Development and international multicentre pilot testing of a postal dosimetry audit methodology for high dose rate brachytherapy

Autor: Alexis Dimitriadis, Anna Becker, Krzysztof Chelminski, Pavel Kazantsev, Egor Titovich, Godfrey Azangwe, Liset de la Fuente Rosales, Benjamin Kellogg, Mauro Carrara, Jamema Swamidas

Publikováno v: Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology, Vol 32, Iss , Pp 100665- (2024)

Background and Purpose: Dosimetry audits are essential for reducing errors in brachytherapy. A postal dosimetry audit methodology was developed and tested in an international multicentre pilot, to assess the accuracy of the Reference Air Kerma Rate o

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Remote beam output audits: A global assessment of results out of tolerance

Autor: Stephen F. Kry, Christine B. Peterson, Rebecca M. Howell, Joanna Izewska, Jessica Lye, Catharine H. Clark, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Coen Hurkmans, Paola Alvarez, Andrew Alves, Tomislav Bokulic, David Followill, Pavel Kazantsev, Jessica Lowenstein, Andrea Molineu, Jacob Palmer, Susan A. Smith, Paige Taylor, Paulina Wesolowska, Ivan Williams

Publikováno v: Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology, Vol 7, Iss , Pp 39-44 (2018)

Background and purpose: Remote beam output audits, which independently measure an institution’s machine calibration, are a common component of independent radiotherapy peer review. This work reviews the results and trends of these audit results acr

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/5abf2823e6c34f7587071731bf8c8f28

50 Years of the IAEA/WHO postal dose audit programme for radiotherapy: what can we learn from 13756 results?

Autor: Paulina Wesolowska, Debbie van der Merwe, Joanna Izewska, Tomislav Bokulić, Pavel Kazantsev

Background: The IAEA/WHO postal dose audit programme has been operating since 1969 with the aim of improving the accuracy and consistency of dosimetry in radiotherapy in low-income and middle-income countries world-wide. This study summarises the 50

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https://doi.org/10.1080/0284186x.2020.1723162

IAEA methodology for on-site end-to-end IMRT/VMAT audits: an international pilot study

Autor: Victor Hernandez, Daniel Venencia, Eduard Gershkevitsh, Paulina Wesolowska, Joanna Izewska, Milan Tomsej, Nuria Jornet, Catharine H. Clark, Pavel Kazantsev, Jacob Van Dyk, Wolfgang Lechner, Tomislav Bokulić

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Background: The IAEA has developed and tested an on-site, end-to-end IMRT/VMAT dosimetry audit methodology for head and neck cases using an anthropomorphic phantom. The audit methodology is described, and the results of the international pilot testin

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https://www.bib.irb.hr/1097389

Remote beam output audits: A global assessment of results out of tolerance

Autor: Jessica Lye, Catharine H. Clark, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Christine B. Peterson, J. Palmer, Pavel Kazantsev, David S Followill, Joanna Izewska, Ivan Williams, Stephen F Kry, Susan A. Smith, Coen W. Hurkmans, Paulina Wesolowska, Tomislav Bokulić, Paola Alvarez, Andrew Alves, Jessica Lowenstein, Rebecca M. Howell, Andrea Molineu, Paige A. Taylor

Publikováno v: Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology, Vol 7, Iss, Pp 39-44 (2018)

Background and purpose: Remote beam output audits, which independently measure an institution’s machine calibration, are a common component of independent radiotherapy peer review. This work reviews the results and trends of these audit results acr

Externí odkaz: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::af4aa644e40a15c412e960b5aa76b8b9
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phro.2018.08.005