IMRT QA: Selecting gamma criteria based on error detection sensitivity

Evaluation of a new VMAT QA device, or the “X” and “O” array geometries

(2017) Vladimir Feygelman et al.   Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Sensitivity of a helical diode array device to delivery errors in IMRT treatment and establishment of tolerance level for pretreatment QA

(2017) Feliciano García-Vicente et al.   Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

A six-year review of more than 13,000 patient-specific IMRT QA results from 13 different treatment sites

(2017) Kiley B. Pulliam et al.   Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

IMRT and RapidArc commissioning of a TrueBeam linear accelerator using TG-119 protocol cases

(2017) Ning Wen et al.   Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

IMRT QA: Selecting gamma criteria based on error detection sensitivity

(2016) Jennifer M. Steers et al.   MEDICAL PHYSICS

Correlation between gamma index passing rate and clinical dosimetric difference for pre-treatment 2D and 3D volumetric modulated arc therapy dosimetric verification

(2015) X Jin et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY

Gamma analysis dependence on specified low-dose thresholds for VMAT QA

(2015) Ji-Hye Song et al.   Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

The sensitivity of ArcCHECK-based gamma analysis to manufactured errors in helical tomotherapy radiation delivery

(2015) Alistair K. Templeton et al.   Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Quantifying the performance of in vivo portal dosimetry in detecting four types of treatment parameter variations

(2015) C. Bojechko et al.   MEDICAL PHYSICS

Gamma index comparison of three VMAT QA systems and evaluation of their sensitivity to delivery errors

(2015) Laure Vieillevigne et al.   Physica Medica-European Journal of Medical Physics

Patient specific IMRT quality assurance with film, ionization chamber and detector arrays: Our institutional experience

(2015) Wilbert Cruz et al.   RADIATION PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY

Institutional Patient-specific IMRT QA Does Not Predict Unacceptable Plan Delivery

(2014) Stephen F. Kry et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS

Toward optimizing patient-specific IMRT QA techniques in the accurate detection of dosimetrically acceptable and unacceptable patient plans

(2014) Elizabeth M. McKenzie et al.   MEDICAL PHYSICS

The sensitivity of gamma-index method to the positioning errors of high-definition MLC in patient-specific VMAT QA for SBRT

(2014) Jung-in Kim et al.   Radiation Oncology

Evaluating IMRT and VMAT dose accuracy: Practical examples of failure to detect systematic errors when applying a commonly used metric and action levels

(2013) Benjamin E. Nelms et al.   MEDICAL PHYSICS

Tomotherapy treatment plan quality assurance: The impact of applied criteria on passing rate in gamma index method

(2013) Sara Bresciani et al.   MEDICAL PHYSICS

A comparison of the gamma index analysis in various commercial IMRT/VMAT QA systems

(2013) Mohammad Hussein et al.   RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY

Using a Novel Dose QA Tool to Quantify the Impact of Systematic Errors Otherwise Undetected by Conventional QA Methods: Clinical Head and Neck Case Studies

(2013) Maria F. Chan et al.   TECHNOLOGY IN CANCER RESEARCH & TREATMENT

American College of Radiology (ACR) and American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Practice Guideline for Intensity-modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)

(2012) Alan C. Hartford et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY-CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS

Statistical process control analysis for patient-specific IMRT and VMAT QA

(2012) T. Sanghangthum et al.   JOURNAL OF RADIATION RESEARCH

Delivery quality assurance with ArcCHECK

(2012) Christopher Neilson et al.   Medical Dosimetry

Comparison of action levels for patient-specific quality assurance of intensity modulated radiation therapy and volumetric modulated arc therapy treatments

(2012) Gordon M. Mancuso et al.   MEDICAL PHYSICS

Pretreatment patient-specific IMRT quality assurance: A correlation study between gamma index and patient clinical dose volume histogram

(2012) M. Stasi et al.   MEDICAL PHYSICS

3D DVH-based metric analysis versus per-beam planar analysis in IMRT pretreatment verification

(2012) Pablo Carrasco et al.   MEDICAL PHYSICS

On using 3D γ-analysis for IMRT and VMAT pretreatment plan QA

(2012) Chuan Wu et al.   MEDICAL PHYSICS

Statistical variability and confidence intervals for planar dose QA pass rates

(2011) Daniel W. Bailey et al.   MEDICAL PHYSICS

Optimizing the accuracy of a helical diode array dosimeter: A comprehensive calibration methodology coupled with a novel virtual inclinometer

(2011) Jakub Kozelka et al.   MEDICAL PHYSICS

Moving from gamma passing rates to patient DVH-based QA metrics in pretreatment dose QA

(2011) Heming Zhen et al.   MEDICAL PHYSICS

Per-beam, planar IMRT QA passing rates do not predict clinically relevant patient dose errors

(2011) Benjamin E. Nelms et al.   MEDICAL PHYSICS

Dosimetry tools and techniques for IMRT

(2011) Daniel A. Low et al.   MEDICAL PHYSICS

An analytical approach to acceptance criteria for quality assurance of intensity modulated radiotherapy

(2011) Antony Carver et al.   RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY

Practical guidelines for routine intensity-modulated radiotherapy verification: pre-treatment verification with portal dosimetry and treatment verification within vivodosimetry

(2010) A J Vinall et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY

On the insensitivity of single field planar dosimetry to IMRT inaccuracies

(2010) Jon J. Kruse   MEDICAL PHYSICS

Accuracy of out-of-field dose calculations by a commercial treatment planning system

(2010) Rebecca M Howell et al.   PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY

On the sensitivity of patient-specific IMRT QA to MLC positioning errors

(2009) Guanghua Yan et al.   Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Calibration of a novel four-dimensional diode array

(2009) Guanghua Yan et al.   MEDICAL PHYSICS

Novel dosimetric phantom for quality assurance of volumetric modulated arc therapy

(2009) Daniel Létourneau et al.   MEDICAL PHYSICS

IMRT commissioning: Multiple institution planning and dosimetry comparisons, a report from AAPM Task Group 119

(2009) Gary A. Ezzell et al.   MEDICAL PHYSICS

Establishing action levels for EPID-based QA for IMRT

(2008) Rebecca M. Howell et al.   Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

An analysis of tolerance levels in IMRT quality assurance procedures

(2008) Parminder S. Basran et al.   MEDICAL PHYSICS

Process control analysis of IMRT QA: implications for clinical trials

(2008) Todd Pawlicki et al.   PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY

Moving from IMRT QA measurements toward independent computer calculations using control charts

(2008) Todd Pawlicki et al.   RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY