Objective: To assess the status and practice of kilovoltage (kV) radiotherapy in the UK. Br J Radiol 2016 89: 20160641.Ĭurrent status of kilovoltage (kV) radiotherapy in the UK: installed equipment, clinical workload, physics quality control and radiation dosimetry 1,2ĪNTONY L PALMER, PhD, FIPEM, 3MICHAEL PEARSON, MSc, MIPEM, 4PAUL WHITTARD, MSc, MIPEM, KATIE E MCHUGH, MSc, MIPEM and 7,8DAVID J EATON, PhD, MIPEMĭepartment of Medical Physics, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Portsmouth, UK Department of Physics, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Science, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK 3 Radiotherapy Physics, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, UK 4 Radiotherapy Physics, The Beacon Centre, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, UK 5 Medical Physics Department, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK 6 GenesisCare, Springfield Cancer Centre, Chelmsford, UK 7 National Radiotherapy Trials QA Group (RTTQA), Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, UK 8 Radiotherapy Special Interest Group (RTSIG), Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM), York, UK 2Īddress correspondence to: Dr Antony L Palmer E-mail: Current status of kilovoltage (kV) radiotherapy in the UK: installed equipment, clinical workload, physics quality control and radiation dosimetry. Published by the British Institute of Radiology Revised: 15 September 2016Ĭite this article as: Palmer AL, Pearson M, Whittard P, McHugh KE, Eaton DJ.