Tolerance limits and methodologies for IMRT measurement‐based verification QA: Recommendations of AAPM Task Group No. 218

M Miften, A Olch, D Mihailidis, J Moran… - Medical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Patient‐specific IMRT QA measurements are important components of processes
designed to identify discrepancies between calculated and delivered radiation doses …

Online magnetic resonance image guided adaptive radiation therapy: first clinical applications

S Acharya, BW Fischer-Valuck, R Kashani… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Purpose To demonstrate the feasibility of online adaptive magnetic resonance (MR) image
guided radiation therapy (MR-IGRT) through reporting of our initial clinical experience and …

Correlation of phantom‐based and log file patient‐specific QA with complexity scores for VMAT

CE Agnew, DM Irvine… - Journal of applied clinical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The motivation for this study was to reduce physics workload relating to patient‐specific
quality assurance (QA). VMAT plan delivery accuracy was determined from analysis of pre …

[HTML][HTML] Spatially fractionated stereotactic body radiation therapy (Lattice) for large tumors

S Duriseti, J Kavanaugh, S Goddu, A Price… - Advances in Radiation …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) has demonstrated clinical benefits for
patients with metastatic and/or unresectable cancer. Technical considerations of treatment …

Patient-specific quality assurance for the delivery of 60Co intensity modulated radiation therapy subject to a 0.35-T lateral magnetic field

HH Li, VL Rodriguez, OL Green, Y Hu… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Purpose This work describes a patient-specific dosimetry quality assurance (QA) program
for intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) using ViewRay, the first commercial …

Evaluation of the efficiency and effectiveness of independent dose calculation followed by machine log file analysis against conventional measurement based IMRT …

B Sun, D Rangaraj, S Boddu, M Goddu… - Journal of applied …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Experimental methods are commonly used for patient‐specific IMRT delivery verification.
There are a variety of IMRT QA techniques which have been proposed and clinically used …

[HTML][HTML] Parallel/opposed: IMRT QA using treatment log files is superior to conventional measurement‐based method

N Childress, Q Chen, Y Rong - Journal of applied clinical medical …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In the recent years, more and more researchers believe measurement-based quality
assurance (QA) method for intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) is insensitive in …

Evaluation of MLC performance in VMAT and dynamic IMRT by log file analysis

J Olasolo-Alonso, A Vázquez-Galiñanes… - Physica Medica, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose This multi-institution study assessed the positioning accuracy of multileaf
collimators (MLC) by analyzing log files. It determined the main machine parameters that …

Using machine learning to predict gamma passing rate in volumetric‐modulated arc therapy treatment plans

E Salari, K Shuai Xu, NN Sperling… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose This study aims to develop an algorithm to predict gamma passing rate (GPR) in
the volumetric‐modulated arc therapy (VMAT) technique. Materials and methods A total of …

Evaluation of the Elekta Agility MLC performance using high‐resolution log files

CN Kabat, DL Defoor, P Myers, N Kirby… - Medical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose With the advent of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) and intensity‐
modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) treatment techniques, the requirement for more …