Medical physics resident reading list

A practical collection of reports, papers, books, and guidance for medical physics residency. Search by title, author, year, or topic.

Introduction to radiation oncology

Core reading

  1. The physics of radiation therapy

    Faiz M. Khan

    The physics of radiation therapy · 2010

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  2. AAPM's TG-51 protocol for clinical reference dosimetry of high-energy photon and electron beams

    Peter R. Almond, Peter J. Biggs, B. M. Coursey, et al.

    Medical Physics · 1999

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  3. Task Group 142 report: Quality assurance of medical accelerators

    Eric E. Klein, Joseph Hanley, John Bayouth, et al.

    Medical Physics · 2009

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  4. AAPM medical physics practice guideline 10.a.: Scope of practice for clinical medical physics

    Jessica B. Clements, Christopher T. Baird, Steven F. De Boer, et al.

    Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics · 2018

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  5. Quality Assurance for Radioactivity Measurement in Nuclear Medicine

    Author not listed

    IAEA · 2006

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Brachytherapy and radiation safety

Core reading

  1. ICRU Report 38 - Dose and Volume Specification for Reporting Intracavitary Therapy in Gynecology

    D. Chassagne, A. Dutreix, P. Almond, et al.

    Journal of the International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements · 1985

    Open source
  2. 10 CFR Part 20: Standards for protection against radiation

    Author not listed

    Federal Register

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  3. 10 CFR Part 35: Medical use of byproduct material

    Author not listed

    Federal Register

    Open source
  4. Chapter 13: Brachytherapy: physical and clinical aspects

    E. B. Podgoršak & IAEA

    In Radiation oncology physics: a handbook for teachers and students · IAEA · 2005

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  5. Chapter 15: Brachytherapy

    Faiz M. Khan

    In The physics of radiation therapy · 4th ed · LWW · 2010

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  6. Chapter 16: Radiation protection

    Faiz M. Khan

    In The physics of radiation therapy · 4th ed · LWW · 2010

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  7. The physics of modern brachytherapy for oncology

    Dimos Baltas, N. Zamboglou & Loukas Sakelliou

    Taylor \& Francis · 2007

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  8. Physics and radiobiology of brachytherapy

    Edward C. Halperin, Carlos A. Perez & Luther W. Brady

    In Principles and practice of radiation oncology · 5th ed · LWW · 2008

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  9. Calibration of 192Ir high-dose-rate afterloading systems

    Steven J. Goetsch, F. H. Attix, D. W. Pearson & B. R. Thomadsen

    Medical Physics · 1991

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  10. AAPM medical physics practice guideline 13.a: HDR brachytherapy, part A

    Susan L. Richardson, Ivan M. Buzurovic, Gil'ad N. Cohen, et al.

    Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics · 2023

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  11. Update of AAPM Task Group No. 43 Report: A revised AAPM protocol for brachytherapy dose calculations

    Mark J. Rivard, Bert M. Coursey, Larry A. DeWerd, et al.

    Medical Physics · 2004

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  12. Code of practice for brachytherapy physics: Report of the AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group No. 56

    Ravinder Nath, Lowell L. Anderson, Jerome A. Meli, et al.

    Medical Physics · 1997

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  13. High dose-rate brachytherapy treatment delivery: Report of the AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group No. 59

    H. Dale Kubo, Glenn P. Glasgow, Timothy D. Pethel, Bruce R. Thomadsen & Jeffrey F. Williamson

    Medical Physics · 1998

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  14. Intravascular brachytherapy physics: Report of the AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group No. 60

    Ravinder Nath, Howard Amols, Charles Coffey, et al.

    Medical Physics · 1999

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  15. Permanent prostate seed implant brachytherapy: Report of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine Task Group No. 64

    Yan Yu, Lowell L. Anderson, Zuofeng Li, et al.

    Medical Physics · 1999

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  16. Dosimetry of 125I and 103Pd COMS eye plaques for intraocular tumors: Report of Task Group 129 by the AAPM and ABS

    Sou-Tung Chiu-Tsao, Melvin A. Astrahan, Paul T. Finger, et al.

    Medical Physics · 2012

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  17. AAPM recommendations on medical physics practices for ocular plaque brachytherapy: Report of task group 221

    Rowan M. Thomson, Keith M. Furutani, Theodor W. Kaulich, et al.

    Medical Physics · 2020

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  18. Report No. 151 - Structural Shielding Design and Evaluation for Megavoltage X- and Gamma-Ray Radiotherapy Facilities

    Author not listed

    2005

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  19. AAPM Summer School: Brachytherapy

    Author not listed

    2017

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External beam treatment planning

Reference materials

  1. Treatment planning in radiation oncology

    Faiz M. Khan, John P. Gibbons & Paul W. Sperduto

    Wolters Kluwer · 2016

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  2. Review of medical dosimetry: A study guide

    William Amestoy

    Springer · 2015

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  3. Radiobiology for the radiologist

    Eric J. Hall & Amato J. Giaccia

    Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams \& Wilkins · 2012

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  4. A cancer source book for nurses

    Claudette G. Varricchio & American Cancer Society

    Jones and Bartlett Publishers · 2004

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  5. Netter atlas of human anatomy: classic regional approach

    Frank H. Netter & Carlos A. G. Machado

    Elsevier · 2023

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  6. The physics of radiation therapy

    Faiz M. Khan

    The physics of radiation therapy · 2010

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IMRT vs 3D conformal therapy

  1. A prospective study of salivary function sparing in patients with head-and-neck cancers receiving intensity-modulated or three-dimensional radiation therapy: initial results

    K.S.Clifford Chao, Joseph O Deasy, Jerry Markman, et al.

