ArticleMedical physics2018
A ring-based compensator IMRT system optimized for low- and middle-income countries: Design and treatment planning study.
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- Cobalt compensator-based IMRT device: A treatment planning study of head and neck cases.Physica medica : PM : an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology : official journal of the Italian Association of Biomedical Physics (AIFB) · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeWe propose a novel compensator-based IMRT system designed to provide a simple, reliable, and cost-effective adjunct technology, with the goal of expanding global access to advanced radiotherapy techniques. The system would employ easily reusable tungsten bead compensators that operate independent of a gantry (e.g., mounted in a ring around the patient). Thereby the system can be retrofitted to existing linac and cobalt teletherapy units. This study explores the quality of treatment plans from the proposed system and the dependence on associated design parameters.
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conclusionsThe novel ring-compensator IMRT system can produce plans of comparable quality to standard 6 MV-MLC systems. Even when
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