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The Effect of Registration Surrogate and Patient Factors on the Interobserver Variability of Electronic Portal Image Guidance During Prostate Radiotherapy
Winter 2011(Vol. 36 | No. 4 | Pages 337-343)
Vickie Kong, Gina Lockwood, Jing Yan, Charles Catton, Peter Chung, Andrew Bayley, Tara Rosewall

Novel Use of the Contura for High Dose Rate Cranial Brachytherapy
Winter 2011(Vol. 36 | No. 4 | Pages 344-346)
Daniel J. Scanderbeg, John F. Alksne, Joshua D. Lawson, Kevin T. Murphy

Dose Calculation Accuracy of the Monte Carlo Algorithm for CyberKnife Compared with Other Commercially Available Dose Calculation Algorithms
Winter 2011(Vol. 36 | No. 4 | Pages 347-350)
Subhash Sharma, Joseph Ott, Jamone Williams, Danny Dickow

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Estimating dose to implantable cardioverter-defibrillator outside the treatment fields using a skin QED diode, optically stimulated luminescent dosimeters, and LiF thermoluminescent dosimeters
02 February 2012
Maria F. Chan, Yulin Song, Lawrence T. Dauer, Jingdong Li, David Huang, Chandra Burman
Abstract: The purpose of this work was to determine the relative sensitivity of skin QED diodes, optically stimulated luminescent dosimeters (OSLDs) (microStar™ DOT, Landauer), and LiF thermoluminesce...
Development of a one-stop beam verification system using electronic portal imaging devices for routine quality assurance
27 January 2012
Sangwook Lim, Sun Young Ma, Tae Sig Jeung, Byong Yong Yi, Sang Hoon Lee, Suk Lee, Sam Ju Cho, Jinho Choi
Abstract: In this study, a computer-based system for routine quality assurance (QA) of a linear accelerator (linac) was developed by using the dosimetric properties of an amorphous silicon electronic ...
Dosimetric research on intensity-modulated arc radiotherapy planning for left breast cancer after breast-preservation surgery
27 January 2012
Yong Yin, Jinhu Chen, Tao Sun, Changsheng Ma, Jie Lu, Tonghai Liu, Ruozheng Wang
Abstract: Background: Intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) has played an important role in breast cancer radiotherapy after breast-preservation surgery. Our aim was to study the dosimetric and impl...
Case study thoracic radiotherapy in an elderly patient with pacemaker: The issue of pacing leads
03 January 2012
Youlia M. Kirova, Jean Menard, Cyrus Chargari, Alejandro Mazal, Krassen Kirov
Abstract: Purpose: To assess clinical outcome of patients with pacemaker treated with thoracic radiation therapy for T8-T9 paravertebral chloroma. Material and methods: A 92-year-old male patient with...
Whole-Breast Irradiation: A Subgroup Analysis of Criteria to Stratify for Prone Position Treatment
26 December 2011
Sara Ramella, Lucio Trodella, Edy Ippolito, Michele Fiore, Francesco Cellini, Gerardina Stimato, Diego Gaudino, Carlo Greco, Sara Ramponi, Eugenio Cammilluzzi, Claudio Cesarini, Angelo Piermattei, Alfredo Cesario, Rolando Maria D'Angelillo
Abstract: Introduction: To select among breast cancer patients and according to breast volume size those who may benefit from 3D conformal radiotherapy after conservative surgery applied with prone-po...

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Beams Arrangement in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) According to PTV and Dosimetric Parameters Predictive of Pneumonitis
Autumn 2010 (Vol. 35 | No. 3 | Pages 169-178)
Sara Ramella, Lucio Trodella, Tommaso Claudio Mineo, Eugenio Pompeo, Maria A. Gambacorta, Francesco Cellini, Marzia Ciresa, Michele Fiore, Carlo Greco, Diego Gaudino, Gerardina Stimato, Angelo Piermattei, Alfredo Cesario, Rolando M. D'Angelillo
A New Approach to Reduce Number of Split Fields in Large Field IMRT
Spring 2011 (Vol. 36 | No. 1 | Pages 1-5)
Chen-Chiao Lee, Andrew Wu, Madhur Garg, Subhakar Mutyala, Shalom Kalnicki, Gary Sayed, Dennis Mah
Postoperative Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy in High Risk Prostate Cancer: A Dosimetric Comparison
Autumn 2011 (Vol. 36 | No. 3 | Pages 231-239)
Cinzia Digesú, Savino Cilla, Andrea De Gaetano, Mariangela Massaccesi, Gabriella Macchia, Edy Ippolito, Francesco Deodato, Simona Panunzi, Chiara Iapalucci, Gian Carlo Mattiucci, Elisa D'Angelo, Gilbert D.A. Padula, Vincenzo Valentini, Numa Cellini, Angelo Piermattei, Alessio G. Morganti
Dosimetric Comparison of Split Field and Fixed Jaw Techniques for Large IMRT Target Volumes in the Head and Neck
Spring 2011 (Vol. 36 | No. 1 | Pages 6-9)
Shiv P. Srivastava, Indra J. Das, Arvind Kumar, Peter A.S. Johnstone
Dose Sparing of Brainstem and Spinal Cord for Re-Irradiating Recurrent Head and Neck Cancer with Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy
Spring 2011 (Vol. 36 | No. 1 | Pages 21-27)
Chin-Cheng Chen, Chen-Chiao Lee, Dennis Mah, Rajiv Sharma, Evan Landau, Madhur Garg, Andrew Wu

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