Gel dosimetry was developed in the 1990s in response to a growing need for methods to
validate the radiation dose distribution delivered to cancer patients receiving high-precision …

Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) is a novel radiation technique, which can achieve
highly conformal dose distributions with improved target volume coverage and sparing of …

Inside the Sixth Edition of this now-classic reference, you will discover encyclopedic
coverage of topics ranging from basic science to sophisticated computer-based radiation …

Polymer gel dosimeters are fabricated from radiation sensitive chemicals which, upon
irradiation, polymerize as a function of the absorbed radiation dose. These gel dosimeters …

INTRODUCTION: Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT), a complex treatment strategy
for intensity-modulated radiation therapy, may increase treatment efficiency and has recently …

PURPOSE: A treatment planning study was performed to evaluate the performance of the
novel volumetric modulated single arc radiotherapy on cervix uteri cancer patients …

PURPOSE: A planning study was performed to evaluate the performance of volumetric
modulated arc radiotherapy on head and neck cancer patients. Conventional fixed field …

Intensity-modulated arc therapy (IMAT) was proposed by Yu (1995 Phys. Med. Biol. 40 1435–
49) as an alternative to tomotherapy. Over more than a decade, much progress has been …

PURPOSE: To compare step-and-shoot intensity-modulated radiotherapy (ss-IMRT) with
volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) for complex-shaped target volumes with a …

An efficient method for volumetric intensity modulated arc therapy (VMAT) planning was
developed, where a single arc (360° or less) is delivered under continuous variation of …