ONCOL 355 - Treatment Planning and Dosimetry I

3 units (fi 6)(FIRST, 3-0-2)

Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry

The foundation of radiation therapy treatment planning considering radiation dose deposition within the patient. Characteristics of radiation beams, and the intricacies of treatment calculations are applied in order to develop an appropriate treatment strategy for typical tumor locations. The course covers the use of low and high energy X-ray, electron and Cobalt60 for a variety of treatment techniques.

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