Ch 8: Treatment Procedure Flashcards
Safety and care in the assessment of pain, mobility and other factors affecting the patient well being are the responsibility of who?
Radiation therapist
The goal of radiation therapy planning is to deliver an evenly distributed radiation dose to the _______ while minimizing the dose to the normal surrounding tissue
Target volume
What is used in shaping the field of an electron beam treatment?
Cerrobend cutout
Two field arrangements is considered parallel opposed when…..
Each field gantry is 180 degrees apart from one another
Informed consent consists of?
Purpose
Treatment alternatives
Benefits and risks
Disclaimer
In radiation therapy, which material whose interactions with the radiation beam mimic those of the tissue?
Bolus
Individual treatment doses may be defined as?
Fractionation
Patients are monitored during treatment delivery with mega voltage treatment units by using what
?
Closed circuit tv
Two way audio
The cones used during electron beam therapy extend collimation in order to prevent?
Increased electron interactions in air
A series of documentation and activities performed with the purpose of optimizing patient care?
Quality assurance program
Who in the radiation oncology team is responsible for the department’s QA?
Radiation oncologist
Dosimetrist
Radiation therapist
Based on partially on historic studies showing a reduction in treatment error associated with increase portal imaging, _______ portal imaging for radical cases has become an accepted but not universally implemented standard.
Weekly.
