Korean J Med Phys.
2005 Sep;16(3):130-137.
Development of Total Body Irradiation Program
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- 1Department of Radiation Oncology, St. Mary's Hospital, Korea.
- 2CyberKnife Center, Kangnam St. Mary's Hospital, Korea. k3yn@catholic.ac.kr
- 3Seoul C&J, Inc., Korea.
Abstract
- In total body irradiation (TBI) for leukemia, we have a two methode. One is a AP (anterior-posterior) method and the other is a Lateral methode. Our hospital used lateral methode. TBI must consider about body contour, because of homogeneous dose distribution. For compensation about irregular body contour, we use compensator. For TBI treatment, we must be considered, accurate manufacture of compensator and accurate calculation of dose. We developed the automatic program for TBI. This program accomplished for compensator design and dose calculation for irregular body. This program was developed for uses to use in a windows environment using the IDL language. In this program, it use energy data for each energy: TMR, output factor, inverse square law, spoiler, field size factor. This program reduces the error to happen due to the manual. As a development of program, we could decrease the time of treatment plan and care the patient accurately.
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