Benchmarking Monte-Carlo dose calculation for MLC CyberKnife treatments

Autor: P.-H. Mackeprang, D. Vuong, W. Volken, D. Henzen, D. Schmidhalter, M. Malthaner, S. Mueller, D. Frei, W. Kilby, D. M. Aebersold, M. K. Fix, P. Manser

Publikováno v: Radiation Oncology, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2019)

Abstract Background Vendor-independent Monte Carlo (MC) dose calculation (IDC) for patient-specific quality assurance of multi-leaf collimator (MLC) based CyberKnife treatments is used to benchmark and validate the commercial MC dose calculation engi

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Enabling non-isocentric dynamic trajectory radiotherapy by integration of dynamic table translations

Autor: G Guyer, S Mueller, C Koechli, D Frei, W Volken, J Bertholet, P-H Mackeprang, H A Loebner, D M Aebersold, P Manser, M K Fix

Publikováno v: Guyer, Gian; Mueller, Silvan; Koechli, Carole; Frei, Daniel; Volken, Werner; Bertholet, Jenny; Mackeprang, Paul-Henry; Loebner, Hannes A; Aebersold, Daniel M; Manser, Peter; Fix, Michael K (2022). Enabling non-isocentric dynamic trajectory radiotherapy by integration of dynamic table translations. Physics in medicine and biology, 67(17) Institute of Physics Publishing IOP 10.1088/1361-6560/ac840d

Objective. The purpose of this study is to develop a treatment planning process (TPP) for non-isocentric dynamic trajectory radiotherapy (DTRT) using dynamic gantry rotation, collimator rotation, table rotation, longitudinal, vertical and lateral tab

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Forward treatment planning for modulated electron radiotherapy (MERT) employing Monte Carlo methods

Autor: D, Henzen, P, Manser, D, Frei, W, Volken, H, Neuenschwander, E J, Born, K, Lössl, D M, Aebersold, M F M, Stampanoni, M K, Fix

Publikováno v: Medical physics. 41(3)

This paper describes the development of a forward planning process for modulated electron radiotherapy (MERT). The approach is based on a previously developed electron beam model used to calculate dose distributions of electron beams shaped by a phot

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24593716

Evaluation of a new six degrees of freedom couch for radiation therapy

Autor: D, Schmidhalter, M K, Fix, M, Wyss, N, Schaer, P, Munro, S, Scheib, P, Kunz, P, Manser

Publikováno v: Medical physics. 40(11)

The aim of this work is to evaluate the geometric accuracy of a prerelease version of a new six degrees of freedom (6DoF) couch. Additionally, a quality assurance method for 6DoF couches is proposed.The main principle of the performance tests was to

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24320418

The Swiss IMRT dosimetry intercomparison using a thorax phantom

Autor: H, Schiefer, A, Fogliata, G, Nicolini, L, Cozzi, W W, Seelentag, E, Born, F, Hasenbalg, J, Roth, B, Schnekenburger, K, Münch-Berndl, V, Vallet, M, Pachoud, B, Reiner, G, Dipasquale, B, Krusche, M K, Fix

Publikováno v: Medical physics. 37(8)

In 2008, a national intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) dosimetry intercomparison was carried out for all 23 radiation oncology institutions in Switzerland. It was the aim to check the treatment chain focused on the planning, dose calculatio

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20879601