    International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 2001

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  2. Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy, Proton Therapy, or Conformal Radiation Therapy and Morbidity and Disease Control in Localized Prostate Cancer

    Nathan C. Sheets, Gregg H. Goldin, Anne-Marie Meyer, et al.

    JAMA · 2012

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  3. Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for prostate cancer with the use of a rectal balloon for prostate immobilization: acute toxicity and dose–volume analysis

    Bin S Teh, Wei-Yuan Mai, Barry M Uhl, et al.

    International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 2001

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  4. A VMAT planning technique for locally advanced breast cancer patients with expander or implant reconstructions requiring comprehensive postmastectomy radiation therapy

    LiCheng Kuo, Åse M. Ballangrud, Alice Y. Ho, et al.

    Medical Dosimetry · 2019

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Additional readings

  1. Patterns of Failure and Toxicity after Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer

    Gordon O. Schoenfeld, Robert J. Amdur, Christopher G. Morris, et al.

    International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 2008

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  2. Patterns of local-regional recurrence following parotid-sparing conformal and segmental intensity-modulated radiotherapy for head and neck cancer

    Laura A Dawson, Yoshimi Anzai, Lon Marsh, et al.

    International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 2000

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  3. Late xerostomia after intensity-modulated radiation therapy versus conventional radiotherapy

    Heather D. Pacholke, Robert J. Amdur, Christopher G. Morris, et al.

    American Journal of Clinical Oncology · 2005

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  4. Three-dimensional intensity-modulated radiotherapy in the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: the University of California–San Francisco experience

    K Sultanem, Hui-Kuo Shu, Ping Xia, et al.

    International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 2000

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  5. Radiation therapy dose escalation for prostate cancer: a rationale for IMRT

    A. Pollack, A. Hanlon, E.M. Horwitz, et al.

    World J Urol · 2003

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  6. Planning, delivery, and quality assurance of intensity-modulated radiotherapy using dynamic multileaf collimator: A strategy for large-scale implementation for the treatment of carcinoma of the prostate

    Chandra Burman, Chen-Shou Chui, Gerald Kutcher, et al.

    International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 1997

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  7. Breast-conserving radiation therapy using combined electron and intensity-modulated radiotherapy technique

    Jonathan G. Li, Scott S. Williams, Don R. Goffinet, Arthur L. Boyer & Lei Xing

    Radiotherapy and Oncology · 2000

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Normal tissue tolerance

  1. Tolerance of normal tissue to therapeutic irradiation

    B. Emami, J. Lyman, A. Brown, et al.

    International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 1991

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  2. Use of Normal Tissue Complication Probability Models in the Clinic

    Lawrence B. Marks, Ellen D. Yorke, Andrew Jackson, et al.

    International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 2010

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  3. Stereotactic body radiation therapy: The report of AAPM Task Group 101

    Stanley H. Benedict, Kamil M. Yenice, David Followill, et al.

    Medical Physics · 2010

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Additional readings

  1. Radiation Dose–Volume Effects in the Brain

    Yaacov Richard Lawrence, X. Allen Li, Issam El Naqa, et al.

    International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 2010

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  2. Radiation Associated Brainstem Injury

    Charles Mayo, Ellen Yorke & Thomas E. Merchant

    International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 2010

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  3. Radiation Dose–Volume Effects of Optic Nerves and Chiasm

    Charles Mayo, Mary K. Martel, Lawrence B. Marks, et al.

    International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 2010

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  4. Radiation Dose–Volume Effects in the Spinal Cord

    John P. Kirkpatrick, Albert J. Van Der Kogel & Timothy E. Schultheiss

    International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 2010

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  5. Estimated Risk Level of Unified Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Dose Tolerance Limits for Spinal Cord

    Jimm Grimm, Arjun Sahgal, Scott G. Soltys, et al.

    Seminars in Radiation Oncology · 2016

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  6. Radiation Therapy and Hearing Loss

    Niranjan Bhandare, Andrew Jackson, Avraham Eisbruch, et al.

    International Journal of Radiation Oncology* Biology*Physics · 2010

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  7. Radiotherapy Dose–Volume Effects on Salivary Gland Function

    Joseph O. Deasy, Vitali Moiseenko, Lawrence Marks, et al.

    International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 2010

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  8. Radiation Dose–Volume Effects in the Larynx and Pharynx

    Tiziana Rancati, Marco Schwarz, Aaron M. Allen, et al.

    International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 2010

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  9. Radiation Dose–Volume Effects in the Lung

    Lawrence B. Marks, Soren M. Bentzen, Joseph O. Deasy, et al.

    International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 2010

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  10. Radiation Dose–Volume Effects in the Heart

    Giovanna Gagliardi, Louis S. Constine, Vitali Moiseenko, et al.

    International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 2010

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  11. Predicting Radiation Pneumonitis After Chemoradiation Therapy for Lung Cancer: An International Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis

    David A. Palma, Suresh Senan, Kayoko Tsujino, et al.

