What is PySkinDose?

PySkinDose is an open-source Python™ package for RDSR-irradiation event skin dose estimation. This system translates air kerma at the PERP to skin dose estimates for all directly irradiated surfaces on computational phantoms. The phantoms are oriented with the X-ray source by geometric parameters found within the RDSR, and conversion from air Kerma at the PERP to skin dose is further supported by correction factors found in literature, as well as a limited number of in-clinic measurements, e.g. validation of the coordinate system, table and pad transmission etc. The output of the software is an estimation of skin dose and an interactive visual indication of skin dose distribution mapped onto an anthropomorphic or a cylindrical phantom. The real position of the phantom on the tabletop can be taken into account. A variety of voxelized phantoms can be incorporated in PySkinDose.