Tag: radiation dosimetry

Ionizing radiation acoustic and ultrasound dual-modality imaging for visualization of dose on anatomical structures during radiotherapy

Author(s): Yaocai Huang, Ibrahim Oraiqat, Dale Litzenberg, Madhumithra Subramanian Karthikes, Christopher Tichacek, Glebys Gonzalez, Zhanpeng Xu, Sarah Dykstra, Borui Li, Scott Hadley, Eduardo G. Moros, Man Zhang, Paul L. Carson, Kyle C. Cuneo, Xueding Wang, Issam El Naqa, Wei Zhang ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to visualize the radiation dose on anatomical structures during radiation therapy (RT) by […]

Toward in vivo dosimetry in external beam radiotherapy using x-ray acoustic computed tomography: A soft-tissue phantom study validation

Author(s): Hao Lei, Wei Zhang, Ibrahim Oraiqat, Zhipeng Liu, Jun Ni, Xueding Wang, Issam El Naqa Abstract Purpose: To study, using phantoms made from biological tissues, the feasibility and practical challenges of monitoring the position of the radiation beam and the deposited dose by x-ray acoustic computed tomography (XACT) during external beam radiotherapy delivery. Material and methods: A prototype XACT system […]