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University of Alberta Calendar 2017-2018 [ARCHIVED CALENDAR]

ONCOL 355 - Treatment Planning and Dosimetry I

★ 3 (fi 6) (first term, 3-0-2) The foundation of radiation therapy treatment planning with the principles of radiation dose deposition within the patient, characteristics of radiation beams, and the intricacies of treatment calculations applied in order to develop an appropriate treatment strategy for typical tumor locations. The course covers both low and high energy X-ray, electron and Cobalt60 dose calculations for a variety of treatment techniques. Prerequisite: ONCOL 233, 234.