introduction: radiation therapy following breast conserving surgery is one of the most common procedures performed in any radiation oncology department. a tangential parallel-opposed pair is almost always the technique of choice for this purpose. this technique is often performed based on 3d treatment planning. the aim of this study was to compare 3d treatment planning for two different energie...

Introduction: The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of partially used high photon energies on dosimetric parameters and integral doses of nasopharynx IMRT plans.   Materials and Methods: Two 7 coplanar IMRT plan were created for eleven patients (6 MV only IMRT plan in both phase1 and phase2 and 6 MV phase1-mixed energies (6 MV and 15 MV) phase2...

Dosage estimation for conformation radiotherapy applied to cervical cancer was discussed. Field size and shape in conformation therapy was freely change able according to the shape and size of tumor. When the same size and shape of the field for therapy by Co 60 gamma ray was applied to each case, tissue-air ratio TAR was given by an equation, T=-0.00326d+1.035, where T is TAR and d an average ...

The design of a rail-to-rail micropower comparator in CMOS technology is described. The circuit is intended for implantable biomedical devices powered by batteries, with a total consumption of 500nA and operation up to supply voltages of 2V. This cell, currently being fabricated, has a core die area of 0.27 mm2 on a 2.4###m standard analog CMOS technology with a 0.85V nominal threshold voltage....

To evaluate the utility of Dynalog file information for planar dose verification in IMRT QA, a program is developed to convert Dynalog file data to DMLC field files. For this study, five predefined fluencies are planned and delivered using Varian, Eclipse 3D planning system and 6MV photon beam of Varian, Clinac DMX linear accelerator. To measure planar dose distribution, Kodak, EDR2 films are e...