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 …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of an automated template-based treatment planning system for radiotherapy of anal, rectal and prostate cancer

L Calmels, P Sibolt, LM Åström, E Serup-Hansen… - Technical Innovations & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Background and purpose The Ethos system has enabled online adaptive
radiotherapy (oART) by implementing an automated treatment planning system (aTPS) for …

Head and neck radiotherapy on the MR linac: a multicenter planning challenge amongst MRIdian platform users

M Chamberlain, J Krayenbuehl… - Strahlentherapie und …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose Purpose of this study is to evaluate plan quality on the MRIdian (Viewray Inc.,
Oakwood Village, OH, USA) system for head and neck cancer (HNC) through comparison of …

Patient‐specific quality assurance prediction models based on machine learning for novel dual‐layered MLC linac

H Zhu, Q Zhu, Z Wang, B Yang, W Zhang… - Medical Physics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Patient‐specific quality assurance (PSQA) is an indispensable and essential
procedure in radiotherapy workflow, and several studies have been done to develop …

Plan complexity quantification of dual-layer multi-leaf collimator for volumetric modulated arc therapy with Halcyon linac

M Tamura, K Matsumoto, M Otsuka… - Physical and Engineering …, 2020 - Springer
This study characterized the plan complexity of the dual-layer multi-leaf collimator (MLC)
performance for volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) in Halcyon. Plan complexity …

Comparative dosimetric analysis of volumetric modulated arc therapy based craniospinal irradiation plans between Halcyon ring gantry and TrueBeam C-arm linear …

B Sarkar, SS Biswal, T Shahid, T Ghosh… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
This study evaluates the volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) dosimetric comparison
between Halcyon ring gantry and TrueBeam c-arm linear accelerators for craniospinal …

[HTML][HTML] Offline quality assurance for intensity modulated radiation therapy treatment plans for NRG-HN001 head and neck clinical trial using knowledge-based …

T Giaddui, H Geng, Q Chen, N Linnemann… - Advances in Radiation …, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose This study aimed to investigate whether a disease site–specific, multi-institutional
knowledge based-planning (KBP) model can improve the quality of intensity modulated …

Reliability of ITV approach to varying treatment fraction time: a retrospective analysis based on 2D cine MR images

D Cusumano, J Dhont, L Boldrini, G Chiloiro… - Radiation …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background Internal Target Volume (ITV) is one of the most common strategies to
passively manage tumour motion in Radiotherapy (RT). The reliability of this approach is …

Dosimetric impact and detectability of multi‐leaf collimator positioning errors on Varian Halcyon

SS Gay, TJ Netherton, CE Cardenas… - Journal of applied …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this study is to investigate the dosimetric impact of multi‐leaf collimator
(MLC) positioning errors on a Varian Halcyon for both random and systematic errors, and to …

Reducing variability among treatment machines using knowledge‐based planning for head and neck, pancreatic, and rectal cancer

H Hirashima, M Nakamura, N Mukumoto… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose This study aimed to assess dosimetric indices of RapidPlan model‐based plans for
different energies (6, 8, 10, and 15 MV; 6‐and 10‐MV flattening filter‐free), multileaf …