    International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 2013

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Quality assurance and dosimetry

Linac design and principles

  1. Chapter 4: Clinical Radiation Generators

    Faiz M. Khan

    In The physics of radiation therapy · 4th ed · LWW · 2010

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  2. Radiation Generators

    Peter J Biggs

    Physics Review Course, 52nd Annual Meeting, AAPM. Philadelphia · 2010

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  3. Advances in linear accelerator design for radiotherapy

    C. J. Karzmark

    Medical Physics · 1984

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  4. Flattening filter-free accelerators: a report from the AAPM Therapy Emerging Technology Assessment Work Group

    Ying Xiao, Stephen F. Kry, Richard Popple, et al.

    Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics · 2015

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  5. Shielding Design Methods for Radiation Oncology Departments

    Melissa C Martin

    ACMP 25th Annual Meeting. Seattle · 2008

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Machine calibration and characteristics

  1. AAPM's TG-51 protocol for clinical reference dosimetry of high-energy photon and electron beams

    Peter R. Almond, Peter J. Biggs, B. M. Coursey, et al.

    Medical Physics · 1999

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  2. Basic applications of multileaf collimators: Report of the AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group No. 50

    Arthur Boyer, Peter Biggs, James, Galvin, et al.

    2001

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  3. Calibration and quality assurance for rounded leaf-end MLC systems

    Maria N. Graves, Antoinette V. Thompson, Mary K. Martel, Daniel L. McShan & Benedick A. Fraass

    Medical Physics · 2001

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  4. Physical and dosimetric aspects of a multileaf collimation system used in the dynamic mode for implementing intensity modulated radiotherapy

    Thomas LoSasso, Chen-Shou Chui & C. Clifton Ling

    Medical Physics · 1998

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  5. The MLC tongue-and-groove effect on IMRT dose distributions

    Jun Deng, Todd Pawlicki, Yan Chen, et al.

    Physics in Medicine and Biology · 2001

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  6. Delivery systems of intensity-modulated radiotherapy using conventional multileaf collimators

    Ping Xia & Lynn J Verhey

    Medical Dosimetry · 2001

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Beam characteristics

  1. Chapter 9: Dose Distribution and Scatter Analysis

    Faiz M. Khan

    In The physics of radiation therapy · 4th ed · LWW · 2010

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  2. Chapter 10: Treatment Planning I: Isodose Distributions

    Faiz M. Khan

    In The physics of radiation therapy · 4th ed · LWW · 2010

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Acceptance testing, commissioning, and machine QA

  1. Task Group 142 report: Quality assurance of medical accelerators

    Eric E. Klein, Joseph Hanley, John Bayouth, et al.

    Medical Physics · 2009

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  2. Accelerator beam data commissioning equipment and procedures: Report of the TG-106 of the Therapy Physics Committee of the AAPM

    Indra J. Das, Chee-Wai Cheng, Ronald J. Watts, et al.

    Medical Physics · 2008

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  3. American Association of Physicists in Medicine Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group 53: Quality assurance for clinical radiotherapy treatment planning

    Benedick Fraass, Karen Doppke, Margie Hunt, et al.

    Medical Physics · 1998

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  4. Medical physics practice guideline 5.b: Commissioning and QA of treatment planning dose calculations—Megavoltage photon and electron beams

    Mark W. Geurts, Dustin J. Jacqmin, Lindsay E. Jones, et al.

    Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics · 2022

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Basic dosimetry quantities and principles

  1. Introduction to Radiological Physics and Radiation Dosimetry

    Frank H. Attix

    Introduction to Radiological Physics and Radiation Dosimetry · 1986

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  2. Report of AAPM Task Group 155: Megavoltage photon beam dosimetry in small fields and non‐equilibrium conditions

    Indra J. Das, Paolo Francescon, Jean M. Moran, et al.

    Medical Physics · 2021

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  3. Small fields: Nonequilibrium radiation dosimetry

    Indra J. Das, George X. Ding & Anders Ahnesjö

    Medical Physics · 2008

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  4. Dosimetry of small static fields used in external beam radiotherapy: an international code of practice for reference and relative dose determination.

    Author not listed

    International Atomic Energy Agency · 2017

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  5. Dosimetry of small static fields used in external photon beam radiotherapy: Summary of TRS-483, the IAEA–AAPM international Code of Practice for reference and relative dose determination

    Hugo Palmans, Pedro Andreo, M. Saiful Huq, et al.

    Medical Physics · 2018

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Dose calculation algorithms

  1. Dose Calculation Algorithms

    Uwe Oelkfe & Christian Scholz

    New Technologies in Radiation Oncology · 2006

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  2. Collapsed cone convolution of radiant energy for photon dose calculation in heterogeneous media

    Anders Ahnesjö

    Medical Physics · 1989

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  3. Dose Calculations: Collapsed Cone Convolution Superposition and Delta Pixel Beam

    Todd McNutt

    Pinnacle3 White Paper · 2002

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  4. AAA Photon Dose Calculation Model in Eclipse™

    Janne Sievinen, Waldemar Ulmer & Wolfgang Kaissl

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  5. Report of the AAPM Task Group No. 105: Issues associated with clinical implementation of Monte Carlo-based photon and electron external beam treatment planning

    Indrin J. Chetty, Bruce Curran, Joanna E. Cygler, et al.

