Authentication of absorbed dose measurement in Radiotherapy

The sophistication and complexity of absorbed dose and treatment planning systems has increased significantly particularly including three-dimensional (3D) treatment planning systems and the use of conformal treatment planning and delivery techniques. This book led to the need for a comprehensive set of authentication in external radiotherapy Brachytherapy and Proton therapy. The purpose of this thesis is to developing and implementing a comprehensive authentication but viable methods for modern radiotherapy treatment planning. The scope of the authentication needs for treatment planning is quite broad encompassing image-based definition of patient anatomy 3D beam descriptions for complex beams including multileaf collimator apertures 3D dose calculation algorithms and complex plan evaluation tools including dose volume histograms.