American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) and American College of Radiology (ACR) Practice Guidelines for Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-14

  Hartford, Alan C ^a   Palisca, Madeline G ^b   Eichler, Thomas J ^c   Beyer, David C ^d   Devineni, Venkata Rao ^e   Ibbott, Geoffrey S ^f   Kavanagh, Brian ^g   Kent, John S ^h   Rosenthal, Seth A ⁱ   Schultz, Chris J ^j   Tripuraneni, Prabhakar ^k   Gaspar, Laurie E ^g  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c Thomas Johns Cancer Hospital   (United States)

^d Arizona Oncology Services   (United States)

^e SSM Cancer Care   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^h METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ Radiological Associates of Sacramento Medical Group Inc   (United States)

^j MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^k SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57649107185     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.04.049     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Mell L.K., Mehrotra A.K., and Mundt A.J. Intensity-modulated radiation therapy use in the U.S., 2004. Cancer 104 (2005) 1296-1303
2. Palta JR, Mackie TR. Intensity-modulated radiation therapy: the state of the art. Medical Physics Monograph No. 29. (2003 Summer School Proceedings). Published for the American Association of Physicists in Medicine by Medical Physics Publishing.
3. Webb S. Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (2001), Institute of Physics Publishing, London, UK
4. Galvin J.M., Ezzell G., Eisbrauch A., et al. 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. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 58 (2004) 1616-1634
5. Ezzell G.A., Galvin J.M., Low D., et al. Guidance document on delivery, treatment planning, and clinical implementation of IMRT: Report of the IMRT Subcommittee of the AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee. Med Phys 30 (2003) 2089-2115
6. American College of Radiology. Practice guideline for radiation oncology, ACR practice guidelines and technical standards (2007), Author, Reston, Virginia p. 871-877
7. American College of Radiology. Technical standard for the performance of radiation oncology physics for external beam therapy, ACR practice guidelines and technical standards, 2007. p. 1105-1111.
8. American College of Radiology. Practice guideline for continuing medical education, ACR practice guidelines and technical standards (2007), Author, Reston, Virginia p. 1-2
9. Fraass B., Doppke K., Hunt M., et al. American Association of Physicists in Medicine Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group 53: Quality assurance for clinical radiotherapy treatment planning. Med Phys 25 (1998) 1773-1829
10. Williams P.C. IMRT: delivery techniques and quality assurance. Br J Radiol 76 (2003) 766-776
11. Jones A.O., and Kleiman M.T. Patient setup and verification for intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). Med Dosim 28 (2003) 175-183
12. American College of Radiology. Practice guideline for communication, ACR practice guidelines and technical standards (2007), Author, Reston, Virginia p. 879-884
13. Structural shielding design and evaluation for megavoltage X-and gamma-ray radiotherapy facilities (2006), National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements; NCRP Report 151, Bethesda, MD