On bolus for megavoltage photon and electron radiation therapy

V Vyas, L Palmer, R Mudge, R Jiang, A Fleck, B Schaly… - Medical …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Frequently, in radiation therapy one must treat superficial lesions on cancer patients; these
are at or adjacent to the skin. Megavoltage photon radiotherapy penetrates through the skin …

Report of AAPM task group 235 radiochromic film dosimetry: an update to TG‐55

A Niroomand‐Rad, ST Chiu‐Tsao, MP Grams… - Medical …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
The use of radiochromic film (RCF) dosimetry in radiation therapy is extensive due to its high
level of achievable accuracy for a wide range of dose values and its suitability under a …

Superficial dosimetry imaging based on Čerenkov emission for external beam radiotherapy with megavoltage x‐ray beam

R Zhang, AK Glaser, DJ Gladstone, CJ Fox… - Medical …, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Čerenkov radiation emission occurs in all tissue, when charged particles (either
primary or secondary) travel at velocity above the threshold for the Čerenkov effect (about …

Evaluation of superficial dosimetry between treatment planning system and measurement for several breast cancer treatment techniques

Y Akino, IJ Das, GK Bartlett, H Zhang… - Medical …, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Dosimetric accuracy in radiation treatment of breast cancer is critical for the
evaluation of cosmetic outcomes and survival. It is often considered that treatment planning …

Effect of different CTV shrinkage and skin flash margins on skin dose for left chest wall IMRT: A dosimetric study

OV Gul, M Duzova - Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 2024‏ - Elsevier
In postmastectomy radiation therapy (PMRT), the adequate skin surface dose remains a
problem. In this study, the effect of different CTV shrinkage and Skin flash margins on skin …

On the use of optically stimulated luminescent dosimeter for surface dose measurement during radiotherapy

FH Yusof, NM Ung, JHD Wong, WL Jong, V Ath… - PloS one, 2015‏ - journals.plos.org
This study was carried out to investigate the suitability of using the optically stimulated
luminescence dosimeter (OSLD) in measuring surface dose during radiotherapy. The water …

Dosimetric accuracy of Gafchromic EBT2 and EBT3 film for in vivo dosimetry

R Moylan, T Aland, T Kairn - … physical & engineering sciences in medicine, 2013‏ - Springer
Radiochromic film has the potential to provide accurate in vivo dosimetry measurements.
However, it is not known whether small film pieces can still provide accurate dosimetric …

Characterization of ferrous-methylthymol blue-polyvinyl alcohol gel dosimeters using nuclear magnetic resonance and optical techniques

KA Rabaeh, MM Eyadeh, TF Hailat, FM Aldweri… - Radiation Physics and …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
A new composition of Ferrous sulphate-Metheylthymol blue (MTB)-Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)
dosimeter is introduced in this work and evaluated using nuclear magnetic resonance …

Superficial dosimetry imaging of Čerenkov emission in electron beam radiotherapy of phantoms

R Zhang, CJ Fox, AK Glaser… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2013‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Čerenkov emission is generated from ionizing radiation in tissue above 264 keV energy.
This study presents the first examination of this optical emission as a surrogate for the …

Gafchromic film dosimetry: four years experience using FilmQA Pro software and Epson flatbed scanners

M Mathot, S Sobczak, MT Hoornaert - Physica Medica, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Purpose s: To assess performance of FilmQA Pro software for pre-treatment patient-specific
quality assurance (QA), using radiochromic films and two commercial flatbed scanners. To …