RADON 101 - Principles of Dose Calculation

4 CR

Explores principles and methods for calculation of treatment times in administering radiation therapy treatments.

Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into program.

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 calculations
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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