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Publikováno v:
International Journal of Medical Physics, Clinical Engineering and Radiation Oncology. 11:176-187
Publikováno v:
Practical radiation oncology. 12(5)
This study reports the impact of using a centralized database system for major equipment quality assurance (QA) at a large institution.A centralized database system has been implemented for radiation therapy machine QA in our institution at 6 campuse
Publikováno v:
International journal of medical physics, clinical engineering and radiation oncology
Managing TG-51 reference dosimetry in a large hospital network can be a challenging task. The objectives of this study are to investigate the effectiveness of using Statistical Process Control (SPC) to manage TG-51 workflow in such a network. All the
Publikováno v:
Med Phys
PURPOSE: Real-time tumor tracking through active correction by the multileaf collimator or treatment couch offers a promising strategy to mitigate delivery uncertainty due to intrafractional tumor motion. This study evaluated the performance of MLC a
Autor:
Abraham J. Wu, S Lim, Amandeep Taggar, Antonio L. Damato, Gil'ad N. Cohen, Neil K. Taunk, Mark J. Rivard, Thomas LoSasso, Karen Episcopia
Publikováno v:
Brachytherapy. 16:1257-1264
Purpose To present the clinical commissioning of a novel 103 Pd directional brachytherapy device (CivaSheet) for intraoperative radiation therapy. Methods and Materials Clinical commissioning for the CivaSheet consisted of establishing: ( 1 ) source
Publikováno v:
Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics
Hypofractionated treatments generally increase the complexity of a treatment plan due to the more stringent constraints of normal tissues and target coverage. As a result, treatment plans contain more modulated MLC motions that may require extra effo
Publikováno v:
Medical physics. 46(2)
PURPOSE This study proposes a proactive maintenance model utilizing historical Multileaf collimator (MLC) performance data to predict potential MLC dysfunctions, promote preemptive maintenance and thereby reduce treatment disruptions. METHODS MLC fai
Autor:
Lawrence T. Dauer, Yoshiya Yamada, Thomas LoSasso, Gil'ad N. Cohen, John J. Munro, Marco Zaider, Assen S. Kirov, Matthew J. Williamson
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 88:746-752
Purpose A novel 32 P brachytherapy source has been in use at our institution intraoperatively for temporary radiation therapy of the spinal dura and other localized tumors. We describe the dosimetry and clinical implementation of the source. Methods
Autor:
Ning J. Yue, Jatinder R. Palta, Thomas LoSasso, Gary A. Ezzell, Andrea Molineu, Dimitris Mihailidis, Chester R. Ramsey, Nesrin Dogan, Jie Shi, Ping Xia, Bill J. Salter, Ying Xiao, James Mechalakos, Jay Burmeister
Publikováno v:
Medical Physics. 36:5359-5373
AAPM Task Group 119 has produced quantitative confidence limits as baseline expectation values for IMRT commissioning. A set of test cases was developed to assess the overall accuracy of planning and delivery of IMRT treatments. Each test uses contou
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 72:575-581
Purpose The Varian RapidArc is a system for intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) treatment planning and delivery. RapidArc incorporates capabilities such as variable dose-rate, variable gantry speed, and accurate and fast dynamic multileaf collima