    Medical Physics · 2007

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  6. Investigation of variance reduction techniques for Monte Carlo photon dose calculation using XVMC

    Iwan Kawrakow & Matthias Fippel

    Physics in Medicine and Biology · 2000

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  7. Dose-calculation algorithms in the context of inhomogeneity corrections for high energy photon beams

    Niko Papanikolaou & Sotirios Stathakis

    Medical Physics · 2009

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  8. Comparison of inhomogeneity correction algorithms in small photon fields

    Andrew O. Jones & Indra J. Das

    Medical Physics · 2005

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Additional readings

  1. Dose calculations for external photon beams in radiotherapy

    Anders Ahnesjö & Maria Mania Aspradakis

    Physics in Medicine and Biology · 1999

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  2. Monte Carlo simulations: efficiency improvement techniques and statistical considerations

    Daryoush Sheikh-Bagheri, Iwan Kawrakow, Blake Walters & DWO Rogers

    Integrating new technologies into the clinic: Monte Carlo and image-guided radiation therapy, Proceedings of the 2006 AAPM Summer School. Madison, WI: Medical Physics Publishing · 2006

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  3. Tissue Inhomogeneity Corrections for Megavoltage Photon Beams: Report of Task Group No. 65 of the Radiation Therapy Committee of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine

    Nikos Papanikolaou, Jerry J. Battista, Arthur L. Boyer, et al.

    2004

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  4. A comparison of Monte Carlo, anisotropic analytical algorithm (AAA) and Acuros XB algorithms in assessing dosimetric perturbations during enhanced dynamic wedged radiotherapy deliveries in heterogeneous media

    Ashfaq Zaman, Muhammad Basim Kakakhel & Amjad Hussain

    Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice · 2019

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IMRT/VMAT commissioning

  1. Chapter 20: Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy

    Faiz M. Khan

    In The physics of radiation therapy · 4th ed · LWW · 2010

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  2. Commissioning of Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT)

    James L. Bedford & Alan P. Warrington

    International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 2009

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  3. Characterizing output for the Varian enhanced dynamic wedge field

    Chihray Liu, Zuofeng Li & Jatinder R. Palta

    Medical Physics · 1998

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  4. IMRT: a review and preview

    Thomas Bortfeld

    Physics in Medicine and Biology · 2006

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  5. Realization and verification of three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy with modulated fields

    Thomas Bortfeld, Arthur L. Boyer, Wolfgang Schlegel, Darren L. Kahler & Timothy J. Waldron

    International Journal of Radiation Oncology *Biology*Physics · 1994

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  6. Historical perspective on IMRT

    Steve Webb

    Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy—The State of the Art. Bristol, UK: Institute of Physics Publishing · 2003

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  7. Guidance document on delivery, treatment planning, and clinical implementation of IMRT: Report of the IMRT subcommittee of the AAPM radiation therapy committee

    Gary A. Ezzell, James M. Galvin, Daniel Low, et al.

    Medical Physics · 2003

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Additional readings

  1. Commissioning and Quality Assurance of RapidArc Radiotherapy Delivery System

    C. Clifton Ling, Pengpeng Zhang, Yves Archambault, et al.

    International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology* Physics · 2008

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  2. Implementing IMRT in clinical practice: a joint document of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology and the American Association of Physicists in Medicine

    James M Galvin, Gary Ezzell, Avraham Eisbrauch, et al.

    International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 2004

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  3. Intensity-modulated radiotherapy: current status and issues of interest

    Author not listed

    International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 2001

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  4. Where goest the Peacock?

    Bruce Curran

    Medical Dosimetry · 2001

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  5. The return of the snake oil salesmen

    Eli Glatstein

    International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology* Physics · 2003

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IMRT optimization/leaf sequencing

  1. X-ray field compensation with multileaf collimators

    Thomas R. Bortfeld, Darren L. Kahler, Timothy J. Waldron & Arthur L. Boyer

    International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 1994

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  2. Generation of arbitrary intensity profiles by dynamic jaws or multileaf collimators

    Spiridon V. Spirou & Chen S. Chui

    Medical Physics · 1994

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  3. IMRT Optimization Algorithms

    David Shepard

    2010

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  4. Chapter 10: Minimization or Maximization of Functions

    William H. Press, Saul A. Teukolsky, William T. Vetterling & Brian P. Flannery

    In Numerical Recipes in C (2nd Ed.): The Art of Scientific Computing · Cambridge University Press · 1992

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  5. Optimizing the Delivery of Radiation Therapy to Cancer Patients

    David M. Shepard, Michael C. Ferris, Gustavo H. Olivera & T. Rockwell Mackie

    SIAM Review · 1999

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  6. Number and orientations of beams in intensity-modulated radiation treatments

    Jörg Stein, Radhe Mohan, Xiao-Hong Wang, et al.

    Medical Physics · 1997

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  7. Direct aperture optimization: A turnkey solution for step‐and‐shoot IMRT

    D. M. Shepard, M. A. Earl, X. A. Li, S. Naqvi & C. Yu

    Medical Physics · 2002

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  8. P$^3$IMRT: Direct machine parameter optimization

    Björn Hårdemark, Anders Liander, Henrik Rehbinder & Johan Löf

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  9. Optimization approaches to volumetric modulated arc therapy planning

    Jan Unkelbach, Thomas Bortfeld, David Craft, et al.

