Stereotactic radiosurgery alone for multiple brain metastases? A review of clinical and technical issues

A Sahgal, M Ruschin, L Ma, W Verbakel… - Neuro …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Over the past three decades several randomized trials have enabled evidence-based
practice for patients presenting with limited brain metastases. These trials have focused on …

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 …

Monte Carlo simulated correction factors for machine specific reference field dose calibration and output factor measurement using fixed and iris collimators on the …

P Francescon, W Kilby, N Satariano… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Monte Carlo (MC) simulation of dose to water and dose to detector has been used to
calculate the correction factors needed for dose calibration and output factor measurements …

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 …

Detector comparison for small field output factor measurements in flattening filter free photon beams

W Lechner, H Palmans, L Sölkner… - Radiotherapy and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Purpose The applicability of various detectors for small field dosimetry and whether there
are differences in the detector response when irradiated with FF-and FFF-beams was …

Semiconductor dosimetry in modern external-beam radiation therapy

AB Rosenfeld, G Biasi, M Petasecca… - Physics in Medicine …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Semiconductor dosimeters are ubiquitous in modern external-beam radiation therapy. They
possess key features. The response, electronically available in real time, is stable and linear …

Detector density and small field dosimetry: integral versus point dose measurement schemes

TSA Underwood, HC Winter, MA Hill… - Medical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: The Alfonso et al.[Med. Phys. 35,–(2008) 10.1118/1.3005481] formalism for small
field dosimetry proposes a set of correction factors () which account for differences between …

Monte Carlo simulated correction factors for output factor measurement with the CyberKnife system—results for new detectors and correction factor dependence on …

P Francescon, W Kilby… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
A previous study of the corrections needed for output factor measurements with the
CyberKnife system has been extended to include new diode detectors (IBA SFD and …