Abstract FLASH radiation therapy (FLASH-RT), delivered with ultrahigh dose rate (UHDR),
may allow patients to be treated with less normal tissue toxicity for a given tumor dose …

Literature was reviewed to assess the physical aspects governing the present and emerging
technologies used in intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT). Three major technologies were …

Purpose To present the acceptance and the commissioning, to define the reference dose,
and to prepare the reference data for a quality assessment (QA) program of an ultra‐high …

Purpose To investigate the usefulness and effectiveness of a dual beam‐current transformer
(BCTs) design to monitor and record the beam dosimetry output and energy of pulsed …

The goal of Task Group 25 (TG‐25) of the Radiation Therapy Committee of the American
Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) was to provide a methodology and set of …

Despite the continued controversy over defining an optimal delivery mechanism, the critical
role of adjuvant radiation in the management of surgically resected primary and metastatic …

Purpose We evaluate dose characteristics and clinical applications of treatment accessories
used in intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) and make site-specific recommendations for their …

FLASH radiation therapy (RT) has shown potential to increase the therapeutic index for
cancer treatment. In vivo animal studies have shown a differential response between normal …

PURPOSE: Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) represents a prospective approach for
risk assessment. A multidisciplinary working group of the Italian Association for Medical …

Objective. The Monte Carlo simulation software is a valuable tool in radiation therapy, in
particular to achieve the needed accuracy in the dose evaluation for the treatment plans …