RADON 203 - Treatment Planning II 6 CR
Presents a variety of radiation therapy treatment techniques and dose calculation methods.
Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into program.
Course Outcomes - Analyze the factors that affect the dose distribution isodose shown on isodose charts
- Evaluate dose distributions for various beam energies and patient contours
- Appraise the changes in dose distributions created by oblique incidence and tissue inhomogeneities
- Analyze the criteria for selection of treatment fields
- Design treatment field arrangements for the treatment of specified cancers
- Calculate monitor unit settings and point doses
- Evaluate various monitor unit and dose distribution models selecting the appropriate model for specific calculation situations
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