Covid-19's impact on radiotherapy in the Republic of Srpska [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2022 Background/Aim. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) significantly affects patients with any type of chronic disease, especially the ones with neoplasm. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the weekly number of ...
Kolarević Goran +3 more
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Assessment of Thyroid Lobe Dose in Breast Cancer Intraoperative Radiotherapy [PDF]
Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering, 2021 Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women. Considering the fact that a high dose is delivered in a single fraction of IORT, the evaluation of the dose at sensitive organs like thyroid is necessary.
R Ramezani Farkhani +3 more
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Evaluation of Dose Distribution in Optimized Stanford Total Skin Electron Therapy (TSET) Technique in Rando Anthropomorphic Phantom using EBT3 Gafchromatic Films [PDF]
Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering, 2021 Background: The Total Skin Electron Therapy (TSET) targets the whole of skin using 6 to 10 MeV electrons in large field size and large Source to Surface Distance (SSD).
Shaghayegh Fahimi Monzari +3 more
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Verification of Monitor unit calculations for eclipse Treatment Planning System by in- house developed spreadsheet [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Medical Physics, 2018 Introduction: Computerized treatment planning is a rapidly evolving modality that depends on hardware and software efficiency. Despite ICRU recommendations suggesting 5% deviation in dose delivery the overall uncertainty shall be less than 3.5% as ...
Hemalatha Athiyaman +3 more
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Dosimetric Comparison of IMRT with 3D-CRT Regarding Their Contribution to the Treatment Plan Optimization Using Rando Phantom with a Realistic Lung Cancer Radiotherapy Treatment Planning [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Medical Physics, 2021 Introduction: This study compared a three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT) with a recently implemented intensity modulation radiation therapy (IMRT) technique performed in the irradiation of lung cancer.
Karim Benkahila +3 more
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Application of mri for improved local control in complex radiotherapy of cervical cancer [PDF]
Archive of Oncology, 2006 Background: The aim of this study was to analyze the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a modern medical imaging technique in radiotherapy with special emphasis on the integration of MRI and a novel technique in brachytherapy to optimize ...
Hadjiev Janaki +6 more
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Dosimetric characterization of large photon fields (Varian, Clinac 2100c, X-6mv) by using standard measurement approach [PDF]
Archive of Oncology, 2002 The most optimal dosimetry model for the application of large photon fields (dimensions larger than 40x40 cm) at extended focus-phantom/patient distances has not been adopted yet.
Apostolidis Georgios +2 more
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Comparison of Air-Gaps Effect in a Small Cavity on Dose Calculation for 6 MV Linac [PDF]
Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering, 2021 Background: Many authors stated that cavities or air-gaps were the main challenge of dose calculation for head and neck with flattening filter medical linear accelerator (Linac) irradiation.
A Azzi, D Ryangga, S A Pawiro
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Interstitial brachytherapy with 192Ir in vulvar cancer [PDF]
Archive of Oncology, 2006 Vulvar cancer accounts for 5% of all female genital cancers and 1% of all malignancies in women. A female patient, 78 years old, with diagnosed squamous cell carcinoma of vulva stage II, was admitted to our Institution in January 2004. An exophytic tumor,
Erak Marko +5 more
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Feasibility of Megavoltage CT for High-Dose Retrospective Planning of Helical Tomotherapy and Linac Treatment Plans: Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cancer Case [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Medical Physics, 2022 Introduction: This work aimed to investigate the use of megavoltage CT (MVCT) images for retrospective planning in high-dose and low-fractionation radiation techniques for Helical Tomotherapy and Linac.Material and Methods: This work used pre-treatment ...
Ahmad Syafi +4 more
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