International dosimetry: an evaluation of treatment planning in clinical trials.
The British journal of radiology
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Key findings
Dosimetry phantom confirmed uniformity and consistency of radiotherapy treatment planning under hyperbaric oxygen across three international institutions.
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- Sample size
- N/A (phantom-based dosimetry study)
- Population
- Tissue-equivalent phantom (dosimetry quality assurance across three international institutions)
- Dosing
- Not applicable
- Duration
- Not reported
- Route
- Not applicable
- Blinding
- not_reported
- Controls
- none
- Drug class
- physical modality
Full abstract
A tissue-equivalent phantom containing thermoluminescent dosimeters was mailed in succession to Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Middlesex, England, to Groote Schuur Hospital, Capetown, South Africa, and to Winnipeg General Hospital, Winnipeg, Canada, to determine the accuracy and consistency in treatment for carcinoma of the cervix under hyperbaric oxygen conditions. (Protocol of the Medical Research Council's Working Party on Radiotherapy and Hyperbaric Oxygen.) The data were analysed by the Radiological Physics Center, Houston, Texas, and substantiate uniformity at and between the participating institutions.