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dc.contributor.advisorMichael Short.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGreen, Hadrick Alexisen_US
dc.contributor.otherMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-05T16:25:01Z
dc.date.available2017-12-05T16:25:01Z
dc.date.copyright2017en_US
dc.date.issued2017en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/112372
dc.descriptionThesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, 2017.en_US
dc.descriptionThis electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.en_US
dc.descriptionCataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (pages 43-44).en_US
dc.description.abstractIn the field of radiation oncology, while there are simulations and devices that allow users to be relatively confident that radiation to the tumor and sparing of healthy tissue is being maximized, the inability to reliably measure and control the dose during radiation treatment is a major source of uncertainty. This uncertainty is due to issues such as organ movement, a lack of precise and constant knowledge of beam current at the target site, and the inability to correctly register dose during hardware or software failures; all of which result in radiation treatments being measured after the procedure or in a fault susceptible manner during the procedure. The integrating feedback f-center dosimeter (IF2D) is a dosimeter that would address these challenges and enable feedback during radiotherapy procedures, which would give doctors and patients confidence that the correct dose was delivered to the target sites without exceeding allowable doses to healthy tissue. An in-situ irradiator will be designed and later used to quantify the relationship between dose and f-center absorption. This design will help guide the future experiment and further the development of the IF2D.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby Hadrick Alexis Green.en_US
dc.format.extent44 pagesen_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMassachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.rightsMIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582en_US
dc.subjectNuclear Science and Engineering.en_US
dc.titleDesigning an experiment to study absorption vs. dose for feedback enabled radiation therapyen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeS.B.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
dc.identifier.oclc1011356198en_US


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