Commissioning and out-of-field dose characterisation of the Elekta Unity MRL
Powers, Marcus (2022) Commissioning and out-of-field dose characterisation of the Elekta Unity MRL. PhD thesis, James Cook University.
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Abstract
Marcus Powers commissioned the Southern Hemisphere's first clinical MRI-guided Linear Accelerator and assessed radiation doses during treatments with the machine. He found it was suitable for the provision of cancer therapy and revealed potential unintended radiation deposition to distal patient regions. His discoveries are facilitating safer cancer treatments throughout Australia.
| Item ID: | 76065 |
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| Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) |
| Keywords: | MRgRT, Spiralling contaminant electrons, Electron streaming effect, Monaco unity, MR-Linac, Commissioning, Elekta Unity, Anterior coil, Out-of-field dose, Magnetic resonance imaging linear accelerator |
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| Copyright Information: | Copyright © 2022 Marcus Powers. This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution–Noncommercial–No Derivative Works license CC-BY-NC-ND. |
| Additional Information: | Three publications arising from this thesis are stored in ResearchOnline@JCU, at the time of processing. Please see the Related URLs. The publications are: Baines, John, Powers, Marcus, and Newman, Glen (2021) Sources of out-of-field dose in MRgRT: an inter-comparison of measured and Monaco treatment planning system doses for the Elekta Unity MR-linac. Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, 44. pp. 1049-1059. Powers, Marcus, Baines, John, Crane, Robert, Fisher, Chantelle, Gibson, Stephen, Marsh, Linda, Oar, Bronwyn, Brodmann, Ariadne, Simpson-Page, Emily, Van der Walt, Marchant, and de Vine, Glenn (2022) Commissioning measurements on an Elekta Unity MR-Linac. Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, 45. pp. 457-473. Powers, Marcus, and Baines, John (2022) Electron Streaming Effect Associated With the Elekta Unity Anterior Imaging Coil. Frontiers in Physics, 10. 880121. |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Nov 2022 04:38 |
| FoR Codes: | 51 PHYSICAL SCIENCES > 5105 Medical and biological physics > 510502 Medical physics @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 28 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 2801 Expanding knowledge > 280120 Expanding knowledge in the physical sciences @ 50% 20 HEALTH > 2002 Evaluation of health and support services > 200206 Health system performance (incl. effectiveness of programs) @ 50% |
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