Dose Verification in IMRT and VMAT

摘要

This is a review paper of the current IMRT dosimetric verification methods, with the emphasis on the solid state dosimeters. Different types of IMRT treatments and the associated quality assurance challenges are described. The prevailing techniques of quantifying dosimetric agreement and their weaknesses in terms of clinical relevance are discussed. A variety of empirical, semi-empirical, and purely calculational methods are summarized from a clinical practice point of view. A number of available commercial devices and emerging technologies are described.