Tolerance limits and methodologies for IMRT measurement‐based verification QA: Recommendations of AAPM Task Group No. 218

M Miften, A Olch, D Mihailidis, J Moran… - Medical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Patient‐specific IMRT QA measurements are important components of processes
designed to identify discrepancies between calculated and delivered radiation doses …

Experimental validation of a commercial 3D dose verification system for intensity-modulated arc therapies

R Boggula, F Lorenz, L Mueller, M Birkner… - Physics in Medicine …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We validate the dosimetric performance of COMPASS®, a novel 3D quality assurance
system for verification of volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) treatment plans that can …

Evaluation of a 2D detector array for patient-specific VMAT QA with different setups

R Boggula, M Birkner, F Lohr, V Steil… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
For pre-treatment plan verification of advanced treatment techniques such as intensity-
modulated arc therapy, a fast and reliable dosimetric device is required. In this study, we …

EBT2 radiochromic film for quality assurance of complex IMRT treatments of the prostate: micro-collimated IMRT, RapidArc, and TomoTherapy

T Kairn, N Hardcastle, J Kenny, R Meldrum… - Australasian physical & …, 2011 - Springer
In response to the clinical need for a dosimetry system with both high resolution and minimal
angular dependence, this study demonstrates the utility of Gafchromic EBT2 radiochromic …

Angular dependence correction of MatriXX and its application to composite dose verification

Y Shimohigashi, F Araki, H Tominaga… - Journal of applied …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We measured the angular dependence of central and off‐axis detectors in a 2D ionization
chamber array, MatriXX, and applied correction factors (CFs) to improve the accuracy of …

Critical appraisal of the accuracy of Acuros-XB and Anisotropic Analytical Algorithm compared to measurement and calculations with the compass system in the …

M Kathirvel, S Subramanian, A Clivio, G Arun… - Radiation …, 2013 - Springer
Background The accuracy of the two dose calculation engines available for RapidArc
planning (both released for clinical use) is investigated in comparison to the COMPASS …

The ArcCHECK diode array for dosimetric verification of HybridArc

AL Petoukhova, J Van Egmond… - Physics in Medicine …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
The aim of this work is to evaluate dosimetric accuracy of a new treatment modality,
HybridArc, in iPlan RT Dose 4.5 (BrainLAB, Feldkirchen, Germany) using a four-dimensional …

Beam quality and dose perturbation of 6 MV flattening-filter-free linac

P Tsiamas, E Sajo, F Cifter, K Theodorou, C Kappas… - Physica Medica, 2014 - Elsevier
The aim of this study is twofold:(a) determination of the spectral differences for flattening-filter-
free (FFF) versus standard (STD) linac under various clinical conditions,(b) based on an …

Modeling Elekta VersaHD using the Varian Eclipse treatment planning system for photon beams: A single‐institution experience

Y Zhang, AH Le, Z Tian, Z Iqbal, T Chiu… - Journal of applied …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this study was to report a single‐institution experience and commissioning data
for Elekta VersaHD linear accelerators (LINACs) for photon beams in the Eclipse treatment …

A comparison of VMAT dosimetric verifications between fixed and rotating gantry positions

J Zhu, L Chen, G Jin, G Luo, W Cao… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
This study comparatively analysed dose distributions between the fixed and rotating gantry
positions of volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) plans measured using different …