Gamma dose distribution evaluation tool

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Volumn 250, Issue , 2010, Pages 349-359

  Low, Daniel A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; EVALUATION SOFTWARE; INTEGRAL COMPONENTS; MEDICAL PHYSICISTS; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; SPATIAL DIFFERENCES; STRAIGHT-FORWARD METHOD;

PHYSICS;

EID: 78650547165     PISSN: 17426588     EISSN: 17426596     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/250/1/012071     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (12)

1. J. Van Dyk, R. B. Barnett, J. E. Cygler, and P. C. Shragge, "Commissioning and quality assurance of treatment planning computers," Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 26, 261-273 (1993).
2. W. B. Harms, Sr., D. A. Low, J. W. Wong, and J. A. Purdy, "A software tool for the quantitative evaluation of 3D dose calculation algorithms," Med Phys. 25, 1830-1836 (1998).
3. A. S. Shiu, S. Tung, K. R. Hogstrom, J. W. Wong, R. L. Gerber, W. B. Harms, J. A. Purdy, R. K. Ten Haken, D. L. McShan, and B. A. Fraass, "Verification data for electron beam dose algorithms," Med Phys. 19, 623-636 (1992).
4. A. Cheng, W. B. Harms, Sr., R. L. Gerber, J. W. Wong, and J. A. Purdy, "Systematic verification of a three-dimensional electron beam dose calculation algorithm," Med Phys. 23, 685-693 (1996).
5. D. A. Low and J. F. Dempsey, "Evaluation of the gamma dose distribution comparison method," Medical Physics. 30, 2455-2464 (2003).
6. T. Depuydt, A. Van Esch, and D. P. Huyskens, "A quantitative evaluation of IMRT dose distributions: refinement and clinical assessment of the gamma evaluation," Radiotherapy and Oncology. 62, 309-319 (2002).
7. J. M. Moran, J. Radawski, and B. A. Fraass, "A dose-gradient analysis tool for IMRT QA," Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 6, 62-73 (2005).
8. M. Stock, B. Kroupa, and D. Georg, "Interpretation and evaluation of the gamma index and the gamma index angle for the verification of IMRT hybrid plans," Physics in Medicine and Biology. 50, 399-411 (2005).
9. E. Spezi and D. G. Lewis, "Gamma histograms for radiotherapy plan evaluation," Radiotherapy and Oncology. 79, 224-230 (2006).
10. S. B. Jiang, G. C. Sharp, T. Neicu, R. I. Berbeco, S. Flampouri, and T. Bortfeld, "On dose distribution comparison," Physics in Medicine and Biology. 51, 759-776 (2006).
11. M. Wendling, L. J. Zijp, L. N. McDermott, E. J. Smit, J. J. Sonke, B. J. Mijnheer, and M. Van Herk, "A fast algorithm for gamma evaluation in 3D," Medical Physics. 34, 1647-1654 (2007).
12. T. Ju, T. Simpson, J. O. Deasy, and D. A. Low, "Geometric interpretation of the gamma dose distribution comparison technique: Interpolation-free calculation," Medical Physics. 35, 879-887 (2008).