A comparison of several modulated radiotherapy techniques for head and neck cancer and dosimetric validation of VMAT

F Stieler, D Wolff, H Schmid, G Welzel, F Wenz… - Radiotherapy and …, 2011 - Elsevier
… The dosimetric validation in our study was performed in two ways. First, film and ionization
chamber were chosen because of the long experience with these approaches and the higher …

… validation of a standardized method for contouring the brachial plexus: preliminary dosimetric analysis among patients treated with IMRT for head-and-neck cancer

WH Hall, M Guiou, NY Lee, A Dublin, S Narayan… - International Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
… Our dosimetric analysis suggest that for patients undergoing intensity-modulated radiotherapy
for head-and-neck cancer, brachial plexus routinely receives doses in excess of historic …

Three-dimensional dosimetry using polymer gel and magnetic resonance imaging applied to the verification of conformal radiation therapy in head-and-neck cancer

Y De Deene, C De Wagter, B Van Duyse… - Radiotherapy and …, 1998 - Elsevier
… The method we implemented has been validated for dosimetry of standard beams and
for verification of a multibeam conformal treatment. In case of standard beams, the gel …

Volumetric intensity-modulated arc therapy vs. conventional IMRT in head-and-neck cancer: a comparative planning and dosimetric study

WFAR Verbakel, JP Cuijpers, D Hoffmans… - International Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
… the first report of a dosimetric validation of RA plans. Treatment … film dosimetry and is thus a
tight limit for dosimetric evaluation. … An alternative for film dosimetry would be to measure the …

Dosimetric evaluation of automatic segmentation for adaptive IMRT for head-and-neck cancer

SY Tsuji, A Hwang, V Weinberg, SS Yom… - International Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
… This study uses dosimetric endpoints to assess … the validation of the proprietary image
registration algorithm has not yet been published in manuscript form (28) and such validation was …

Validation of a method for “dose of the day” calculation in head-neck tomotherapy by using planning ct-to-MVCT deformable image registration

M Branchini, C Fiorino, I Dell'Oca, ML Belli, L Perna… - Physica Medica, 2017 - Elsevier
… This study represents the first demonstration of the dosimetric accuracy of kVCT-to-MVCT …
for head and neck cancer patients has been presented. For the first time, a dosimetry accuracy …

Dosimetric validation for multileaf collimator-based intensity-modulated radiotherapy: a review

MR Arnfield, Q Wu, S Tong, R Mohan - Medical Dosimetry, 2001 - Elsevier
… Film should be placed at a clinically relevant depth (eg, 5 cm for head and neck cancer and
10 cm for prostate cancer). Film densities from each IMRT field are converted to dose via the …

[HTML][HTML] … NTCP models for head and neck cancer patients treated with three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy for xerostomia and sticky saliva: the role of dosimetric …

I Beetz, C Schilstra, FR Burlage, PW Koken… - Radiotherapy and …, 2012 - Elsevier
… and neck cancer with 3D-CRT was the first study in the four-step ALLEGRO approach to build
validated … The next step in the ALLEGRO project will be the validation of these models in a …

[HTML][HTML] The use of in-vivo dosimetry to identify head and neck cancer patients needing adaptive radiotherapy

YAC Fiagan, E Bossuyt, D Nevens, M Machiels… - Radiotherapy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
… Head and neck cancer (HNC) patients experiencing anatomical changes during their …
dosimetry (EIVD) system to detect patients that require ART and identified its limitations. …

Dosimetric validation of two different radiobiological models for parotid gland functionality of tongue cancer

S Pramanik, S Bera, S Roy, A Ray… - Precision Radiation …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… A 0.5-cm margin was added to clinical target volume (CTV) for obtaining the planning target
volume (PTV) according to our departmental protocol 9 for the head and neck cancers. A …