Catching errors with in vivo EPID dosimetry.
Medical Physics, 2010 The potential for detrimental incidents and the ever increasing complexity of patient treatments emphasize the need for accurate dosimetric verification in radiotherapy.
Tielenburg, R +9 more
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EPID in vivo dosimetry in RapidArc technique [PDF]
Reports of Practical Oncology & Radiotherapy, 2010 AimThe aim of the study was to estimate the dose at the reference point applying an aSi-EPID device in the course of patient treatment.Materials and methodsThe method assumes direct proportionality between EPID signal and dose delivered to the patient ...
Bekman, Barbara +3 more
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EPID with Malicious Revocation [PDF]
, 2021 EPID systems are anonymous authentication protocols where a device can be revoked by including one of its signatures in a revocation list. Such protocols are today included in the ISO/IEC 20008-2 standard and are embedded in billions of chips, which make
Jacques Traoré, Olivier Sanders
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EPID-a useful interfraction QC tool [PDF]
Polish Journal of Medical Physics and Engineering, 2019 Biomedical accelerators used in radiotherapy are equipped with detector arrays which are commonly used to obtain the image of patient position during the treatment session. These devices use both kilovolt and megavolt x-ray beams.
Grządziel, Aleksandra +9 more
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Current Practices and Clinical Implementation of Electronic Portal Imaging Device-based Dosimetry in Indian Radiotherapy Centres: A National Survey [PDF]
Journal of Medical PhysicsPurpose: This study aims to assess the current prevalence, utilization patterns, and operational challenges of electronic portal imaging device (EPID)-based dosimetry systems in Indian radiotherapy centres. Materials and Methods: A multiple-choice survey
Raghavendra Hajare +7 more
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EPID with Efficient Proof of Non-Revocation
Proceedings of the 2022 ACM on Asia Conference on Computer and Communications Security, 2022 International audienceEPID systems are anonymous authentication mechanisms which are standardized by ISO/IEC and massively deployed in Intel processors. They are related to the large family of privacy-preserving signatures but differ in that they provide
Sanders, Olivier
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An Analysis of Quality Assurance for Intensity-modulated Radiation Therapy and Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy Treatment Plans Using Two Dosimetric Methods: The arcCHECK System and EPIbeam Based Dosimetric Approach [PDF]
Journal of Medical PhysicsAim: The current study is to assess and compare the performance of an electronic portal imaging device (EPID)-based dosimetry system electronic portal imaging beam (EPIbeam) and a three-dimensional (3D) diode array system (ArcCHECK) using various gamma ...
Ajay Katake +4 more
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Optimal pain management: epidural or locoregional nerve blocks for canine stifle surgery? [PDF]
Veterinary EvidencePICO Question In dogs undergoing stifle surgery, do locoregional nerve blocks compared with epidural anaesthesia improve perioperative antinociception and reduce residual block? Clinical bottom line Category of research Treatment.
Tiffany Tang, Eduardo Uquillas
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Improving patient treatment accuracy using transit dosimetry with Electronic Portal Imaging Device images and deep learning [PDF]
Physics and Imaging in Radiation OncologyBackground and Purpose:: Electronic portal imaging devices (EPID) can be utilized for transit in vivo dosimetry (IVD). A major limitation of standard amorphous Silicon EPID detectors for usage IVD is their non-linear detector response to water equivalent
Lorenzo Marini +9 more
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Analysis of IMRT patient specific quality assurance using EPID measurement data from the Halcyon linear accelerator. [PDF]
PLoS ONEThis study investigated the characteristics of electronic portal imaging device (EPID)-based perpendicular field-by-field patient-specific quality assurance (PFF-PSQA) on the Halcyon linear accelerator by comparing them with the true composite (TC)-PSQA ...
Shinhaeng Cho +6 more
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