[HTML][HTML] Report dose-to-medium in clinical trials where available; a consensus from the Global Harmonisation Group to maximize consistency

SF Kry, J Lye, CH Clark, N Andratschke… - Radiotherapy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose To promote consistency in clinical trials by recommending a uniform framework as
it relates to radiation transport and dose calculation in water versus in medium. Methods The …

Medical Physics Practice Guideline (MPPG) 11. a: Plan and chart review in external beam radiotherapy and brachytherapy

P Xia, BJ Sintay, VC Colussi, C Chuang… - Journal of applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A therapeutic medical physicist is responsible for reviewing radiation therapy treatment
plans and patient charts, including initial treatment plans and new chart review, on treatment …

An international survey of imaging practices in radiotherapy

CJ Martin, T Kron, J Vassileva, TJ Wood, C Joyce… - Physica Medica, 2021 - Elsevier
Improvements in delivery of radiation dose to target tissues in radiotherapy have increased
the need for better image quality and led to a higher frequency of imaging patients. Imaging …

How low can you go? A CBCT dose reduction study

AJ Olch, P Alaei - Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) is often used for patient setup based
solely on bony anatomy. The goal of this work was to evaluate whether CBCT dose can be …

Out‐of‐field doses from radiotherapy using photon beams: A comparative study for a pediatric renal treatment

J Colnot, S Zefkili, R Gschwind… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose First, this experimental study aims at comparing out‐of‐field doses delivered by
three radiotherapy techniques (3DCRT, VMAT (two different accelerators), and tomotherapy) …

CBCT imaging: a simple approach for optimising and evaluating concomitant imaging doses, based on patient-specific attenuation, during radiotherapy pelvis …

C Ordóñez-Sanz, M Cowen, N Shiravand… - The British Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objectives: A simple, robust method, for optimising cone-beam CT (CBCT) dose and image
quality for pelvis treatment, based on patient-specific attenuation. Methods: Methods were …

[HTML][HTML] Uncertainty measurement of radiomics features against inherent quantum noise in computed tomography imaging

SJ Tu, WY Chen, CT Wu - European Radiology, 2021 - Springer
Objectives Quantum noise is a random process in X-ray-based imaging systems. We
addressed and measured the uncertainty of radiomics features against this quantum noise …

Incorporating clinical imaging into the delivery of microbeam radiation therapy

J Paino, M Barnes, E Engels, J Davis, S Guatelli… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Synchrotron microbeam radiation therapy is a promising pre-clinical radiation treatment
modality; however, it comes with many technical challenges. This study describes the image …

Triggered kV imaging during spine SBRT for intrafraction motion management

J Koo, L Nardella, M Degnan… - … in Cancer Research …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose: To monitor intrafraction motion during spine stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT)
treatment delivery with readily available technology, we implemented triggered kV imaging …

Risk for second bladder and rectal malignancies from cervical cancer irradiation

M Mazonakis, E Lyraraki, M Tolia… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The objective of this study was to estimate the risk of developing second malignancies to
partially in‐field organs from volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) of cervical cancer …