Radiotherapy protocol deviations and clinical outcomes: a meta-analysis of cooperative group clinical trials

N Ohri, X Shen, AP Dicker, LA Doyle… - Journal of the …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Background Noncompliance with radiotherapy (RT) protocol guidelines has been linked to
inferior clinical outcomes. We performed a meta-analysis of cooperative group trials to …

[HTML][HTML] ACR Appropriateness Criteria for external beam radiation therapy treatment planning for clinically localized prostate cancer, part II of II

NG Zaorsky, TN Showalter, GA Ezzell… - Advances in radiation …, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose To present the most updated American College of Radiology (ACR)
Appropriateness Criteria formed by an expert panel on the appropriate delivery of external …

Real-time in vivo rectal wall dosimetry using plastic scintillation detectors for patients with prostate cancer

L Wootton, R Kudchadker, A Lee… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
We designed and constructed an in vivo dosimetry system using plastic scintillation
detectors (PSDs) to monitor dose to the rectal wall in patients undergoing intensity …

Toward in vivo Dosimetry for Prostate Radiotherapy With a Transperineal Ultrasound Array: A Simulation Study

M Wang, P Samant, S Wang, J Merill… - IEEE transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
X-ray-induced acoustic computed tomography (XACT) is a promising imaging modality to
monitor the position of the radiation beam and the deposited dose during external beam …

Molecular and nanoscale sensors for detecting ionizing radiation in radiotherapy

K Pushpavanam, E Narayanan, K Rege - ChemNanoMat, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Ever since the discovery of radioactivity, beneficial use of ionizing radiation has been
pursued for the betterment of human health. In particular, fractionated radiotherapy is …

Image‐guided method for TLD‐based in vivo rectal dose verification with endorectal balloon in proton therapy for prostate cancer

WC Hsi, M Fagundes, O Zeidan, E Hug… - Medical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To present a practical image‐guided method to position an endorectal balloon that
improvesin vivo thermoluminiscent dosimeter (TLD) measurements of rectal doses in proton …

In vivo quality assurance of volumetric modulated arc therapy for ano-rectal cancer with thermoluminescent dosimetry and image-guidance

G Dipasquale, P Nouet, M Rouzaud, A Dubouloz… - Radiotherapy and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective To assess in vivo dose distribution using cone-beam computed tomography scans
(CBCTs) and thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLDs) in patients with anal or rectal cancer …

Avoidance sectors to reduce dosimetric impact of an irreproducible pannus on setup uncertainty in prostate SBRT VMAT: A case study

E Hubley, G Shukla, Y Vakhnenko, RB Den… - Medical …, 2019 - Elsevier
This work investigates whether the use of an avoidance sector in a two-arc volumetric
modulated arc therapy (VMAT) prostate stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) plan reduces …

[HTML][HTML] A study on rectal dose measurement in phantom and in vivo using Gafchromic EBT3 film in IMRT and CyberKnife treatments of carcinoma of prostate

K Ganapathy, PGG Kurup, V Murali… - Journal of Medical …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
The objective of this study is to check the feasibility of in vivo rectal dose measurement in
intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and CyberKnife treatments for carcinoma prostate …

Commissioning and implementation of an implantable dosimeter for radiation therapy

I Buzurovic, TN Showalter, MT Studenski… - Journal of applied …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In this article we describe commissioning and implementation procedures for the Dose
Verification System (DVS) with permanently implanted in vivo wireless, telemetric radiation …