RADTX 370 - Principles of Dose Calculation

4 CR

This course is an introduction to the principles and methods for calculation of treatment times when administering radiation therapy treatments.

Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into Radiation Therapy, BAS

Course Outcomes

Analyze the purpose of the radiation therapy prescription.
Compare and contrast a radiation therapy prescription to a general medical prescription.
Apply specific geometric figures to radiation therapy applications.
Apply specific trigonometry functions to radiation therapy applications.
Identify the factors included in basic monitor unit and minute calculations.
Apply the inverse square law to a beam of radiation and output of a linear accelerator.
Analyze beam divergence and magnification associated with a beam of radiation.
Compare the information included in specific radiation therapy beam data tables.
Apply mathematical interpolation and extrapolation models to beam data tables.
Apply the beam data tables for basic monitor unit calculations.
Evaluate potential sources or errors in calculations for patient treatments.
Calculate a monitor unit setting within 2% accuracy of a computer calculation.

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