50 Years of the IAEA/WHO postal dose audit programme for radiotherapy: what can we learn from 13756 results?
J. Iżewska, Tomislav Bokulić, Pavel Kazantsev, Paulina Wesolowska, D. van der Merwe
Abstract
Over the 50 years that the IAEA has accumulated dosimetry audit data, practices in radiotherapy centres have significantly improved. Higher quality dosimetry confirmed in audits is generally associated with better infrastructure and adequate dosimetry expertise of medical physicists in participating centres.
Topics & Concepts
DosimetryAuditMedicineQuality assuranceMedical physicsDosimeterRadiation therapyNuclear medicineAccountingBusinessSurgeryPathologyExternal quality assessmentAdvanced Radiotherapy TechniquesRadiation Therapy and DosimetryRadiation Dose and Imaging