AAPM Task Group Report 307: use of EPIDs for patient‐specific IMRT and VMAT QA

N Dogan, BJ Mijnheer, K Padgett… - Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Electronic portal imaging devices (EPIDs) have been widely utilized for patient‐
specific quality assurance (PSQA) and their use for transit dosimetry applications is …

Characterization of a novel two dimensional diode array the “magic plate” as a radiation detector for radiation therapy treatment

JHD Wong, I Fuduli, M Carolan, M Petasecca… - Medical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) utilizes the technology of multileaf
collimators to deliver highly modulated and complex radiation treatment. Dosimetric …

The GLAaS algorithm for portal dosimetry and quality assurance of RapidArc, an intensity modulated rotational therapy

G Nicolini, E Vanetti, A Clivio, A Fogliata, S Korreman… - Radiation …, 2008 - Springer
Background To expand and test the dosimetric procedure, known as GLAaS, for amorphous
silicon detectors to the RapidArc intensity modulated arc delivery with Varian infrastructures …

Online pretreatment verification of high-dose rate brachytherapy using an imaging panel

GP Fonseca, M Podesta, M Bellezzo… - Physics in Medicine …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Brachytherapy is employed to treat a wide variety of cancers. However, an accurate
treatment verification method is currently not available. This study describes a pre-treatment …

Patient specific quality control for Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy (SABR): it takes more than one phantom

T Kron, E Ungureanu, R Antony… - Journal of Physics …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy (SABR) is an extension of the concepts of
Stereotactic Radiosurgery from intracranial procedures to extracranial targets. This brings …

The influence of a novel transmission detector on 6 MV x-ray beam characteristics

S Venkataraman, KE Malkoske, M Jensen… - Physics in Medicine …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
The purpose of this work was to investigate the influence of a new transmission detector on
6 MV x-ray beam properties. The device, COMPASS (IBA Dosimetry, Germany), contains …

Initial evaluation of a commercial EPID modified to a novel direct‐detection configuration for radiotherapy dosimetry

P Vial, PB Greer, L Oliver, C Baldock - Medical physics, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Electronic portal imaging devices (EPIDs) integrated with medical linear accelerators utilize
an indirect‐detection EPID configuration (ID‐EPID). Amorphous silicon ID‐EPIDs provide …

The impact of MLC transmitted radiation on EPID dosimetry for dynamic MLC beams

P Vial, PB Greer, P Hunt, L Oliver, C Baldock - Medical physics, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this study was to experimentally quantify the change in response of an
amorphous silicon electronic portal imaging device (EPID) to dynamic multileaf collimator …

Comprehensive fluence model for absolute portal dose image prediction

K Chytyk, BMC McCurdy - Medical physics, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Amorphous silicon electronic portal imaging devices (EPIDs) continue to be investigated as
treatment verification tools, with a particular focus on intensity modulated radiation therapy …

Dosimetric verification of IMAT delivery with a conventional EPID system and a commercial portal dose image prediction tool

M Iori, E Cagni, M Paiusco, P Munro… - Medical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The electronic portal imaging device (EPID) is a system for checking the patient
setup; as a result of its integration with the linear accelerator and software customized for …