Tolerance limits and methodologies for IMRT measurement‐based verification QA: Recommendations of AAPM Task Group No. 218

M Miften, A Olch, D Mihailidis, J Moran… - Medical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Patient‐specific IMRT QA measurements are important components of processes
designed to identify discrepancies between calculated and delivered radiation doses …

Semiconductor dosimetry in modern external-beam radiation therapy

AB Rosenfeld, G Biasi, M Petasecca… - Physics in Medicine …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Semiconductor dosimeters are ubiquitous in modern external-beam radiation therapy. They
possess key features. The response, electronically available in real time, is stable and linear …

IMRT QA: selecting gamma criteria based on error detection sensitivity

JM Steers, BA Fraass - Medical physics, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: The gamma comparison is widely used to evaluate the agreement between
measurements and treatment planning system calculations in patient‐specific intensity …

Clinical experience on patient‐specific quality assurance for CBCT‐based online adaptive treatment plan

C Shen, L Chen, X Zhong, Y Gonzalez… - Journal of applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Ethos CBCT‐based adaptive radiotherapy (ART) system can generate an online
adaptive plan by re‐optimizing the initial reference plan based on the patient anatomy at the …

Modeling and dosimetric performance evaluation of the RayStation treatment planning system

B Mzenda, KV Mugabe, R Sims… - Journal of applied …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The physics modeling, dose calculation accuracy and plan quality assessment of the
RayStation (v3. 5) treatment planning system (TPS) is presented in this study, with …

Survey results of 3D‐CRT and IMRT quality assurance practice

H Mehrens, P Taylor, DS Followill… - Journal of applied …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To create a snapshot of common practices for 3D‐CRT and intensity‐modulated
radiation therapy (IMRT) QA through a large‐scale survey and compare to TG‐218 …

Relationships between gamma criteria and action levels: Results of a multicenter audit of gamma agreement index results

SB Crowe, B Sutherland, R Wilks, V Seshadri… - Medical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: The aim of this work was to use a multicenter audit of modulated radiotherapy
quality assurance (QA) data to provide a practical examination of gamma evaluation criteria …

Gamma analysis dependence on specified low‐dose thresholds for VMAT QA

JH Song, MJ Kim, SH Park, SR Lee… - Journal of Applied …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The American Association of Physicists in Medicine Task Group 119 instructed institutions to
use a low‐dose threshold of 10% or a region of interest determined by the jaw setting when …

Benchmarking and validation of a Geant4–SHADOW Monte Carlo simulation for dose calculations in microbeam radiation therapy

I Cornelius, S Guatelli, P Fournier… - Journal of …, 2014 - journals.iucr.org
Microbeam radiation therapy (MRT) is a synchrotron-based radiotherapy modality that uses
high-intensity beams of spatially fractionated radiation to treat tumours. The rapid evolution …

The impact of 4DCT-ventilation imaging-guided proton therapy on stereotactic body radiotherapy for lung cancer

Y Ieko, N Kadoya, T Kanai, Y Nakajima, K Arai… - … Physics and Technology, 2020 - Springer
Functional lung avoidance during radiotherapy can help reduce pulmonary toxicity. This
study assessed the potential impact of four-dimensional computed tomography (4DCT) …