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 …

Dosimetry of small static fields used in external photon beam radiotherapy: summary of TRS‐483, the IAEA–AAPM international Code of Practice for reference and …

H Palmans, P Andreo, MS Huq, J Seuntjens… - Medical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose A joint IAEA/AAPM international working group has developed a Code of Practice
(CoP) for the dosimetry of small static fields used in external megavoltage photon beam …

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 …

The report of Task Group 100 of the AAPM: Application of risk analysis methods to radiation therapy quality management

MS Huq, BA Fraass, PB Dunscombe… - Medical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The increasing complexity of modern radiation therapy planning and delivery challenges
traditional prescriptive quality management (QM) methods, such as many of those included …

AAPM Task Group 198 Report: An implementation guide for TG 142 quality assurance of medical accelerators

J Hanley, S Dresser, W Simon, R Flynn… - Medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The charges on this task group (TG) were as follows:(a) provide specific procedural
guidelines for performing the tests recommended in TG 142;(b) provide estimate of the …

Report of AAPM Task Group 155: megavoltage photon beam dosimetry in small fields and non‐equilibrium conditions

IJ Das, P Francescon, JM Moran, A Ahnesjö… - Medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Small‐field dosimetry used in advance treatment technologies poses challenges due to loss
of lateral charged particle equilibrium (LCPE), occlusion of the primary photon source, and …

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 …

Quality assurance for image‐guided radiation therapy utilizing CT‐based technologies: a report of the AAPM TG‐179

JP Bissonnette, PA Balter, L Dong, KM Langen… - Medical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Commercial CT‐based image‐guided radiotherapy (IGRT) systems allow
widespread management of geometric variations in patient setup and internal organ motion …

Artificial intelligence in radiotherapy

G Li, X Wu, X Ma - Seminars in Cancer Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Radiotherapy is a discipline closely integrated with computer science. Artificial intelligence
(AI) has developed rapidly over the past few years. With the explosive growth of medical big …

AAPM‐RSS medical physics practice guideline 9. a. for SRS‐SBRT

PH Halvorsen, E Cirino, IJ Das… - Journal of applied …, 2017 - 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 …