REAL-TIME EVALUATION OF NEUTRON DOSES IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT AND DETECTOR FOR CARRYING OUT THE PROCESS

摘要

Process and detector for calculating the equivalent neutron doses in organs of a patient and the associated risk of inducing secondary cancers by means of neutrons in radiotherapy with photons. The calculation is carried out by associating doses in detectors placed at different positions in an anthropomorphic dummy and the events with a single effect in a semiconductor device placed in the treatment room. The method allows a simple and universal process for estimating the risk of secondary cancer from the real-time readings of an electronic device.