Retransmission: IMRT Shielding, response synopsis...

[Chris Alston <alstonc@odrge.odr.georgetown.edu>]

>From: "Frye, Douglas" <DFrye@CLARIAN.COM>
>
> Responses indicate that workload for IMRT cases increases
>significantly, ie., from 3 to 8 times conventional XRT (T. Willoughby, CCF;
>T. Holmes, U. Maryland; J. Ting and P. McGinley, Emory) Ting and McGinley
>(who are soon to publish) indicated the increased workload affects the
>secondary shielding more significantly than the primary and the maze door.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Douglas M.D. Frye, Ph.D., DABMP, DABR
>
>Clinical Medical Physicist                              Adjunct Assistant
>Professor
>Dept. of Radiation Oncology                             Dept. of Radiation
>Oncology
>Clarian Health Partners                         Case Western Reserve
>University
>Methodist Hospital                                      Cleveland, Ohio
>Room AG 140, 1701 N. Senate Ave.
>Indianapolis, IN 46206
>317.929.3172
>317.929.5085 facsimile
>dfrye@clarian.com <mailto:dfrye@clarian.com>
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