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 …

The physics of small megavoltage photon beam dosimetry

P Andreo - Radiotherapy and Oncology, 2018 - Elsevier
The increased interest during recent years in the use of small megavoltage photon beams in
advanced radiotherapy techniques has led to the development of dosimetry …

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 …

Output correction factors for nine small field detectors in 6 MV radiation therapy photon beams: a PENELOPE Monte Carlo study

H Benmakhlouf, J Sempau, P Andreo - Medical physics, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To determine detector‐specific output correction factors,, in 6 MV small photon
beams for air and liquid ionization chambers, silicon diodes, and diamond detectors from …

Detector dose response in megavoltage small photon beams. I. Theoretical concepts

H Bouchard, J Seuntjens, S Duane, Y Kamio… - Medical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To explain the reasons for significant quality correction factors in megavoltage
small photon fields and clarify the underlying concepts relevant to dosimetry under such …

On the correction, perturbation and modification of small field detectors in relative dosimetry

P Papaconstadopoulos, F Tessier… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
The purpose of this study was to derive a complete set of correction and perturbation factors
for output factors (OF) and dose profiles. Modern small field detectors were investigated …

Properties of a commercial PTW-60019 synthetic diamond detector for the dosimetry of small radiotherapy beams

JM Lárraga-Gutiérrez… - Physics in Medicine …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
A CVD based radiation detector has recently become commercially available from the
manufacturer PTW-Freiburg (Germany). This detector has a sensitive volume of 0.004 mm 3 …

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 …

A practical and theoretical definition of very small field size for radiotherapy output factor measurements

PH Charles, G Cranmer‐Sargison, DI Thwaites… - Medical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: This work introduces the concept of very small field size. Output factor (OPF)
measurements at these field sizes require extremely careful experimental methodology …

A novel method for the determination of field output factors and output correction factors for small static fields for six diodes and a microdiamond detector in …

B Casar, E Gershkevitsh, I Mendez, S Jurković… - Medical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The goal of this work is to provide a large and consistent set of data for detector‐
specific output correction factors,, for small static fields for seven solid‐state detectors and to …