use of radiochromic film in the quality assurance (QA) of volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) lung stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) plans and compare the results with those obtained using an ion chamber array.