Dosimetry of ionising radiation in modern radiation oncology

T Kron, J Lehmann, PB Greer - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Dosimetry of ionising radiation is a well-established and mature branch of physical sciences
with many applications in medicine and biology. In particular radiotherapy relies on …

Dose calculation algorithm accuracy for small fields in non-homogeneous media: the lung SBRT case

A Fogliata, L Cozzi - Physica Medica, 2017 - Elsevier
This review addresses the theme of dose calculation accuracy in the case of the stereotactic
treatment of lung lesions. Based on the classical categories of type “a”,“b” and “c” algorithms …

AAPM medical physics practice guideline 5. a.: commissioning and QA of treatment planning dose calculations—megavoltage photon and electron beams

JB Smilowitz, IJ Das, V Feygelman… - Journal of applied …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) is a nonprofit professional
society whose primary purposes are to advance the science, education and professional …

The international commission on radiation units and measurements

HG Menzel - Journal of the ICRU, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
The International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements - Hans-Georg Menzel,
2012 Skip to main content Scheduled maintenance on Monday, November 20th, with …

AAPM MEDICAL PHYSICS PRACTICE GUIDELINE 5. b: Commissioning and QA of treatment planning dose calculations—Megavoltage photon and electron beams

MW Geurts, DJ Jacqmin, LE Jones… - Journal of applied …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) is a nonprofit
professional society whose primary purposes are to advance the science, education, and …

[PDF][PDF] Accuracy and uncertainty considerations in modern radiation oncology

J Van Dyk, JJ Battista… - The modern technology of …, 2013 - medicalphysics.org
The evolution of the modern technology of radiation oncology has been very rapid, resulting
in very significant escalation in treatment complexity, especially during the last decade (see …

An in-depth Monte Carlo study of lateral electron disequilibrium for small fields in ultra-low density lung: implications for modern radiation therapy

B Disher, G Hajdok, S Gaede… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Modern radiation therapy techniques such as intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)
and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) use tightly conformed megavoltage x-ray …

Dosimetry of oblique tangential photon beams calculated by superposition/convolution algorithms: a Monte Carlo evaluation

JCL Chow, R Jiang, MKK Leung - Journal of Applied Clinical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Although there are many works on evaluating dose calculations of the anisotropic analytical
algorithm (AAA) using various homogeneous and heterogeneous phantoms, related work …

The Swiss IMRT dosimetry intercomparison using a thorax phantom

H Schiefer, A Fogliata, G Nicolini, L Cozzi… - Medical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: In 2008, a national intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) dosimetry
intercomparison was carried out for all 23 radiation oncology institutions in Switzerland. It …

Use of a second-dose calculation algorithm to check dosimetric parameters for the dose distribution of a first-dose calculation algorithm for lung SBRT plans

Y Tsuruta, M Nakamura, Y Miyabe, M Nakata… - Physica Medica, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose To verify lung stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) plans using a secondary
treatment planning system (TPS) as an independent method of verification and to define …