    Medical Physics · 2015

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  10. The effects of intra-fraction organ motion on the delivery of dynamic intensity modulation

    Cedric X Yu, David A Jaffray & John W Wong

    Physics in Medicine and Biology · 1998

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  11. The emperor's new isodose curves

    Brian D. Kavanagh

    Medical Physics · 2003

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  12. From physical dose constraints to equivalent uniform dose constraints in inverse radiotherapy planning

    Christian Thieke, Thomas Bortfeld, Andrzej Niemierko & Simeon Nill

    Medical Physics · 2003

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Additional readings

  1. Leaf sequencing algorithms for segmented multileaf collimation

    Srijit Kamath, Sartaj Sahni, Jonathan Li, Jatinder Palta & Sanjay Ranka

    Physics in Medicine and Biology · 2003

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  2. A novel linear programming approach to fluence map optimization for intensity modulated radiation therapy treatment planning

    H Edwin Romeijn, Ravindra K Ahuja, James F Dempsey, Arvind Kumar & Jonathan G Li

    Physics in Medicine and Biology · 2003

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  3. A unifying framework for multi-criteria fluence map optimization models

    H Edwin Romeijn, James F Dempsey & Jonathan G Li

    Physics in Medicine and Biology · 2004

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  4. Dynamic multileaf collimation without `tongue-and-groove' underdosage effects

    J P C Van Santvoort & B J M Heijmen

    Physics in Medicine and Biology · 1996

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  5. Dynamic splitting of large intensity-modulated fields

    Qiuwen Wu, Mark Arnfield, Shidong Tong, Yan Wu & Radhe Mohan

    Physics in Medicine and Biology · 2000

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  6. The overshoot phenomenon in step-and-shoot IMRT delivery

    Gary A. Ezzell

    Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics · 2001

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  7. Tomotherapy

    T. Rockwell Mackie, John Balog, Ken Ruchala, et al.

    Seminars in Radiation Oncology · 1999

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  8. Volumetric modulated arc therapy: IMRT in a single gantry arc

    Karl Otto

    Medical Physics · 2008

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  9. Reporting and analyzing dose distributions: A concept of equivalent uniform dose

    Andrzej Niemierko

    Medical Physics · 1997

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  10. Calculation of complication probability factors for non-uniform normal tissue irradiation: The effective volume method

    Gerald J. Kutcher & C. Burman

    International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 1989

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Patient-specific quality assurance

  1. A technique for the quantitative evaluation of dose distributions

    Daniel A. Low, William B. Harms, Sasa Mutic & James A. Purdy

    Medical Physics · 1998

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  2. Dosimetry tools and techniques for IMRT: IMRT dosimetry tools

    Daniel A. Low, Jean M. Moran, James F. Dempsey, Lei Dong & Mark Oldham

    Medical Physics · 2011

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  3. Tolerance limits and methodologies for IMRT measurement-based verification QA: Recommendations of AAPM Task Group No. 218

    Moyed Miften, Arthur Olch, Dimitris Mihailidis, et al.

    Medical Physics · 2018

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Additional readings

  1. Comparison of two commercial detector arrays for IMRT quality assurance

    Jonathan G. Li, Guanghua Yan & Chihray Liu

    Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics · 2009

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  2. The extraction of true profiles for TPS commissioning and its impact on IMRT patient-specific QA

    Guanghua Yan, Christopher Fox, Chihray Liu & Jonathan G. Li

    Medical Physics · 2008

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  3. Validation of dynamic MLC-controller log files using a two-dimensional diode array

    Jonathan G. Li, James F. Dempsey, Li Ding, Chihray Liu & Jatinder R. Palta

    Medical Physics · 2003

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  4. Comprehensive quality assurance for the delivery of intensity modulated radiotherapy with a multileaf collimator used in the dynamic mode

    Thomas LoSasso, Chen‐Shou Chui & C. Clifton Ling

    Medical Physics · 2001

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  5. Commissioning and quality assurance of treatment planning computers

    J.Van Dyk, R.B. Barnett, J.E. Cygler & P.C. Shragge

    International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 1993

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  6. Evaluation of polymer gels and MRI as a 3-D dosimeter for intensity-modulated radiation therapy

    Daniel A. Low, James F. Dempsey, Ramesh Venkatesan, et al.

    Medical Physics · 1999

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  7. Comparison of analytic source models for head scatter factor calculation and planar dose calculation for IMRT

    Guanghua Yan, Chihray Liu, Bo Lu, Jatinder R Palta & Jonathan G Li

    Physics in Medicine and Biology · 2008

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Failure modes and effects analysis

  1. The report of Task Group 100 of the AAPM: Application of risk analysis methods to radiation therapy quality management

    M. Saiful Huq, Benedick A. Fraass, Peter B. Dunscombe, et al.

    Medical Physics · 2016

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  2. 77 Moffitt Patients Get Excess Radiation

    Michael Van Sickler

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  3. Radiation Offers New Cures, and Ways to Do Harm

    Walt Bogdanich

    The New York Times · 2010

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  4. An investigation of the Therac-25 accidents

    N.G. Leveson & C.S. Turner

    Computer · 1993

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  5. Radiation Therapy Deficiencies Identified During On-Site Dosimetry Visits by the Imaging and Radiation Oncology Core Houston Quality Assurance Center

    Stephen F. Kry, Lainy Dromgoole, Paola Alvarez, et al.

    International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology* Physics · 2017

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Special procedures

Reference materials

  1. Chapters 7, 8, 13, 14, 18, and 21, in — The physics of radiation therapy

    Faiz M. Khan

    The physics of radiation therapy · 2010

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Total body irradiation

  1. The physical aspects of total and half body photon irradiation

    J. van Dyk, J. M. Galvin, G. P. Glasgow & E. B. Podgorsak

    1986

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  2. Total body irradiation using Helical Tomotherapy ® : Treatment technique, dosimetric results and initial clinical experience

    V. Sarradin, L. Simon, A. Huynh, et al.

    Cancer/Radiothérapie · 2018

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  3. Total-body irradiation using linac-based volumetric modulated arc therapy: Its clinical accuracy, feasibility and reliability

    Bora Tas, Ismail Faruk Durmus, Ayse Okumus, et al.

