RADIATION DOSES
Computer In Hospital (N.Z. Press Association) WELLINGTON, May 22. Wellington Hospital was the first in the Dominion to use an electronic computer to determine radiation doses for the treatment of cancer patients, a spokesman said today- This method, he said, both saved time and ensured accuracy.
Whereas in the past a trained technician needed between one and two days, or even longer, to calculate the exact radiation dosage to be directed by the cobalt therapy unit to the 540 specific points surrounding the tumour, an electric computer produced the calculations in five minutes. All relevant data is sent to a Wellington computer bureau, where the processing is done. The technique employed in Wellington was evolved by the hospital physicist (Mr W. E. Armstrong) in conjunction with the computer specialists.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30448, 23 May 1964, Page 3
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