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Nucleus

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LLANES VEIGA, E.; ALFONSO LAGUARDIA, R.  y  CABALLERO PINELO, R.. In vivo dosimetry in total body irradiation. Nucleus [online]. 2019, n.65, pp. 51-55.  Epub 27-Jul-2019. ISSN 2075-5635.

Total Body Irradiation (TBI) is a radiotherapy technique that consists of irradiating homogeneously the whole patient’s body and it is characterized by an extended source to surface distances and the use of large irradiation fields. The limitations of the available input data and inherent problems with the calculation procedures make it very difficult to accurately determine the dose distributions in TBI. For these reasons, it is highly recommended to use In Vivo Dosimetry (IVD), to guarantee the quality of TBI treatments as a direct measurement of the delivered dose. An IVD QA system was implemented based on semiconductor diodes and radiochromic films. For the commissioning of the system, both detector types were calibrated independently, using as reference an ionization chamber with a valid certificate in terms of absorbed dose to water (Dw). This guarantees the traceability of the measurements. An experiment was carried out to simulate a clinical TBI procedure to a phantom. In this way, the calibration of the dosimetry system was confirmed.

Palabras clave : in vivo; dosimetry; whole-body irradiation; radiotherapy; calibration.

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