In vivo dosimetry in pelvic brachytherapy. [PDF]
Br J Radiol, 2022 Brachytherapy is an effective treatment in the curative management of prostate and gynaecological cancers. With advances in technology, brachytherapy has increased in complexity in recent years. Human error, equipment malfunction, patient organ motion and radioactive source displacement can result in substantial deviation of delivered dose from ...
Houlihan OA +4 more
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The clinical application of in vivo dosimetry for gynaecological brachytherapy: A scoping review [PDF]
Technical Innovations & Patient Support in Radiation OncologyBrachytherapy is a key treatment for gynaecological malignancies, delivering high doses to the tumour volume whilst sparing nearby normal tissues due to its steep dose gradient.
Amani A. Chowdhury +5 more
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Assessing the impact of adaptations to the clinical workflow in radiotherapy using transit in vivo dosimetry [PDF]
Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology, 2023 Background and Purpose: Currently in-vivo dosimetry (IVD) is primarily used to identify individual patient errors in radiotherapy. This study investigated possible correlations of observed trends in transit IVD results, with adaptations to the clinical ...
Evy Bossuyt +4 more
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A commissioning protocol for portal imaging-based radiotherapy in vivo dosimetry systems [PDF]
Physics and Imaging in Radiation OncologyBackground and Purpose: With the availability of commercial electronic portal imaging detector-based in vivo dosimetry (EPID-based IVD) solutions, many radiotherapy departments are adopting this technology.
Marco Esposito +10 more
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Evaluation of automated pre-treatment and transit in-vivo dosimetry in radiotherapy using empirically determined parameters [PDF]
Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology, 2020 Background and purpose: First reports on clinical use of commercially automated systems for Electronic Portal Imaging Device (EPID)-based dosimetry in radiotherapy showed the capability to detect important changes in patient setup, anatomy and external ...
Evy Bossuyt +4 more
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Impact through versatility: Patterns of in vivo dosimetry utilization with TLD across a large multi-site radiotherapy department [PDF]
Frontiers in Oncology, 2022 The complexity of modern radiotherapy treatment pathways necessitate input from different professions to ensure treatment is delivered safely and as planned.
Peta Lonski +3 more
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In vivo dosimetry for patients with prostate cancer to assess possible impact of bladder and rectum preparation [PDF]
Technical Innovations & Patient Support in Radiation Oncology, 2020 Purpose/objective: In all treatment sites of our radiotherapy network, in vivo dosimetry (PerFRACTION™) was fully implemented in February 2018. We hypothesized that additional help with bladder and rectum preparation by home nursing would improve ...
Yawo A.C. Fiagan +6 more
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In vivo dosimetry in brachytherapy [PDF]
Medical Physics, 2013 In vivo dosimetry (IVD) has been used in brachytherapy (BT) for decades with a number of different detectors and measurement technologies. However, IVD in BT has been subject to certain difficulties and complexities, in particular due to challenges of the high‐gradient BT dose distribution and the large range of dose and dose rate.
Andersen, Claus Erik +4 more
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In vivo dosimetry with an inorganic scintillation detector during multi-channel vaginal cylinder pulsed dose-rate brachytherapy: Dosimetry for pulsed dose-rate brachytherapy [PDF]
Physics and Imaging in Radiation OncologyBackground and purpose: In vivo dosimetry is not standard in brachytherapy and some errors go undetected. The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of multi-channel vaginal cylinder pulsed dose-rate brachytherapy using in vivo dosimetry ...
Peter D. Georgi +10 more
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Prospective superficial EPR in-vivo dosimetry study during hypofractionated radiotherapy of breast cancer patients treated with helical tomotherapy [PDF]
Radiation Oncology, 2021 Background In-vivo dosimetry (IVD) is a patient specific measure of quality control and safety during radiotherapy. With regard to current reporting thresholds for significant occurrences in radiotherapy defined by German regulatory authorities, the ...
Sebastian Höfel +4 more
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