A snapshot of medical physics practice patterns.

Autor: Kisling KD; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, USA.; Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA., Ger RB; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, USA.; Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA., Netherton TJ; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, USA.; Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA., Cardenas CE; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, USA.; Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA., Owens CA; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, USA.; Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA., Anderson BM; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, USA.; Department of Imaging Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA., Lee J; Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA., Rhee DJ; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, USA.; Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA., Edward SS; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, USA.; Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA., Gay SS; Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA., He Y; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, USA.; Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA., David SD; Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA., Yang J; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, USA.; Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA., Nitsch PL; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, USA.; Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA., Balter PA; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, USA.; Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA., Urbauer DL; Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA., Peterson CB; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, USA.; Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA., Court LE; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, USA.; Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.; Department of Imaging Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA., Dube S; Morton Plant Mease Health System, Clearwater, FL, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of applied clinical medical physics [J Appl Clin Med Phys] 2018 Nov; Vol. 19 (6), pp. 306-315. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Oct 01.
DOI: 10.1002/acm2.12464
Abstrakt: A large number of surveys have been sent to the medical physics community addressing many clinical topics for which the medical physicist is, or may be, responsible. Each survey provides an insight into clinical practice relevant to the medical physics community. The goal of this study was to create a summary of these surveys giving a snapshot of clinical practice patterns. Surveys used in this study were created using SurveyMonkey and distributed between February 6, 2013 and January 2, 2018 via the MEDPHYS and MEDDOS listserv groups. The format of the surveys included questions that were multiple choice and free response. Surveys were included in this analysis if they met the following criteria: more than 20 responses, relevant to radiation therapy physics practice, not single-vendor specific, and formatted as multiple-choice questions (i.e., not exclusively free-text responses). Although the results of free response questions were not explicitly reported, they were carefully reviewed, and the responses were considered in the discussion of each topic. Two-hundred and fifty-two surveys were available, of which 139 passed the inclusion criteria. The mean number of questions per survey was 4. The mean number of respondents per survey was 63. Summaries were made for the following topics: simulation, treatment planning, electron treatments, linac commissioning and quality assurance, setup and treatment verification, IMRT and VMAT treatments, SRS/SBRT, breast treatments, prostate treatments, brachytherapy, TBI, facial lesion treatments, clinical workflow, and after-hours/emergent treatments. We have provided a coherent overview of medical physics practice according to surveys conducted over the last 5 yr, which will be instructive for medical physicists.
(© 2018 The Authors. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of American Association of Physicists in Medicine.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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