TY - JOUR
T1 - Audits for advanced treatment dosimetry
AU - Ibbott, G. S.
AU - Thwaites, D. I.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IOP Publishing Ltd.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Radiation therapy has advanced rapidly over the last few decades, progressing from 3D conformal treatment to image-guided intensity modulated therapy of several different flavors, both 3D and 4D and to adaptive radiotherapy. The use of intensity modulation has increased the complexity of quality assurance and essentially eliminated the physicist's ability to judge the validity of a treatment plan, even approximately, on the basis of appearance and experience. Instead, complex QA devices and procedures are required at the institutional level. Similarly, the assessment of treatment quality through remote and on-site audits also requires greater sophistication. The introduction of 3D and 4D dosimetry into external audit systems must follow, to enable quality assurance systems to perform meaningful and thorough audits.
AB - Radiation therapy has advanced rapidly over the last few decades, progressing from 3D conformal treatment to image-guided intensity modulated therapy of several different flavors, both 3D and 4D and to adaptive radiotherapy. The use of intensity modulation has increased the complexity of quality assurance and essentially eliminated the physicist's ability to judge the validity of a treatment plan, even approximately, on the basis of appearance and experience. Instead, complex QA devices and procedures are required at the institutional level. Similarly, the assessment of treatment quality through remote and on-site audits also requires greater sophistication. The introduction of 3D and 4D dosimetry into external audit systems must follow, to enable quality assurance systems to perform meaningful and thorough audits.
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U2 - 10.1088/1742-6596/573/1/012002
DO - 10.1088/1742-6596/573/1/012002
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:84946213606
SN - 1742-6588
VL - 573
JO - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
JF - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
IS - 1
M1 - 012002
T2 - 8th International Conference on 3D Radiation Dosimetry, IC3DDose 2014
Y2 - 4 September 2014 through 7 September 2014
ER -