Reference radiochromic film dosimetry: review of technical aspects

S Devic, N Tomic, D Lewis - Physica Medica, 2016 - Elsevier
For decades, film was used as a powerful two-dimensional (2D) dosimetry tool for
radiotherapy treatment verification and quality assurance. Unlike the old silver-halide based …

Radiochromic film dosimetry: past, present, and future

S Devic - Physica medica, 2011 - Elsevier
In radiation therapy, an accurate dose determination and a precise dose delivery to the
tumour are directly associated with better treatment outcomes in terms of higher tumour …

Report of AAPM task group 235 radiochromic film dosimetry: an update to TG‐55

A Niroomand‐Rad, ST Chiu‐Tsao, MP Grams… - Medical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The use of radiochromic film (RCF) dosimetry in radiation therapy is extensive due to its high
level of achievable accuracy for a wide range of dose values and its suitability under a …

Advances in kilovoltage x-ray beam dosimetry

R Hill, B Healy, L Holloway, Z Kuncic… - Physics in Medicine …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
This topical review provides an up-to-date overview of the theoretical and practical aspects
of therapeutic kilovoltage x-ray beam dosimetry. Kilovoltage x-ray beams have the property …

Image guidance doses delivered during radiotherapy: Quantification, management, and reduction: Report of the AAPM Therapy Physics Committee Task Group 180

GX Ding, P Alaei, B Curran, R Flynn… - Medical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background With radiotherapy having entered the era of image guidance, or image‐guided
radiation therapy (IGRT), imaging procedures are routinely performed for patient positioning …

[HTML][HTML] Imaging dose from cone beam computed tomography in radiation therapy

P Alaei, E Spezi - Physica Medica, 2015 - Elsevier
Imaging dose in radiation therapy has traditionally been ignored due to its low magnitude
and frequency in comparison to therapeutic dose used to treat patients. The advent of …

Radiation exposure to patients from image guidance procedures and techniques to reduce the imaging dose

GX Ding, P Munro - Radiotherapy and Oncology, 2013 - Elsevier
Purpose To compare imaging doses from MV images, kV radiographs, and kV-CBCT and
describe methods to reduce the dose to patient's organs using existing on-board imaging …

Characteristics of Gafchromic XRQA2 films for kV image dose measurement

T Giaddui, Y Cui, J Galvin, W Chen, Y Yu… - Medical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: In this study, the relevant characteristics of the new Gafchromic XRQA2 film for its
application in measuring kV cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) image doses were …

Investigation of the radiation dose from cone‐beam CT for image‐guided radiotherapy: A comparison of methodologies

JG Buckley, D Wilkinson, A Malaroda… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Four methodologies were evaluated for quantifying kilovoltage cone‐beam computed
tomography (CBCT) dose: the Cone‐Beam Dose Index (CBDI), IAEA Report 5 …

Characterization of calibration curves and energy dependence GafChromicTM XR‐QA2 model based radiochromic film dosimetry system

N Tomic, C Quintero, BR Whiting, S Aldelaijan… - Medical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: The authors investigated the energy response of XR‐QA2 GafChromicTM film over
a broad energy range used in diagnostic radiology examinations. The authors also made an …