Who is involved in planned and giving IMRT?
The radiation oncology team that provides IMRT consists of a radiation oncologist, a medical radiation physicist, a dosimetrist, a radiation therapist and an oncology nurse. Your radiation oncologist heads the treatment team and plans your individualized course of treatment with the assistance of the radiation physicist, who ensures the linear accelerator delivers the precise radiation dose and that computerized dose calculations are accurate. The physicist also supervises a dosimetrist who calculates the exposures and beam configurations necessary to deliver the dose prescribed by the radiation oncologist. On the day of the treatment, you will be positioned on the treatment table by the radiation therapist who then operates the machine. Before and after the treatment, our highly trained nurses provide information and care.
