Vol 11, No 3 (2010)

Table of Contents

Editorials

Editorial: Best Papers of 2009 PDF HTML
George Starkschall

Radiation Oncology Physics

Evaluation of a commercially-available block for spatially fractionated radiation therapy PDF HTML
Courtney Buckey, Sotirios Stathakis, Ken Cashon, Alonso Gutierrez, Carlos Esquivel, Chengyu Shi, Nikos Papanikolaou
Design and clinical implementation of a TG-106 compliant linear accelerator data management system and MU calculator PDF HTML
Nabil Adnani
Evaluation of the setup accuracy of a stereotactic radiotherapy head immobilization mask system using kV on-board imaging* PDF HTML
Imad Ali, Jesse Tubbs, Kerry Hibbitts, Ozer Algan, Spencer Thompson, Terence Herman, Salahuddin Ahmad
Dosimetric assessment of rigid setup error by CBCT for HN-IMRT PDF HTML
Danielle Worthy, Qiuwen Wu
Comparison of single and multiple dwell position methods in MammoSite high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy planning PDF HTML
Yongbok Kim, Mark G. Trombetta, Moyed Miften
Inverse planning optimization for hybrid prostate permanent-seed implant brachytherapy plans using two source strengths PDF HTML
J. Adam M. Cunha, Barby Pickett, Jean Pouliot
Evaluation of tumor motion effects on dose distribution for hypofractionated intensity-modulated radiotherapy of non-small-cell lung cancer PDF HTML
Hyejoo Kang, Ellen D. Yorke, Jie Yang, Chen-Shou Chui, Kenneth E. Rosenzweig, Howard I. Amols
Validation of the Eclipse AAA algorithm at extended SSD PDF HTML
Amjad Hussain, Eduardo Villarreal-Barajas, Derek Brown, Peter Dunscombe
Assessment of a commercially available automatic deformable registration system PDF HTML
D. Ryan C. Rivest, Terence A. Riauka, Albert D. Murtha, B. Gino Fallone
Evaluation of the interfractional biological effective dose (BED) variation in MammoSite high dose rate brachytherapy PDF HTML
Yongbok Kim, E. Day Werts, Mark G. Trombetta, Moyed Miften
Validation of Pinnacle treatment planning system for use with Novalis delivery unit PDF HTML
Vladimir Faygelman, Dylan Hunt, Luke Walker, Richard Mueller, Mary Lou Demarco, Thomas Dilling, Craig Stevens, Geoffrey Zhang
Quantification and reduction of peripheral dose from leakage radiation on Siemens primus accelerators in electron therapy mode PDF HTML
Collins Yeboah, Alex Karotki, Dylan Hunt, Rick Holly
Suggesting a new design for multileaf collimator leaves based on Monte Carlo simulation of two commercial systems PDF HTML
Sanaz Hariri, Majid Shahriari
Analysis of peripheral doses for base of tongue treatment by linear accelerator and helical TomoTherapy IMRT PDF HTML
Brian Richard Bennett, Michael A. S. Lamba, Howard R. Elson
Dosimetric performance of the new high-definition multileaf collimator for intracranial stereotactic radiosurgery PDF HTML
Anees Dhabaan, Eric Elder, Eduard Schreibmann, Ian Crocker, Walter J. Curran, Nelson M. Oyesiku, Hui-Kuo Shu, Tim Fox
A dosimetric comparison of stereotactic body radiation therapy techniques for lung cancer: robotic versus conventional linac-based systems PDF HTML
Chuxiong Ding, Cheng-Hui Chang, Joshua Haslam, Robert Timmerman, Timothy Solberg
Dosimetric comparison of various optimization techniques for high dose rate brachytherapy of interstitial cervix implants PDF HTML
Bondel Shwetha, Manickam Ravikumar, Aradhana Katke, Sanjay S. Supe, Golhalli VenkataGiri, Nanda Ramanand, Tanvir Pasha

Medical Imaging

A comprehensive study on decreasing the kilovoltage cone-beam CT dose by reducing the projection number PDF HTML
Bo Lu, Haibin Lu, Jatinder Palta
Improved image quality of low-dose thoracic CT examinations with a new postprocessing software* PDF HTML
Anne Catrine Tregde Martinsen, Hilde Kjernlie Saether, Dag Rune Olsen, Per Aage Wolff, Per Skaane

Radiation Measurements

Radiation skyshine from a 6 MeV medical accelerator PDF HTML
Michael S. Gossman, Patton H. McGinley, Mary B. Rising, A. Jussi Pahikkala

Other Topics

Management of an affiliated physics residency program using a commercial software tool PDF HTML
Albert S. Zacarias, Michael D. Mills

Technical Notes

Angular dependence of the output of a kilovoltage X-ray therapy unit PDF HTML
Mehran Goharian, Ian Nygren, Mauro Tambasco, Jose Eduardo Villarreal Barajas


















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