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 …

[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 …

Report of the Task Group 186 on model‐based dose calculation methods in brachytherapy beyond the TG‐43 formalism: current status and recommendations for …

L Beaulieu, Å Carlsson Tedgren, JF Carrier… - Medical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The charge of Task Group 186 (TG‐186) is to provide guidance for early adopters of model‐
based dose calculation algorithms (MBDCAs) for brachytherapy (BT) dose calculations to …

AAPM medical physics practice guideline 5. a.: commissioning and QA of treatment planning dose calculations—megavoltage photon and electron beams

JB Smilowitz, IJ Das, V Feygelman… - Journal of applied …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) is a nonprofit professional
society whose primary purposes are to advance the science, education and professional …

Beam modeling and beam model commissioning for Monte Carlo dose calculation‐based radiation therapy treatment planning: Report of AAPM Task Group 157

CMC Ma, IJ Chetty, J Deng, B Faddegon… - Medical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Dose calculation plays an important role in the accuracy of radiotherapy treatment planning
and beam delivery. The Monte Carlo (MC) method is capable of achieving the highest …

AAPM Task Group 329: reference dose specification for dose calculations: dose‐to‐water or dose‐to‐muscle?

SF Kry, V Feygelman, P Balter, T Knöös… - Medical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Linac calibration is done in water, but patients are comprised primarily of soft tissue.
Conceptually, and specified in NRG/RTOG trials, dose should be reported as dose‐to …

The international commission on radiation units and measurements

HG Menzel - Journal of the ICRU, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
The International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements - Hans-Georg Menzel,
2012 Skip to main content Scheduled maintenance on Monday, November 20th, with …

AAPM MEDICAL PHYSICS PRACTICE GUIDELINE 5. b: Commissioning and QA of treatment planning dose calculations—Megavoltage photon and electron beams

MW Geurts, DJ Jacqmin, LE Jones… - Journal of applied …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) is a nonprofit
professional society whose primary purposes are to advance the science, education, and …

Dose to 'water-like'media or dose to tissue in MV photons radiotherapy treatment planning: still a matter of debate

P Andreo - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The difference between Monte Carlo Treatment Planning (MCTP) based on the
assumption of'water-like'tissues with densities obtained from CT procedures, or on tissue …

Multi-centre audit of VMAT planning and pre-treatment verification

D Jurado-Bruggeman, V Hernández, J Sáez… - Radiotherapy and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background and purpose We performed a multi-centre intercomparison of VMAT dose
planning and pre-treatment verification. The aims were to analyse the dose plans in terms of …