IAEA Resource Listings
Selecting Megavoltage Treatment Technologies in External Beam Radiotherapy
Radiotherapy can be delivered with different types of machine, such as external beam high energy radiation machines, kilovoltage machines and brachytherapy equipment. Variation in the incidence of different cancer types, the complexity and cost of treatment technologies, and differences in local social, economic and physical circumstances are all factors that influence technology acquisition, purchase and implementation. This publication addresses one of the many factors, associated with the planning of a new radiotherapy facility or the upgrade of an existing one – the selection of a high energy (megavoltage) radiotherapy machine. The two main high energy machine types are medical linear accelerators (linacs) and cobalt-60 machines. Although both treatment modalities have been compared extensively in the relevant literature, very few publications describe all the issues to consider when choosing a megavoltage machine. This publication puts all appropriate questions into context and provides information for non-technical administrators and decision makers, and for professionals directly involved in treating patients.
2022
Review of Data and Methods Recommended in the International Code of Practice for Dosimetry, IAEA Technical Reports Series No. 381, The Use of Plane Parallel Ionization Chambers in High Energy Electron and Photon Beams
IAEA-TECDOC-1173 | 130 pages | € 15.00 | Date published: 2000
2000
Review of Data and Methods Recommended in the International Code of Practice, IAEA Technical Reports Series No. 277, Absorbed Dose Determination in Photon and Electron Beams
IAEA-TECDOC-897 | 72 pages | € 15.00 | Date published: 1996
1996
Specification and Acceptance Testing of Radiotherapy Treatment Planning Systems
IAEA-TECDOC-1540 | 92-0-102707-9 | 68 pages | € 15.00 | Date published: 2007
2007
The Use of Plane Parallel Ionization Chambers in High Energy Electron and Photon Beams
STI/DOC/010/381 | 92-0-104896-3 | 125 pages | 21 figures | € 32.00 | Date published: 1997
1997
Radiation Protection in the Design of Radiotherapy Facilities
STI/PUB/1223 | 92-0-100505-9 | 129 pages | 18 figures | € 29.00 | Date published: 2006
2006
Transition from 2-D Radiotherapy to 3-D Conformal and Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy
IAEA-TECDOC-1588 | 978-92-0-104008-4 | 70 pages | € 15.00 | Date published: 2008
2008