Evaluation of a commercial diode monitor for mailed quality control of therapy units.
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Abstract
A commercial diode dosimeter was evaluated for use in a mailed radiotherapy quality control package. The quality control package contained the commercial diode dosimeter and four thermoluminescent dosimeters to measure the given dose, and it also contained a photographic film to measure the light/radiation field coincidence. The film also served as a backup dosimeter. Twenty small Midwestern hospitals participated in field measurements; approximately half of the hospitals had a consulting physicist and the others had one full-time physicist. Each hospital was asked to deliver 1.5 Gy (150 rads) to the device, which was returned to our laboratory for evaluation. Reliable results were obtained from three measurements at each hospital at about 3-month intervals. The diode dosimeter was more precise than thermoluminescent dosimeters or film.
Medical subject headings
- Postal Service
- Radiometry
- Radiotherapy