Current status and future perspective of flattening filter free photon beams

D Georg, T Knöös, B McClean - Medical physics, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Flattening filters (FFs) have been considered as an integral part of the treatment
head of a medical accelerator for more than 50 years. The reasons for the longstanding use …

Anti-PD-1/anti-PD-L1 drugs and radiation therapy: combinations and optimization strategies

J Boustani, B Lecoester, J Baude, C Latour, O Adotevi… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Although immune checkpoint blockade has yielded unprecedented and
durable responses in cancer patients, the efficacy of this treatment remains limited …

Flattening filter‐free accelerators: a report from the AAPM Therapy Emerging Technology Assessment Work Group

Y Xiao, SF Kry, R Popple, E Yorke… - Journal of applied …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This report describes the current state of flattening filter‐free (FFF) radiotherapy beams
implemented on conventional linear accelerators, and is aimed primarily at practicing …

Commissioning of the Varian TrueBeam linear accelerator: a multi‐institutional study

C Glide‐Hurst, M Bellon, R Foster, C Altunbas… - Medical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Latest generation linear accelerators (linacs), ie, TrueBeam (Varian Medical
Systems, Palo Alto, CA) and its stereotactic counterpart, TrueBeam STx, have several …

Volumetric modulated arc therapy with flattening filter free (FFF) beams for stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) in patients with medically inoperable early stage …

P Navarria, AM Ascolese, P Mancosu, F Alongi… - Radiotherapy and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Purpose To assess the impact of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) with flattening
filter free (FFF) beams for stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) in inoperable stage I …

[HTML][HTML] Flattening filter free beams in SBRT and IMRT: dosimetric assessment of peripheral doses

G Kragl, F Baier, S Lutz, D Albrich, M Dalaryd… - … für medizinische Physik, 2011 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Recently, there has been a growing interest in operating medical linear
accelerators without a flattening filter. Due to reduced scatter, leaf transmission and radiation …

Out-of-field photon dose following removal of the flattening filter from a medical accelerator

SF Kry, ON Vassiliev, R Mohan - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
The aim of this paper is to determine the effect of removing the flattening filter from a linear
accelerator on the out-of-field photon dose. A Monte Carlo model was used to simulate 6 MV …

Precise film dosimetry for stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic body radiotherapy quality assurance using Gafchromic™ EBT3 films

N Wen, S Lu, J Kim, Y Qin, Y Huang, B Zhao, C Liu… - Radiation …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate the dosimetric uncertainty associated with
Gafchromic™(EBT3) films and establish a practical and efficient film dosimetry protocol for …

Detector comparison for small field output factor measurements in flattening filter free photon beams

W Lechner, H Palmans, L Sölkner… - Radiotherapy and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Purpose The applicability of various detectors for small field dosimetry and whether there
are differences in the detector response when irradiated with FF-and FFF-beams was …

Feasibility and early clinical assessment of flattening filter free (FFF) based stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) treatments

M Scorsetti, F Alongi, S Castiglioni, A Clivio… - Radiation …, 2011 - Springer
Purpose To test feasibility and safety of clinical usage of Flattening Filter Free (FFF) beams
for delivering ablative stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) doses to various tumor …