Abstract:Aim:
Total body irradiation (TBI) is an external radiotherapy technique in which the whole body including the superficial regions is required to receive the therapeutic dose. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the received surface dose during TBI technique.
Methods and materials:
The anterior/posterior (AP/PA) TBI was implemented with 18-MV photon beam at 312-cm treatment distance for human-like phantom. The GAFCHROMIC-EBT3 films were used for superficial dose measurements.
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