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How do you measure the skin dose when you are concerned about dosing to the skin?

Is it possible to get a good measurement with TLDs? TLDs can overestimate the surface dose by 10 - 40%. Do you use a skin diode measurement on the first fraction as part of your QA process for 2D/3D EB-XRT treatments?
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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network
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We use diode.

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