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 …

Challenges in calculation of the gamma index in radiotherapy–towards good practice

M Hussein, CH Clark, A Nisbet - Physica Medica, 2017 - Elsevier
The gamma index (γ) is one of the most commonly used metrics for the verification of
complex modulated radiotherapy. The mathematical definition of the γ is computationally …

Dosimetry tools and techniques for IMRT

DA Low, JM Moran, JF Dempsey, L Dong… - Medical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) poses a number of challenges for properly
measuring commissioning data and quality assurance (QA) radiation dose distributions. This …

GPU-based high-performance computing for radiation therapy

X Jia, P Ziegenhein, SB Jiang - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent developments in radiotherapy therapy demand high computation powers to solve
challenging problems in a timely fashion in a clinical environment. The graphics processing …

Gamma dose distribution evaluation tool

DA Low - Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Quantitative comparisons of dose distributions are an integral component of a medical
physicist's responsibility of assuring high quality radiation therapy dose delivery. While …

Validation of the Acuros XB dose calculation algorithm versus Monte Carlo for clinical treatment plans

L Hoffmann, M Alber, M Söhn, UV Elstrøm - Medical physics, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The two distinct dose computation paradigms of Boltzmann equation solvers and
Monte Carlo simulation both promise in principle maximum accuracy. In practice, clinically …

Comparison of Monte Carlo and analytical dose computations for intensity modulated proton therapy

P Yepes, A Adair, D Grosshans… - Physics in Medicine …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
To evaluate the effect of approximations in clinical analytical calculations performed by a
treatment planning system (TPS) on dosimetric indices in intensity modulated proton …

Breaking bad IMRT QA practice

S Stojadinovic, L Ouyang, X Gu… - Journal of applied …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Agreement between planned and delivered dose distributions for patient‐specific quality
assurance in routine clinical practice is predominantly assessed utilizing the gamma index …

Quality assurance of IMRT treatment plans for a 1.5 T MR-linac using a 2D ionization chamber array and a static solid phantom

D Mönnich, J Winter, M Nachbar… - Physics in Medicine …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Quality assurance of IMRT treatment plans for a 1.5 T MR-linac using a 2D ionization chamber
array and a static solid phantom - IOPscience This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this …

Characterizing devices for validation of dose, dose rate, and LET in ultra high dose rate proton irradiations

N Harrison, S Charyyev, C Oancea, A Stanforth… - Medical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Ultra high dose rate (UHDR) radiotherapy using ridge filter is a new treatment
modality known as conformal FLASH that, when optimized for dose, dose rate (DR), and …