Radiation Oncology Physics

Category 5: Equipment

• Therapy treatment head components, function and characteristics, FFF Linacs.
• Design, characteristics, application and QA of ion chambers, TLD, OSLD, diodes, MOSFET, radiographic, and radiochromic film.
• Therapy accelerator systems – design and operation of waveguide, power and control components.
• Brachytherpy equipment and accessories, emergency tools.
• Electrometers, water/tissue substitute materials and appropriate use, phantoms, beam-scanning systems, CT and MR simulators, test/QA equipment for imaging systems.
• 4-D treatment, Online control, Real time control, Proton Therapy.