METHOD

Feasibility of using 6 MV photon beams in contrast-enhanced radiotherapy

Vorobyeva ES1, Lipengolts AA1,2,3, Cherepanov AA2, Grigorieva EYu2, Nechkina IN2, Kalygina NS2, Sokovikov AV4, Kulakov VN1, Sheino IN1
About authors

1 Laboratory of radiotherapy methods and technologies, Department of Medical Radiation Technologies,
A. I. Burnazyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center, Moscow, Russia

2 Laboratory of radionuclide and radiation technologies in experimental oncology, Research Institute of Clinical and Experimental Radiology,
N. N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Moscow, Russia

3 National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow

4 MedService Ltd., Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Alexey A. Lipengolts
Kashirskoe shosse, d. 24, Moscow, Russia, 115478; ur.liam@stlognepil

About paper

All authors' contribution to this work is equal: selection and analysis of literature, research planning, data collection, analysis, and interpretation, drafting of a manuscript, editing.

Received: 2017-08-25 Accepted: 2017-08-30 Published online: 2017-10-31
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Fig. 1. Dependence of mass energy absorption coefficient on incident photon energy
Fig. 2. The graph shows dependence of absorbance of the ferrous sulphate dosimeter on the absorbed radiation dose
Values of dose enhancement factor measured at different iodine concentrations
Note. * — difference is statistically significant (p < 0.05).