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Filtering by: Committee Member Carozza, Susan E. Date 2010 Degree Field Radiation Health Physics Language English [eng]

Radiation dose and risk in interventional neuroradiology

Creator:

Magill, Dennise M.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Exposure from medical radiation sources are on the rise in the United States. Often the highest potential source of radiation dose to patients and radiology staff occur during interventional radiology procedures performed using fluoroscopy and digital subtraction angiography (DSA) to provide image guidance in minimally invasive surgical procedures. Several...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis
Dosimetric verification of respiratory gated radiation therapy for tumors involving the lung

Creator:

Webb, Lindsey S.

Abstract:

As the field of radiation therapy evolves new treatment techniques will be established. An example of an evolving treatment technique is respiratory gated radiation therapy (RGRT). Research and studies have shown that RGRT can be used to account for tumor motion as a result of respiratory motion. With evolving technology...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis
An investigation on photoneutron production from medical linear accelerators

Creator:

Eller, Leanna R.

Abstract:

The photoneutron production from three Varian linear accelerators ranging in energies from 6 MV to 23 MV has been investigated. Photoneutrons are produced during (γ, n) interactions with materials located within the treatment head. These unwanted neutrons not only increase patient dose, but may also lead to the requirement of...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis