Estimating dose delivery accuracy in stereotactic body radiation therapy: a review of in-vivo measurement methods

M Esposito, E Villaggi, S Bresciani, S Cilla… - Radiotherapy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) has been recognized as a standard treatment
option for many anatomical sites. Sophisticated radiation therapy techniques have been …

A review and analysis of stereotactic body radiotherapy and radiosurgery of patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices

H Aslian, T Kron, F Longo, R Rad… - Australasian Physical & …, 2019 - Springer
The implementation of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) and stereotactic
radiosurgery (SRS) has greatly increased due to its convenience and advantages from …

CyberKnife® fixed cone and Iris™ defined small radiation fields: Assessment with a high‐resolution solid‐state detector array

G Biasi, M Petasecca, S Guatelli… - Journal of applied …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The challenges of accurate dosimetry for stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) with small
unflattened radiation fields have been widely reported in the literature. In this case, suitable …

A novel high-resolution 2D silicon array detector for small field dosimetry with FFF photon beams

G Biasi, M Petasecca, S Guatelli, N Hardcastle… - Physica Medica, 2018 - Elsevier
Purpose Flattening filter free (FFF) beams are increasingly being considered for stereotactic
radiotherapy (SRT). For the first time, the performance of a monolithic silicon array detector …

Volumetric‐modulated arc therapy and intensity‐modulated radiation therapy treatment planning for prostate cancer with flattened beam and flattening filter free linear …

M Treutwein, M Hipp, O Koelbl… - Journal of applied …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This study on patients with localized prostate cancer was set up to investigate valuable
differences using flattened beam (FB) and flattening filter free (FFF) mode in the application …

Association between treatment-related lymphopenia and survival in glioblastoma patients following postoperative chemoradiotherapy

R Mapelli, C Julita, SP Bianchi, N Gallina… - Strahlentherapie und …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Our study investigated the association between treatment-related lymphopenia and
overall survival (OS) in a series of glioblastoma (GBM) patients. We also explored clinical …

Measurement and modeling of out-of-field doses from various advanced post-mastectomy radiotherapy techniques

J Yoon, D Heins, X Zhao, M Sanders… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
More and more advanced radiotherapy techniques have been adopted for post-mastectomy
radiotherapies (PMRT). Patient dose reconstruction is challenging for these advanced …

Out‐of‐field dose assessment for a 1.5 T MR‐Linac with optically stimulated luminescence dosimeters

Y Zhang, S Yan, Z Cui, Y Wang, Z Li, Y Yin… - Medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To assess the out‐of‐field surface and internal dose of the 1.5 T MR‐Linac
compared to the conventional external beam linac using optically stimulated luminescence …

Innovative nano-shielding for minimizing stray radiation dose in external radiation therapy: A promising approach to enhance patient safety

S Rajabpour, G Almisned, HO Tekin… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study investigates the effectiveness of novel nanocomposite shielding materials in
reducing out-of-field radiation doses during radiation therapy, employing Geant4 Monte …

Assessment of out-of-field doses in radiotherapy treatments of paediatric patients using Monte Carlo methods and measurements

AC Sá, A Barateiro, B Bednarz, C Borges, J Pereira… - Physica Medica, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose To assess out-of-field doses in radiotherapy treatments of paediatric patients, using
Monte Carlo methods to implement a new model of the linear accelerator validated against …