Acceptance tests and quality control (QC) procedures for the clinical implementation of intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) using inverse planning and the sliding …

A Van Esch, J Bohsung, P Sorvari, M Tenhunen… - Radiotherapy and …, 2002 - Elsevier
Background and purpose: An increasing number of radiotherapy centres is now aiming for
clinical implementation of intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), but–in contrast to …

[HTML][HTML] Intensity-modulated radiation therapy: a review with a physics perspective

B Cho - Radiation oncology journal, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) has been considered the most successful
development in radiation oncology since the introduction of computed tomography into …

Experience-based quality control of clinical intensity-modulated radiotherapy planning

KL Moore, RS Brame, DA Low, S Mutic - International Journal of Radiation …, 2011 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To incorporate a quality control tool, according to previous planning experience
and patient-specific anatomic information, into the intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) …

Systematic set-up errors for IMRT in the head and neck region: effect on dose distribution

A Samuelsson, C Mercke, KA Johansson - Radiotherapy and oncology, 2003 - Elsevier
Background and purpose: There is a general concern about intensity modulated radiation
therapy (IMRT) treatments being more sensitive to patient positioning than conventional …

Quality assurance of intensity-modulated radiation therapy

JR Palta, C Liu, JG Li - International Journal of Radiation Oncology* Biology …, 2008 - Elsevier
The current paradigm for the quality assurance (QA) program for intensity-modulated
radiation therapy (IMRT) includes QA of the treatment planning system, QA of the delivery …

Quality assurance of intensity-modulated radiotherapy

DA Low - Seminars in radiation oncology, 2002 - Elsevier
Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) requires the use of inverse treatment planning
and nonuniform fluence beams delivered by a series of complex radiation portals. The …

[PDF][PDF] A comparison of the quality assurance of four dosimetric tools for intensity modulated radiation therapy

J Son, T Baek, B Lee, D Shin, SY Park, J Park… - Radiology and …, 2015 - sciendo.com
Background. This study was designed to compare the quality assurance (QA) results of four
dosimetric tools used for intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and to suggest …

A multi-institutional dosimetry audit of rotational intensity-modulated radiotherapy

CH Clark, M Hussein, Y Tsang, R Thomas… - Radiotherapy and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Rotational IMRT (VMAT and Tomotherapy) has now been
implemented in many radiotherapy centres. An audit to verify treatment planning system …

A quantitative evaluation of IMRT dose distributions: refinement and clinical assessment of the gamma evaluation

T Depuydt, A Van Esch, DP Huyskens - Radiotherapy and oncology, 2002 - Elsevier
Background and purpose: Although intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) is a step
forward in comparison to conventional, static beam delivery, quality assurance is more …

IMRT: delivery techniques and quality assurance

PC Williams - The British journal of radiology, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) is a major development in the delivery of radiation
therapy that has the potential to improve patient outcome by reducing morbidity or …