    Radiotherapy and Oncology · 2018

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Total skin electron therapy

  1. Total skin electron therapy: Techniques and dosimetry

    C. J. Karzmark, Joseph Anderson, Alfonso Buffa, et al.

    1987

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  2. Cutaneous lymphomas

    Benjamin D. Smith & Lynn D. Wilson

    Seminars in Radiation Oncology · 2007

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  3. Clinical electron‐beam dosimetry: Report of AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group No. 25

    Faiz M. Khan, Karen P. Doppke, Kenneth R. Hogstrom, et al.

    Medical Physics · 1991

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  4. Recommendations for clinical electron beam dosimetry: Supplement to the recommendations of Task Group 25

    Bruce J. Gerbi, John A. Antolak, F. Christopher Deibel, et al.

    Medical Physics · 2009

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  5. AAPM protocol for 40–300 kV x-ray beam dosimetry in radiotherapy and radiobiology: Report of the AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group No. 61

    C.-M. Ma, C. W. Coffey, L. A. DeWerd, et al.

    Medical Physics · 2001

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  6. Total Skin Electron Beam Therapy in the Treatment of Mycosis Fungoides: A Review of Conventional and Low-Dose Regimens

    Mudit Chowdhary, Arpit M. Chhabra, Shivam Kharod & Gaurav Marwaha

    Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma and Leukemia · 2016

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Cardiovascular implantable electronic device safety

  1. Management of Radiation Oncology Patients with Implanted Cardiac Pacemakers

    J. R. Marbach, M. R. Sontag, J. Van Dyk & A. B. Wolbarst

    1994

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  2. Management of radiotherapy patients with implanted cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators: A report of the AAPM TG-203

    Moyed Miften, Dimitris Mihailidis, Stephen F. Kry, et al.

    Medical Physics · 2019

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  3. Radiotherapy-Induced Malfunction in Contemporary Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices: Clinical Incidence and Predictors

    Jonathan D. Grant, Garrett L. Jensen, Chad Tang, et al.

    JAMA Oncology · 2015

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In-vivo systems: commissioning and calibration

  1. Diode in vivo dosimetry for patients receiving external beam radiation therapy: Report of Task Group 62 of the Radiation Therapy Committee

    Ellen Yorke, Rodica Alecu, Li Ding, et al.

    2005

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  2. Radiochromic film dosimetry: Recommendations of AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group 55

    Azam Niroomand-Rad, Charles Robert Blackwell, Bert M. Coursey, et al.

    Medical Physics · 1998

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  3. TG-69: Radiographic film for megavoltage beam dosimetry

    Sujatha Pai, Indra J. Das, James F. Dempsey, et al.

    Medical Physics · 2007

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  4. AAPM TG 191: Clinical use of luminescent dosimeters: TLDs and OSLDs

    Stephen F. Kry, Paola Alvarez, Joanna E. Cygler, et al.

    Medical Physics · 2020

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SRS and SBRT

  1. Stereotactic radiosurgery

    Michael C. Schell, Frank J. Bova, David A. Larson, et al.

    1995

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  2. Current and novel practice of stereotactic radiosurgery: JNSPG 75th Anniversary Invited Review Article

    Douglas Kondziolka

    Journal of Neurosurgery · 2019

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  3. Stereotactic body radiation therapy: The report of AAPM Task Group 101

    Stanley H. Benedict, Kamil M. Yenice, David Followill, et al.

    Medical Physics · 2010

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  4. Report of AAPM Task Group 155: Megavoltage photon beam dosimetry in small fields and non‐equilibrium conditions

    Indra J. Das, Paolo Francescon, Jean M. Moran, et al.

    Medical Physics · 2021

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Other topics

  1. Fetal dose from radiotherapy with photon beams

    Marilyn Stovall, Charles Robert Blackwell, Jackson Cundiff, et al.

    1995

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  2. Clinical applications of 3-dimensional printing in radiation therapy

    Yizhou Zhao, Kathryn Moran, Mammo Yewondwossen, et al.

    Medical Dosimetry · 2017

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  3. Chapter 15: Special procedures and techniques in radiotherapy

    E. B. Podgoršak & IAEA

    In Radiation oncology physics: a handbook for teachers and students · IAEA · 2005

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  4. AAPM-RSS medical physics practice guideline 9.a. for SRS-SBRT

    Per H. Halvorsen, Eileen Cirino, Indra J. Das, et al.

    Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics · 2017

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Image-guided radiotherapy

Reference materials

  1. Fundamental mathematics and physics of medical imaging

    Jack L. Lancaster & Bruce H. Hasegawa

    CRC Press, Taylor \& Francis Group · 2017

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  2. The essential physics of medical imaging

    Jerrold T. Bushberg, J. Anthony Seibert, Edwin M. Leidholdt & John M. Boone

    Wolters Kluwer · 2021

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  3. Principles of computerized tomographic imaging

    Avinash C. Kak & Malcolm Slaney

    Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics · 2001

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  4. Medical imaging signals and systems

    Jerry L. Prince & Jonathan M. Links

    Pearson · 2015

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  5. MRI for Radiotherapy: Planning, Delivery, and Response Assessment

    Gary Liney & Uulke Van Der Heide

    Springer International Publishing · 2019

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  6. Spin To the Limit (eBook)

    Author not listed

    calameo.com

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Modern use of image guidance in radiotherapy

  1. Applications of linac-mounted kilovoltage Cone-beam Computed Tomography in modern radiation therapy: A review

    Justin Shepherd

    Polish Journal of Radiology · 2014

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  2. Image guidance in radiation therapy for better cure of cancer

    Vincent Grégoire, Matthias Guckenberger, Karin Haustermans, et al.

    Molecular Oncology · 2020

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  3. Quality assurance for kilovoltage cone beam computed tomography (CBCT)

    Joerg Lehmann & Stanley Skubic

    Modern Practices in Radiation Therapy · 2012

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  4. Quality assurance for computed-tomography simulators and the computed-tomography-simulation process: Report of the AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group No. 66

    Sasa Mutic, Jatinder R. Palta, Elizabeth K. Butker, et al.

    Medical Physics · 2003

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  5. The Role of In-Room kV X-Ray Imaging for Patient Setup and Target Localization: Report of AAPM Task Group 104

    Fang-Fang Yin, John Wong, James Balter, et al.

    2009

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  6. Quality assurance for image-guided radiation therapy utilizing CT-based technologies: A report of the AAPM TG-179

    Jean-Pierre Bissonnette, Peter A. Balter, Lei Dong, et al.

    Medical Physics · 2012

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  7. AAPM medical physics practice guideline 2.b.: Commissioning and quality assurance of X‐ray‐based image‐guided radiotherapy systems

    Steven P. McCullough, Hassaan Alkhatib, Kyle J. Antes, et al.

    Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics · 2021

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  8. The calibration of CT Hounsfield units for radiotherapy treatment planning

    Uwe Schneider, Eros Pedroni & Antony Lomax

    Physics in Medicine and Biology · 1996

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Quality assurance of x-ray imaging systems

  1. Quality assurance for kilovoltage cone beam computed tomography (CBCT)

    Joerg Lehmann & Stanley Skubic

    Modern Practices in Radiation Therapy · 2012

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  2. Quality assurance for computed-tomography simulators and the computed-tomography-simulation process: Report of the AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group No. 66

    Sasa Mutic, Jatinder R. Palta, Elizabeth K. Butker, et al.

    Medical Physics · 2003

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  3. Quality assurance for image-guided radiation therapy utilizing CT-based technologies: A report of the AAPM TG-179

    Jean-Pierre Bissonnette, Peter A. Balter, Lei Dong, et al.

    Medical Physics · 2012

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  4. AAPM medical physics practice guideline 2.b.: Commissioning and quality assurance of X‐ray‐based image‐guided radiotherapy systems

    Steven P. McCullough, Hassaan Alkhatib, Kyle J. Antes, et al.

    Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics · 2021

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  5. The calibration of CT Hounsfield units for radiotherapy treatment planning

    Uwe Schneider, Eros Pedroni & Antony Lomax

    Physics in Medicine and Biology · 1996

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Organ motion and its management

  1. The management of respiratory motion in radiation oncology: Report of AAPM Task Group 76

    Paul J. Keall, Gig S. Mageras, James M. Balter, et al.

    Medical Physics · 2006

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  2. Organ motion and its management

    K.M Langen & D.T.L Jones

    International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 2001

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  3. A method for the reconstruction of four‐dimensional synchronized CT scans acquired during free breathing

    Daniel A. Low, Michelle Nystrom, Eugene Kalinin, et al.

    Medical Physics · 2003

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  4. Respiratory correlated cone beam CT

    Jan‐Jakob Sonke, Lambert Zijp, Peter Remeijer & Marcel Van Herk

    Medical Physics · 2005

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  5. AlignRT $^®$ and Catalyst™ in whole‐breast radiotherapy with DIBH: Is IGRT still needed?

    Marko Laaksomaa, Sebastian Sarudis, Maija Rossi, et al.

    Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics · 2019

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Additional readings

  1. 4D MR imaging of respiratory organ motion and its variability

    M Von Siebenthal, G Székely, U Gamper, et al.

    Physics in Medicine and Biology · 2007

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  2. Characterization of free breathing patterns with 5D lung motion model

    Tianyu Zhao, Wei Lu, Deshan Yang, et al.

    Medical Physics · 2009

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  3. Novel breathing motion model for radiotherapy

    Daniel A. Low, Parag J. Parikh, Wei Lu, et al.

    International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 2005

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  4. Quality Assurance of 4D-CT Scan Techniques in Multicenter Phase III Trial of Surgery Versus Stereotactic Radiotherapy (Radiosurgery or Surgery for Operable Early Stage (Stage 1A) Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer [ROSEL] Study)

    Coen W. Hurkmans, Maarten Van Lieshout, Danny Schuring, et al.

    International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 2011

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Imaging dose and its management

  1. The management of imaging dose during image-guided radiotherapy: Report of the AAPM Task Group 75

    Martin J. Murphy, James Balter, Stephen Balter, et al.

    Medical Physics · 2007

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  2. Comprehensive Methodology for the Evaluation of Radiation Dose in X-Ray Computed Tomography: Report of AAPM Task Group 111

    Robert L. Dixon, Jon A. Anderson, Donovan M. Bakalyar, et al.

