Year
2015
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
Centre for Medical Radiation Physics
Recommended Citation
Loo, Kevin Jia-Jin, BrachyView: a novel imaging system using timepix for intraoperative dynamic dose planing for low dose rate prostrate Brachytherapy treatment, Doctor of Philosophy thesis, Centre for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, 2015. https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/4575
Abstract
Prostate cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in the western world, accounting for nearly 30% of all male malignancies. Radiation treatment of such cancer has high success rates, and depends primarily on the physician’s ability to deliver a conformal therapeutic dose to the tumour. This involves a process of treatment planning, brachytherapy implantation, and post-implant dosimetric verification.
FoR codes (2008)
090303 Biomedical Instrumentation, 090304 Medical Devices, 029903 Medical Physics
Unless otherwise indicated, the views expressed in this thesis are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Wollongong.