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ArticleMedical physics2019

Technical Note: Quality assurance and relative dosimetry testing of a

Irwin I Tendler, Jeremy S Bredfeldt, Rongxiao Zhang, Petr Bruza, Michael Jermyn, Brian W Pogue, David J Gladstone

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Article in Medical physics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Irwin I TendlerThayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.
Jeremy S BredfeldtDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Rongxiao ZhangWinship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Petr BruzaThayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.
Michael JermynThayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.
Brian W PogueThayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.
David J GladstoneThayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.
Dartmouth College · USDana-Farber Cancer Institute · USDartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center · USDoseOptics (United States) · USEmory University · US

Funding

OPTICAL CHERENKOV IMAGING DOSIMETRY IN HUMAN RADIOTHERAPYR01EB023909 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI GLADSTONE, DAVID J., JARVIS, LESLEY A · 2017 to 2024
$4.4M
Optical imaging for radiation therapy dose verification on patientsR44CA199836 · NCI · DOSEOPTICS, LLC · PI WARE, WILLIAM · 2015 to 2016
$1.3M
NCI NIH HHS R44 CA199836NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB023909NIH HHS P30 CA023106NIH HHS R01 EB023909NIH HHS R44 CA199836
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe aim of this study was to create an optical imaging-based system for quality assurance (QA) testing of a dedicated Co-60 total body irradiation (TBI) machine. Our goal is to streamline the QA process by minimizing the amount time necessary for tests such as verification of dose rate and field homogeneity.

methodsPlastic scintillating rods were placed directly on the patient treatment couch of a dedicated TBI

resultsThe scintillator-based system accurately reported changes in dose rate. When comparing normalized output values for IC vs scintillators over a range of source-to-surface distances, a linear relationship (R

conclusionImaging of scintillation light emission from plastic rods is a viable and efficient method for carrying out TBI

Indexed as

Optical ImagingCobalt RadioisotopesQuality ControlRadiometryRadiotherapy DosageWhole-Body IrradiationCobalt-60Cobalt Radioisotopesimagingopticalquality assurance (QA)scintillatortotal body irradiation (TBI)

Identifiers

PMID31152565
PMCPMC9555733
OpenAlexW2947001915

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