kQ-factoren in moderne externe straal radiotherapie-toepassingen om de IAEA TRS-398 bij te werken KU Leuven
Half of the 3.4 million Europeans diagnosed with cancer every year are treated with ionizing radiation. To ensure safety, radiation beams need to be calibrated. Correcting for differences between beam quality at the calibration laboratory and the hospital, a factor called kQ,Q0, is an important aspect of calibration. The International Atomic Energy Agency’s protocol TRS-398, which governs radiotherapy dosimetry, uses kQ,Q0 values calculated ...