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    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1984 May;10(5):723-35.

    Pion treatment procedures and verification techniques.

    Zink SR, Bush SE, Gilman CJ, Hilko RH, Justice RK, Osborne EC, Smith AR, Berardo PA.

    Abstract

    Procedures and techniques developed for the negative pi-meson (pion) radiotherapy program at the Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility, Los Alamos, NM, are reviewed and described. A particular pion patient is followed through the entire planning and treatment sequence to describe CT scanning procedures, bolus and collimator and treatment techniques developed to minimize positioning errors (less than 5 mm). Comparison of 2-D and 3-D isodose calculations developed at Los Alamos showed differences of less than 10% attributable to multiple scattering effects and the computational models used. Treatment verification methods using in vivo ion chamber dosimetry generally confirmed the prescribed dose delivery within 10% and using TLD within 18%.

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    6429096
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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