While spatial dose conformity delivered to a target volume has been pushed to its practical
limits with advanced treatment planning and delivery, investigations in novel temporal dose …

Purpose A joint IAEA/AAPM international working group has developed a Code of Practice
(CoP) for the dosimetry of small static fields used in external megavoltage photon beam …

The charges on this task group (TG) were as follows:(a) provide specific procedural
guidelines for performing the tests recommended in TG 142;(b) provide estimate of the …

Plan evaluation is a key step in the radiotherapy treatment workflow. Central to this step is
the assessment of treatment plan quality. Hence, it is important to agree on what we mean …

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 …

The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) is a nonprofit professional
society whose primary purposes are to advance the science, education and professional …

The use of small fields in radiotherapy techniques has increased substantially, in particular
in stereotactic treatments and large uniform or nonuniform fields that are composed of small …

For commissioning a linear accelerator for clinical use, medical physicists are faced with
many challenges including the need for precision, a variety of testing methods, data …

The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) is a nonprofit professional
society whose primary purposes are to advance the science, education, and professional …

The efficacy of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) has been well demonstrated.
However, it presents unique challenges for accurate planning and delivery especially in the …