Stereotactic radiosurgery alone for multiple brain metastases? A review of clinical and technical issues

A Sahgal, M Ruschin, L Ma, W Verbakel… - Neuro …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Over the past three decades several randomized trials have enabled evidence-based
practice for patients presenting with limited brain metastases. These trials have focused on …

Different dosimeters/detectors used in small-field dosimetry: Pros and cons

W Parwaie, S Refahi, MA Ardekani… - Journal of Medical …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
With the advent of complex and precise radiation therapy techniques, the use of relatively
small fields is needed. Using such field sizes can cause uncertainty in dosimetry; therefore …

Report of AAPM Task Group 155: megavoltage photon beam dosimetry in small fields and non‐equilibrium conditions

IJ Das, P Francescon, JM Moran, A Ahnesjö… - Medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Small‐field dosimetry used in advance treatment technologies poses challenges due to loss
of lateral charged particle equilibrium (LCPE), occlusion of the primary photon source, and …

Performance evaluation of a CyberKnife® G4 image-guided robotic stereotactic radiosurgery system

C Antypas, E Pantelis - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
The aim of the current work was to present the performance evaluation procedures
implemented at our department for the commissioning of a G4 CyberKnife system. This …

Validation of complex radiotherapy techniques using polymer gel dosimetry

CP Karger, A Elter, S Dorsch, P Mann… - Physics in Medicine …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Modern radiotherapy delivers highly conformal dose distributions to irregularly shaped
target volumes while sparing the surrounding normal tissue. Due to the complex planning …

Three-dimensional radiation dosimetry using polymer gel and solid radiochromic polymer: From basics to clinical applications

Y Watanabe, L Warmington… - World journal of …, 2017 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Accurate dose measurement tools are needed to evaluate the radiation dose delivered to
patients by using modern and sophisticated radiation therapy techniques. However, the …

Detector comparison for small field output factor measurements in flattening filter free photon beams

W Lechner, H Palmans, L Sölkner… - Radiotherapy and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Purpose The applicability of various detectors for small field dosimetry and whether there
are differences in the detector response when irradiated with FF-and FFF-beams was …

Variation of for the small‐field dosimetric parameters percentage depth dose, tissue‐maximum ratio, and off‐axis ratio

P Francescon, S Beddar, N Satariano, IJ Das - Medical physics, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Evaluate the ability of different dosimeters to correctly measure the dosimetric
parameters percentage depth dose (PDD), tissue‐maximum ratio (TMR), and off‐axis ratio …

[HTML][HTML] Measurement of the radiation dose and radiation isocenter of the TrueBeam accelerator using 3D polymer gel dosimeters from the VIPAR family with different …

M Kozicki, M Jaszczak, P Maras, S Kadlubowski - Measurement, 2023 - Elsevier
This work describes the measurements of the ionizing radiation dose and the determination
of the radiation isocenter using a tool consisting of three-dimensional polymer gel …

On the development of a VIPARnd radiotherapy 3D polymer gel dosimeter

M Kozicki, M Jaszczak, P Maras… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
This work presents an improvement of the VIPAR nd ('nd'stands for'normoxic, double', or
VIP) polymer gel dosimeter. The gel composition was altered by increasing the …