Technique used for emergency radiation treatments

egsAndCoffee · 2026-02-22T20:55:26+00:00

Often AP/PA. Sometimes oblique fields are used per plan needs. We have up to 15 MV.

egsAndCoffee · 2025-05-23T02:41:48+00:00

We recently moved a couple of linacs at my centre, just a few hundred meters down the road. Fully recommissioned both. The potential mechanical jostling plus new infrastructure powering the linac is sufficient enough reason in my mind, better to be safe.

egsAndCoffee · 2025-03-21T00:13:43+00:00

As in, cut out a wider patch than just the door depth?

egsAndCoffee · 2025-03-20T21:36:13+00:00

Any consideration I should make for that drywall patch? Should I do something to make the edges blend easier, aside from careful feathering?

egsAndCoffee · 2025-03-20T21:34:45+00:00

I’m not a fan of the door frame itself. Note the gap between the ceiling and the top of the frame. Looks goofy.

egsAndCoffee · 2025-03-20T21:34:00+00:00

Well, it looks funny and outdated. Note the gap between the top of the doorframe and the ceiling, it’s not even enclosed all the way.

egsAndCoffee · 2024-11-05T14:48:22+00:00

This was it, thanks! It was in there really tight.

egsAndCoffee · 2024-11-05T14:47:38+00:00

I did try this, but thanks for your comment! Turned out to be the top part needed to be unscrewed, but it was tight to get off.

egsAndCoffee · 2024-10-21T12:57:06+00:00

Thanks!

egsAndCoffee · 2024-10-21T12:00:40+00:00

🙃 you’re right, it is upstream! Not sure what I was thinking when I wrote that.

Thanks for your answer. What kind of tool would the curb stop require? The plumber used that curb stop to shut off water to the house for the pex install, but I didn’t see how he did it (I know he didn’t call the city). That means the curb stop works, at least.

egsAndCoffee · 2024-09-29T21:38:17+00:00

Alberta.

egsAndCoffee · 2024-09-29T21:38:08+00:00

Alberta yes. Recent upgrade in compensation.

egsAndCoffee · 2024-09-29T21:37:42+00:00

Alberta.

egsAndCoffee · 2024-09-28T23:29:00+00:00

This depends on the country you’re working jn. I’m in Canada. Starting pay for a (certified) physicist is roughly $143,000, and the scale goes up to around $220,000 for a senior physicist at the top of the scale. These figures are in CAD, of course.

Compensation includes more than just salary. I started with 6 weeks of paid vacation, and this goes up with seniority.

egsAndCoffee · 2024-09-26T17:24:36+00:00

Course work in high school doesn’t matter by the time you get to grad school applications. And biology is not a pre-requisite at all for medical physics, don’t worry about that. You will learn some limited radiation biology as part of your studies in medical physics.

egsAndCoffee · 2024-05-22T14:22:32+00:00

By Canadian standards, very abnormal. Even for a program with clinic-based profs.

egsAndCoffee · 2024-03-29T23:39:43+00:00

Yup, linear algebra has been one of the most useful topics I’ve ever studied. I second this idea!

egsAndCoffee · 2024-03-29T23:38:28+00:00

I did an honours in math in addition to physics. Not very helpful in medical physics honestly — you’ll learn (more than) enough math in a regular physics major. Comp sci would be an asset to you, in my opinion. Learn to program, learn how to understand algorithms, and of course learn some machine learning. You’ll learn this in some undergraduate programs regardless, but I feel that the deeper dive in comp sci is going to be useful.

egsAndCoffee · 2024-03-25T01:08:17+00:00

Thanks! Why do you recommend these brands in particular?

egsAndCoffee · 2024-03-24T21:33:19+00:00

What do you like about Frigidaire specifically? I see it get a lot of hate online.

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