Open AccessDosimetric characterization of an intensity-modulated X-ray brachytherapy system
Author(s) -
SungWoo Lee,
Е. А. Созонтов,
Emil Strumban,
FangFang Yin
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_52_18
Subject(s) - brachytherapy , characterization (materials science) , x ray , nuclear medicine , intensity (physics) , materials science , medical physics , medicine , optics , radiology , physics , radiation therapy
An intensity-modulated X-ray brachytherapy system is being developed for various clinical applications. This new system makes it possible for clinical staff to control energy as well as dose rate for different tumor sites according to their sizes and radiobiological characteristics.