An overview on small-field dosimetry in photon beam radiotherapy: Developments and challenges

作者:Bagheri Hamed; Soleimani Azadeh; Gharehaghaji Nahideh; Me**ahi Asghar; Manouchehri Farhad; Shekarchi Babak; Dormanesh Banafsheh; Dadgar Habib Alah*
来源:Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics, 2017, 13(2): 175-185.
DOI:10.4103/0973-1482.199444

摘要

Small fields are more repeatedly used for radiation therapy as small segments in intensity-modulated radiotherapy or as in the form of independent fields in stereotactic radiosurgery and other novel equipment such as cyberknife and tomotherapy. Nevertheless, the application of small fields for radiotherapy of lung makes the dose calculation and planning inaccurate due to the existence of electronic disequilibrium and intrinsic deficiencies within most of the analytical dose calculation algorithms. The current review attempts to gather the information in this regard and focuses on the current progresses and retaining issues associated with this type of photon beams.

  • 出版日期2017-6