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Christopher F. Njeh, Tae Suk Suh and Colin G. Orton, Moderator |
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Radiotherapy using hard wedges is no longer appropriate and should be discontinued |
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Medical physics |
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43(3) |
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1031 |
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2016-2-4 |
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http://scitation.aip.org/content/aapm/journal/medphys/43/3/10.1118/1.4¡¦ [1367] |
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Because of the widespread use of dynamic and virtual wedges with modern radiotherapy machines, and the concomitant decrease in use of hard (physical) wedges, some would argue that the use of hard wedges is no longer appropriate and should be discontinued. This is the claim debated in this month¡¯s Point/Counterpoint.
Arguing for the Proposition is Christopher F. Njeh, Ph.D. Dr. Njeh is a graduate of Birmingham University, Aberdeen University, and Sheffield Hallam University, UK. He started his professional career at the Addenbrooke¡¯s Hospital in Cambridge and Queen Elizabeth¡¯s Hospital, Birmingham, UK. He later joined the Department of Radiology at the University of California, San Francisco as a Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow where he was subsequently appointed as Assistant Professor. Dr. Njeh transitioned to therapeutic medical physics by completing a medical physics residency at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. He has since served as Chief Medical Physicist at Texas Oncology in Tyler, TX and held adjunct faculty positions at the University of Texas at Tyler and California State University, Fresno. He is currently Chief Medical Physicist and Radiation Safety Officer at Franciscan Health, Indianapolis, IN. Dr. Njeh is certified in Therapeutic Radiologic Physics by the ABR. His major research interests include osteoporosis, image-guided radiation therapy, and accelerated partial breast irradiation. He is author or coauthor of over 65 peer reviewed journal papers and 10 book chapters and is coeditor of two books. He is an Associate Editor of the British Journal of Radiology, a member of the ASTRO Education Committee, and a Fellow of the AAPM.
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