Hampshire hospitals save resources with QA system

Pictured after a training session are head of radiotherapy physics Adeyemi Abiodum, IEL applications engineer Giansante Alessandrini, Sun Nuclear applications and training Lukasz Wlodarczyk, deputy head of radiotherapy physics Graham Freestone, Sun Nuclear applications expert Matt Cann and IEL senior account manager Phil Neale.

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust radiotherapy department has purchased and installed the Sun Nuclear PerFraction state-of-the-art patient plan QA system.

The system, supplied by Imaging Equipment Limited, is expected to save resources in the long term as well as improving safety.  It provides both phantomless pre-treatment QA and 3D in-vivo dosimetry by using a collapsed cone convolution superposition algorithm.  It can be used at every fraction with dashboard monitoring and automated escalation in the event of a failed fraction.

See this report on page 23 of the October 2017 issue of RAD Magazine.