This document outlines Ferdos Albayedh's 4th-year undergraduate thesis on determining the relationship between contrast ratio and gold nanoparticle concentration in radiotherapy. It discusses using tissue-mimicking phantoms and measuring contrast ratio with and without gold nanoparticles under photon beams of varying energy. References are provided on gold nanoparticles, radiotherapy, and imaging techniques. The aims are to study design, conduct a literature review, and determine which tissue and phantom size gives the best results.
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