Study of peripheral dose in stereotactic radiotherapy with cyberknife with the use of the mobileMOSFET dose verification system

• Main Author: Βλαχοπούλου, Βασιλική
• Other Authors: Παναγιωτάκης, Γεώργιος
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Peripheral dose; Stereotactic radiotherapy; Cyberknife; MOSFET dosimeters; Περιφερική δόση; Στερεοτακτική ακτινοθεραπεία; MOSFET δοσίμετρα; 616.994 064 2

The risk of secondary cancer associated with low doses of ionizing radiation, is gaining new interest every day, especially in long term surviving patients. The unavoidable amount of the scattered dose, which is absorbed by radiosensitive tissues/organs away from the irradiated treatment site, known...