Gh Ataei, S Cham, F Niksirat, A Shabestani Monfared, K Ebrahimnejad Gorji
MSc, Radiological Technology Department, Faculty of Paramedical Sciences, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.
BSc, Student Research Committee, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.
J Biomed Phys Eng. 2020 Apr 1;10(2):235-240. doi: 10.31661/jbpe.v0i0.1216. eCollection 2020 Apr.
Accuracy of the radiotherapy requires some routine quality control and dosimetry calculations, which would be done by radiotherapy physicists. Due to the increasing use of computers and simulation software in medical science, as well as trends indicating its continued growth, this study aims to develop a new smart-phone application to perform common radiotherapy-related calculations. Computational formulas related to the parameters of conventional radiotherapy physics were obtained from radiotherapy physics textbooks, and the proposed application was developed using Java, based on the Android operating system. The developed application can be used on smart-phones with Android version 4 and higher, and it facilitates saving of data and results. By entering specific information, certain calculations can be made, including those applicable to superficial dosimetry, cobalt dosimetry (water phantom), cobalt dosimetry (in air), timer error, time dose fractionation (TDF) Dose, time dose fractionation (TDF) fractionation, superficial cone, superficial collimator, equivalent square, Linac dose, tissue phantom ratio 20-10, motorized wedge, field gap, biologically effective dose (BED), absolute Linac dosimetry, Mayneord F factor. The accuracy of the apps results checked with the present software installed on the PCs. Given that there are no existing applications in this field, the proposed App could be useful in facilitating and accelerating radiotherapy related calculations.
放射治疗的准确性需要一些常规的质量控制和剂量学计算，这些工作将由放射治疗物理学家完成。由于计算机和模拟软件在医学领域的使用日益增加，以及其持续增长的趋势，本研究旨在开发一款新的智能手机应用程序来进行常见的放射治疗相关计算。与传统放射治疗物理参数相关的计算公式取自放射治疗物理教科书，并使用基于安卓操作系统的Java开发了所提议的应用程序。所开发的应用程序可用于安卓版本4及更高版本的智能手机，且便于保存数据和结果。通过输入特定信息，可以进行某些计算，包括适用于表面剂量学、钴剂量学（水模体）、钴剂量学（空气中）、定时器误差、时间剂量分割（TDF）剂量、时间剂量分割（TDF）分割、表面锥体、表面准直器、等效方形、直线加速器剂量、组织模体比20-10、电动楔形板、射野间隙、生物等效剂量（BED）、绝对直线加速器剂量学、梅诺德F因子等的计算。应用程序结果的准确性通过安装在个人电脑上的现有软件进行了核对。鉴于该领域目前没有现有的应用程序，所提议的应用程序在促进和加速放射治疗相关计算方面可能会很有用。