    2010

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  3. Image guidance doses delivered during radiotherapy: Quantification, management, and reduction: Report of the AAPM Therapy Physics Committee Task Group 180

    George X. Ding, Parham Alaei, Bruce Curran, et al.

    Medical Physics · 2018

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  4. Imaging dose from cone beam computed tomography in radiation therapy

    Parham Alaei & Emiliano Spezi

    Physica Medica · 2015

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  5. Investigation of the radiation dose from cone‐beam CT for image‐guided radiotherapy: A comparison of methodologies

    Jarryd G. Buckley, Dean Wilkinson, Alessandra Malaroda & Peter Metcalfe

    Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics · 2018

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Additional readings

  1. AAPM/RSNA Physics Tutorial for Residents: Topics in CT: Radiation Dose in CT

    Michael F. McNitt-Gray

    RadioGraphics · 2002

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  2. Kilovoltage Imaging Doses in the Radiotherapy of Pediatric Cancer Patients

    Jun Deng, Zhe Chen, Kenneth B. Roberts & Ravinder Nath

    International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 2012

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  3. Radiation Dose From Kilovoltage Cone Beam Computed Tomography in an Image-Guided Radiotherapy Procedure

    George X. Ding & Charles W. Coffey

    International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 2009

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  4. Effective Doses in Four-Dimensional Computed Tomography for Lung Radiotherapy Planning

    Shinichiro Mori, Susumu Ko, Takayoshi Ishii & Kanae Nishizawa

    Medical Dosimetry · 2009

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  5. Exposure Risks Among Children Undergoing Radiation Therapy: Considerations in the Era of Image Guided Radiation Therapy

    Clayton B. Hess, Holly M. Thompson, Stanley H. Benedict, et al.

    International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 2016

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X-ray image reconstruction and artifacts

  1. Principles of CT and CT Technology

    L. W. Goldman

    Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology · 2007

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  2. Practical cone-beam algorithm

    L. A. Feldkamp, L. C. Davis & J. W. Kress

    Journal of the Optical Society of America A · 1984

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  3. Artefacts in CBCT: a review

    R Schulze, U Heil, D Groβ, et al.

    Dentomaxillofacial Radiology · 2011

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  4. Artifacts in CT: Recognition and Avoidance

    Julia F. Barrett & Nicholas Keat

    RadioGraphics · 2004

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Additional readings

  1. Fast calculation of the exact radiological path for a three‐dimensional CT array

    Robert L. Siddon

    Medical Physics · 1985

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  2. Artifacts in computed tomography scanning of moving objects

    G Chen, J Kung & K Beaudette

    Seminars in Radiation Oncology · 2004

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Electronic portal dosimetry

  1. The use of an aSi-based EPID for routine absolute dosimetric pre-treatment verification of dynamic IMRT fields

    Ann Van Esch, Tom Depuydt & Dominique Pierre Huyskens

    Radiotherapy and Oncology · 2004

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  2. Catching errors with in vivo EPID dosimetry

    A. Mans, M. Wendling, L. N. McDermott, et al.

    Medical Physics · 2010

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  3. Replacing Pretreatment Verification With In Vivo EPID Dosimetry for Prostate IMRT

    Leah N. McDermott, Markus Wendling, Jan-Jakob Sonke, Marcel Van Herk & Ben J. Mijnheer

    International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 2007

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  4. Dosimetric pre-treatment verification of IMRT using an EPID; clinical experience

    Mathilda Van Zijtveld, Maarten L.P. Dirkx, Hans C.J. De Boer & Ben J.M. Heijmen

    Radiotherapy and Oncology · 2006

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  5. First Experience With Real-Time EPID-Based Delivery Verification During IMRT and VMAT Sessions

    Henry C. Woodruff, Todsaporn Fuangrod, Eric Van Uytven, et al.

    International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 2015

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Other topics

  1. Use of image registration and fusion algorithms and techniques in radiotherapy: Report of the AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group No. 132

    Kristy K. Brock, Sasa Mutic, Todd R. McNutt, Hua Li & Marc L. Kessler

    Medical Physics · 2017

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  2. Task Group 174 Report: Utilization of [18F]Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography ([18F]FDG-PET) in Radiation Therapy

    Shiva K. Das, Ross McGurk, Moyed Miften, et al.

    Medical Physics · 2019

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  3. Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography Standardized Uptake Values in Clinical Practice and Assessing Response to Therapy

    Paul E. Kinahan & James W. Fletcher

    Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI · 2010

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  4. MRI B $_0$ homogeneity and geometric distortion with continuous linac gantry rotation on an Elekta Unity MR-linac

    Steven Jackson, Markus Glitzner, Rob H N Tijssen & Bas W Raaymakers

    Physics in Medicine \& Biology · 2019

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Special topics

Proton therapy

  1. Proton therapy physics

    Harald Paganetti

    CRC Press · 2019

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  2. The physics of proton therapy

    Wayne D Newhauser & Rui Zhang

    Physics in Medicine and Biology · 2015

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  3. Range uncertainties in proton therapy and the role of Monte Carlo simulations

    Harald Paganetti

    Physics in Medicine and Biology · 2012

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  4. ICRU Report 59 - Clinical Proton Dosimetry - Part I : Beam Production, Beam Delivery and Measurement of Absorbed Dose

    L. Verhey, H. Blattman, P. M. Deluca & D. Miller

    Journal of the ICRU · 1998

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