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Accounting for skin colour increases the accuracy of Cherenkov dosimetry

21 Jul 2025 Tami Freeman
Medical physicist Jacqueline Andreozzi next to a linac
Radiotherapy research Jacqueline Andreozzi, medical physicist at Moffitt Cancer Center, and colleagues are investigating how skin luminance imaging can mitigate the effect of skin pigmentation and improve Cherenkov-based radiotherapy dosimetry. (Courtesy: Will Gibbons)
Cherenkov dosimetry is an emerging technique used to verify the dose delivered during radiotherapy,

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