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* Sun Nuclear QA 3 Device:
* Sun Nuclear QA 3 Device:
** A novel daily QA system for proton therapy
** A novel daily QA system for proton therapy
*** https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5714372/
*** https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5714372/
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* IBA Zebra:
* IBA Zebra:
** Quality assurance of proton beams using a multilayer ionization chamber system
** Quality assurance of proton beams using a multilayer ionization chamber system
*** https://aapm.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1118/1.4817481
*** https://aapm.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1118/1.4817481

Revision as of 17:20, 31 January 2019

Electronic Log for James Golbourn


To Do:

  • Email Alison for details of Hakan Nystrom.
  • Get in contact with Laurent contact at Med Austrom about QA procedures.
  • Prepare practice presentation for project (8/2/19)
  • Write up report on meeting with UCLH.
  • Look at what functioning centres are using as QA.
  • Look at advantages and disadvantages of QA systems.
  • Write research essay.
  • Update presentation with corrections made.

Tasks Completed:

  • Presentation to PBT group.
  • Project progress report.
  • Project outline.

Key Dates:

  • Project Outline - 03/12/2018
  • Project Progress Report - 31/01/2019
  • Short Presentation - 08/02/2019 (9.00 am)
  • Research Essay - 31/03/2019
  • Thesis Deadline - 22/08/2019
  • Final Presentation - 02/09/2019

Progress Report Outline:

  • Introduction to Proton beam therapy.
  • What is Quality Assurance?
  • Important beam characteristics.
  • Commercially available devices such as the Matrixx, Lynx and Sun Nuclear QA3.
  • Other methods for measuring beam properties.

Comments made about presentation:

  • Understand what range modulators do.
  • Look into whether Zebra was initially designed for X-Rays.
  • Zebra not often used for daily QA due to the very long initial set up time.
  • Investigate film dosimetry e.g Gafchromic film.
  • Research Lynx scintillator.
  • Range calorimeter - need a moving absorber, e.g water tank, to measure energy and range.
  • Know difference between scintillator screens and fibres - fibres use fibre optics and are not used due to needing something to read output from each fibre which is expensive.
  • UCLH will have 4 treatment rooms.
  • Put slide number on presentation.
  • Expand on each daily QA:
    • Table of devices
    • Tolerances
    • How long it takes
  • Collect standards and tolerances on energy, spot size and output.

Useful Links for Research Essay: