Dosimetry of small static fields used in external photon beam radiotherapy: summary of TRS‐483, the IAEA–AAPM international Code of Practice for reference and …

H Palmans, P Andreo, MS Huq, J Seuntjens… - Medical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose A joint IAEA/AAPM international working group has developed a Code of Practice
(CoP) for the dosimetry of small static fields used in external megavoltage photon beam …

Dosimetry of ionising radiation in modern radiation oncology

T Kron, J Lehmann, PB Greer - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Dosimetry of ionising radiation is a well-established and mature branch of physical sciences
with many applications in medicine and biology. In particular radiotherapy relies on …

Application of the Exradin W1 scintillator to determine Ediode 60017 and microDiamond 60019 correction factors for relative dosimetry within small MV and FFF fields

TSA Underwood, BC Rowland, R Ferrand… - Physics in Medicine …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
In this work we use EBT3 film measurements at 10 MV to demonstrate the suitability of the
Exradin W1 (plastic scintillator) for relative dosimetry within small photon fields. We then use …

Diamond detectors for radiotherapy X-ray small beam dosimetry

C Talamonti, K Kanxheri, S Pallotta, L Servoli - Frontiers in Physics, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Many new X-Ray treatment machines using small and/or non-standard radiation fields, eg,
Tomotherapy, Cyber-knife, and linear accelerators equipped with high-resolution multi-leaf …

A novel method for the determination of field output factors and output correction factors for small static fields for six diodes and a microdiamond detector in …

B Casar, E Gershkevitsh, I Mendez, S Jurković… - Medical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The goal of this work is to provide a large and consistent set of data for detector‐
specific output correction factors,, for small static fields for seven solid‐state detectors and to …

Monte Carlo simulated corrections for beam commissioning measurements with circular and MLC shaped fields on the CyberKnife M6 System: a study including diode …

P Francescon, W Kilby, JM Noll, L Masi… - Physics in Medicine …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Monte Carlo simulation was used to calculate correction factors for output factor (OF),
percentage depth-dose (PDD), and off-axis ratio (OAR) measurements with the CyberKnife …

The physics of small megavoltage photon beam dosimetry

P Andreo - Radiotherapy and Oncology, 2018 - Elsevier
The increased interest during recent years in the use of small megavoltage photon beams in
advanced radiotherapy techniques has led to the development of dosimetry …

Semiconductor dosimetry in modern external-beam radiation therapy

AB Rosenfeld, G Biasi, M Petasecca… - Physics in Medicine …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Semiconductor dosimeters are ubiquitous in modern external-beam radiation therapy. They
possess key features. The response, electronically available in real time, is stable and linear …

Is the PTW 60019 microDiamond a suitable candidate for small field reference dosimetry?

V De Coste, P Francescon, M Marinelli… - Physics in Medicine …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
A systematic study of the PTW microDiamond (MD) output factors (OF) is reported, aimed at
clarifying its response in small fields and investigating its suitability for small field reference …

Experimental determination of the PTW 60019 microDiamond dosimeter active area and volume

M Marinelli, G Prestopino, C Verona… - Medical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Small field output correction factors have been studied by several research groups
for the PTW 60019 microDiamond (MD) dosimeter, by comparing the response of such a …