Clinical Radiation Physics Service

该科继续为放射治疗提供专业的物理和技术支持，包括日常校准，质量保证和所有辐射产生和辅助设备的一线维护。它包括特殊剂量学研究，计算机辅助治疗计划，病人监测和设计和开发专门的设备，以发展临床需要。二极管现在在常规临床中用于验证患者剂量，并显示出+/- 3%的准确性。新的商业治疗计划系统（Varian Eclipse）已经投入使用，并与新的记录和验证系统集成，该系统具有先进的系统，能够控制动态IMRT放疗的交付，并为该部门提供基于DICOM-RT的图像管理系统。一种新的具有单独治疗计划的Nucletron HDR高剂量率近距离治疗递送系统已通过CRADA获得，并已投入临床使用。最后，立体定向放射外科治疗计划系统的重大升级已经安装并投入使用。该部门搬迁到新的临床研究中心的计划已经完成，之后将对现有部门进行翻新，以建立ROMAT设施。已招聘一名新的研究水平的生物物理学家，预计于2004年春季开始工作。

The section continues to provide expert physical and technological support for radiation treatment, consisting of routine calibration, quality assurance and first-line maintenance of all radiation producing and ancillary equipment. It includes special dosimetry studies, computer- assisted treatment planning, patient monitoring and the design and development of special equipment tailored to developing clinical needs. Diodes are now in routine clinical use for the verification of patient doses and exhibit an accuracy of +/- 3%. A new commercial treatment planning system (Varian Eclipse) has been commissioned and integrated with the new Record-and-Verify system which has advanced system capable of controlling the delivery of dynamic IMRT radiotherapy as well as providing the department with a DICOM-RT based image management system. A new Nucletron HDR high dose rate brachytherapy delivery system with separate treatment planning has been obtained through a CRADA and has been commissioned for clinical use. Finally, a significant upgrade to the stereotactic radiosurgery treatment planning system has been installed and commissioned. Planning has completed for the departmental move to the new Clinical Research Center, afterwiich the existing department will be rennovated to establish the ROMAT facility. A new research level biophysicist has been recruited and is expected to start in the Spring of "04.