Television Monitoring of a 30 MV X-ray Beam

Benner, Sven; Rosengren, Bengt; Wallman, Henry; Netteland, Olav

doi:10.1088/0031-9155/7/1/302

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“…However we list only a few here, selected as noteworthy from the advantage of our current perspective and interests. Benner et al (1962) produced an early paper on fluorescent screen and TV-camera based portal imaging. The first dosimetry protocol for MV x-rays appeared in 1964, produced by the Hospital Physicists Association (HPA 1964), forerunner of the present-day Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM).…”

Section: Review Of Pmb's Role and Some Other Sourcesmentioning

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Back to the future: the history and development of the clinical linear accelerator

2006

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The linear accelerator (linac) is the accepted workhorse in radiotherapy in 2006. The first medical linac treated its first patient, in London, in 1953, so the use of these machines in clinical practice has been almost co-existent with the lifetime of Physics in Medicine and Biology. This review is a personal selection of things the authors feel are interesting in the history, particularly the early history, and development of clinical linacs. A brief look into the future is also given. One significant theme throughout is the continuity of ideas, building on previous experience. We hope the review might re-connect younger radiotherapy physicists in particular with some of the history and emphasize the continual need, in any human activity, to remain aware of the past, in order to make best use of past experience when taking decisions in the present.

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Section: Review Of Pmb's Role and Some Other Sourcesmentioning

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Back to the future: the history and development of the clinical linear accelerator

2006

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“…The television equipment differs only slightly from that described in a previous publication on monitoring of radiation from a 30 megavolt betatron (BENNER, ROSENGREN, WALLMAN & NETTELAND 1962), to which reference is therefore made for technical details.…”

Section: Gamma-ray Televlsion R M a L V~n B Rosengren And H Wallmanmentioning

confidence: 99%