EXPERIENCE WITH COMPUTERIZED IMPLANT DOSIMETRY

Abstract

Computers, by their ability to perform many calculations accurately and rapidly, make it possible to obtain and display information which would otherwise not be feasibly obtainable. Computerized treatment planning for internal radioactive sources, as well as for external radiation beams, obviously provides a more accurate and more complete determination of radiation dosage; it also demands more precise clinical data and thus tends to raise the level of all the work in the radiotherapy center.