11–16 Dec 2022
Australia/Adelaide timezone
Co-locating with the 7th International Workshop of Specialty Optical Fibres and Their Applications (WSOF), the Australian and New Zealand Conference on Optics and Photonics (ANZCOP), and the Conference on Optoelectronlc and Microelectronic Materials and Devices (COMMAD)

Radiotherapy LINAC Breakdowns in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

15 Dec 2022, 17:30
1h 30m
Exhibition Halls F & G (Adelaide Convention Centre)

Exhibition Halls F & G

Adelaide Convention Centre

Poster AIP: Biomedical and Medical Physics Poster session

Speaker

Mr Gregory Peiris (The University of Melbourne)

Description

Radiotherapy treatment in Low- and Middle-Income Countries is under significant strain due to environmental, socio-economic and geographic factors which cause Linear Accelerators used in treatment to breakdown. This study aims to quantify the problem and provide robust alternatives.

Authors

Mr Gregory Peiris (The University of Melbourne) Mr Muhammad Kasim (The University of Oxford) Mr Supriyanto Pawiro (Universitas Indonesia) Dr Suzanne Sheehy (The University of Oxford)

Presentation materials