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The Department of Radiation Oncology of the Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney is one of the major centres for radiotherapy in Australia. About 1600 patients are treated per year using four linear accelerators (Varian Clinac 4, Clinac 6, Clinac 10/18 and Clinac 1800), one superficial (Philips RT100) and one orthovoltage unit (Siemens Stabilipan). In addition to portal imaging for the check of patient positioning, thermoluminescence dosimeters (TLDs) are used in order to verify the treatment. The planning radiographers request TLD measurements to be done on approximately 100 patients per year. In their treatments about 200 TLD measurements are performed per year. This is the highest number of direct dose monitoring on patients in Australasia (Fox 1990).
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Kron, T., Schneider, M., Amies, C. (1992). Correlation Between the Dose Calculated from Plan and the Dose Measured with Thermoluminescence Dosimetry in Radiotherapy. In: Breit, A., Heuck, A., Lukas, P., Kneschaurek, P., Mayr, M. (eds) Tumor Response Monitoring and Treatment Planning. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-48681-4_89
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