In this study, a revised target model for quantifying the in vitro radiosensitivity of mung bean sprout elongation to 6-MV X-rays was developed. The revised target model, which incorporated the Poisson prediction for a low probability of success, provided theoretical estimates that were highly consistent with the actual data measured in this study. The revised target model correlated different ...

background: small photon fields are increasingly used in modern radiotherapy especially in intensity modulated radiation therapy (imrt) and stereotactic radiosurgery (srs) treatments. accurate beam profile and central axis depth doses measurements of such beams are complicated due to the electron disequilibrium. hence the ebt2 (external beam therapy) gafchromic film was used for dosimetry of sm...

introduction in this study, we aimed to assess the medium-term energy stability of a 6mv elekta compacttm linear accelerator. to the best of our knowledge, this is the first published article to evaluate this linear accelerator in terms of energy stability. as well as investigating the stability of the linear accelerator energy over a period of several weeks, the results will be useful for esti...

Background: Gold nanoparticles are emerging as promising agents for cancer therapy and are being investigated as drug carriers, photothermal agents, contrast agents and radiosensitisers.Objective: The aim of this study is to understand characteristics of secondary electrons generated from interaction of gold nanoparticles GNPs with x-rays as a function of nanoparticle size and beam energy and ...

BACKGROUND The accuracy of the two dose calculation engines available for RapidArc planning (both released for clinical use) is investigated in comparison to the COMPASS data. METHODS Two dose calculation algorithms (Acuros-XB and Anisotropic Analytic Algorithm (AAA)) were used to calculate RA plans and compared to calculations with the Collapsed Cone Convolution algorithm (CC) from the COMPA...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Radiotherapy is an important treatment for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Timing of radiotherapy has attracted more attention nowadays. This study was to assess the efficacy of accelerated fractionation (six fractions per week) versus conventional fractionation (five fractions per week) for NPC, thus to improve treatment efficacy without increasing complications. METHO...

Purpose: To assess the role of 3'-deoxy-3'-F-fluoro-thymidine (F-FLT) and 2'-deoxy-2'-F-fluorodeoxy-glucose (F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) imaging in the evaluation of the therapeutic effects of radiotherapy during treatment of lung adenocarcinoma. Methods: Eighteen mice with lung adenocarcinoma were randomly divided into 2 groups; each group was randomly paired and evenly divided i...

ID: 5462 Title: Advances in Co-60 based Tomotherapy Including Megavoltage CT Purpose: To evaluate the potential for Co-60 based tomotherapy including dose delivery and mega-voltage CT (MVCT). Tomotherapy is a rotational implementation of IMRT that provides highly conformal doses and patient setup verification using MVCT. Current tomotherapy is limited to linear accelerators. This poster present...

BACKGROUND To report about initial clinical experience in radiation treatment of carcinoma of prostate with volumetric modulated arcs with the RapidArc (RA) technology. METHODS Forty-five patients with a median age of 72 +/- 3, affected by prostate carcinoma (T1c: 22 patients, T2a-b: 17 patients, T3a-b: 6 patients. N0: 43 patients, N1-Nx: 2 patients, all M0), with initial PSA of 10.0 +/- 3.0 ...