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 …

Survey of image‐guided radiotherapy use in Australia

V Batumalai, LC Holloway, S Kumar… - Journal of Medical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction This study aimed to evaluate the current use of imaging technologies for
planning and delivery of radiotherapy (RT) in Australia. Methods An online survey was …

Australian survey on current practices for breast radiotherapy

KL Dundas, EM Pogson, V Batumalai… - Journal of medical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Detailed, published surveys specific to Australian breast radiotherapy practice
were last conducted in 2002. More recent international surveys specific to breast …

Practice patterns of radiation therapy technology in Australia: results of a national audit

P Bridge, S Dempsey, E Giles… - Journal of Medical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction This article presents the results of a single‐day census of radiation therapy (RT)
treatment and technology use in Australia. The primary aim of the study was to ascertain …

6‐MV small field output factors: intra‐/intermachine comparison and implementation of TRS‐483 using various detectors and several linear accelerators

M Ghazal, M Westermark, V Kaveckyte… - Medical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To investigate the applicability of output correction factors reported in TRS‐483 on
6‐MV small‐field detector‐reading ratios using four solid‐state detectors. Also, to investigate …

Patients' characteristics informing practice: improving individualized nursing care in the radiation oncology setting

PM Rose - Supportive Care in Cancer, 2018 - Springer
Purpose A large number of patients attend for radiotherapy daily. Primary nurses in the study
settings aim to individualize care for their patients. The individual characteristics of patients …

Field size consistency of nominally matched linacs

T Kairn, A Asena, PH Charles, B Hill… - Australasian physical & …, 2015 - Springer
Given that there is increasing recognition of the effect that sub-millimetre changes in
collimator position can have on radiotherapy beam dosimetry, this study aimed to evaluate …

Use of a megavoltage electronic portal imaging device to identify prosthetic materials

V Moutrie, T Kairn, A Rosenfeld, PH Charles - Australasian Physical & …, 2015 - Springer
To achieve accurate dose calculations in radiation therapy the electron density of patient
tissues must be known. This information is ordinarily gained from a computed tomography …

Factors influencing radiation therapy student clinical placement satisfaction

P Bridge, MA Carmichael - Journal of Medical Radiation …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Radiation therapy students at Q ueensland U niversity of T echnology (QUT)
attend clinical placements at five different clinical departments with varying resources and …

A modified gamma evaluation method for dose distribution comparisons

L Yu, T Kairn, J Trapp, SB Crowe - Journal of applied clinical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose In this work we have developed a novel method of dose distribution comparison,
the inverse gamma (IG) evaluation, by modifying the commonly used gamma evaluation …