Blinding in Sham Radiation Therapy
The use of clinical trials in the development of new treatment techniques (pharmaceutical or otherwise) is a necessary step in demonstrating the efficacy of that treatment. The gold standard for testing new techniques is the randomised controlled trial, where participants are…
Training in Australia
The Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine (ACPSEM) is responsible for the certification of Medical Physicists in Australia and New Zealand through the Training Education and Assessment Program (TEAP). One requirement of TEAP certification is the completion…
Open Field Electron PDDs
The following percentage depth dose (PDD) values were obtained for “open-field” electron beams (that is, with jaws fully open at 40×40 cm² and no applicators attached). The beams were delivered using a Varian 21iX linear accelerator in the process of being…