Sergieva K, Traikov L, Bogdanov T, Stoyanova E, Tafraddjiiska-Hadjiolova R, Hadzhiyska V. The largest dosimetry organizations. Int J Radiat Res 2025; 23 (3) :783-796
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Medical University Sofia, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy and Medical Oncology, Sofia, Bulgaria , ksergieva@medfac.mu-sofia.bg
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Radiotherapy has been the modality for treating cancer patients worldwide for more than 100 years. Radiation dose to patients is delivered through different techniques using high-energy photon beams generated by the linear accelerators. Radiotherapy techniques are developing at a speed never seen before. For continuous improvement, safe and effective radiotherapy delivery requires implementing adapted quality assurance (QA) programs and integral quality management (QM) systems. A key step in any QA program is the dosimetry audit. It provides an effective tool to improve the accuracy of patients’ treatments. In the global panorama, dosimetry audit programs are conducted by various institutions. Still, the largest of them is the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria, the Imaging and Radiation Oncology Core (IROC-H) Houston QA Center in the USA, and EQUAL (European Quality Laboratory) Laboratory in the framework of the ESTRO (European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology) ESTRO – EQUAL Laboratory in Villejuif Cedex, France.
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