Dose uniformity from a computerized three-dimensional tissue compensating system

Med Dosim. 1997 Summer;22(2):113-6. doi: 10.1016/s0958-3947(97)00007-1.

Abstract

A verification of dose uniformity of the Huestis Compu-Former, a three dimensional megavoltage tissue compensator, is presented. Tissue compensators were built for three different anthropomorphic phantoms: a head and neck, a mantle, and a breast. Film densitometry was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the tissue compensators by comparing isodose curves generated for a compensated and an uncompensated field. Evaluation of the isodose distributions for the three regions confirmed the use of the Compu-Former as a reliable tissue compensating system.

MeSH terms

  • Breast / radiation effects
  • Female
  • Head / radiation effects
  • Humans
  • Neck / radiation effects
  • Phantoms, Imaging*
  • Radiotherapy Dosage*
  • Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted*