Medical Physics

1

Automated detection of lung nodules in CT scans: Effect of image reconstruction algorithm

Armato, Samuel G., Altman, Michael B., La Rivière, Patrick J.

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2003

Language:

english

File:

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english, 2003

2

The volume effect of detectors in the dosimetry of small fields used in IMRT

Laub, Wolfram U., Wong, Tony

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2003

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 85 KB

english, 2003

3

Digital tomosynthesis of hand joints for arthritis assessment

Duryea, J., Dobbins, J. T., Lynch, J. A.

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2003

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 511 KB

english, 2003

4

Computerized scheme for determination of the likelihood measure of malignancy for pulmonary nodules on low-dose CT images

Aoyama, Masahito, Li, Qiang, Katsuragawa, Shigehiko, Li, Feng, Sone, Shusuke, Doi, Kunio

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2003

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 340 KB

english, 2003

5

A volumetric method for estimation of breast density on digitized screen-film mammograms

Pawluczyk, Olga, Augustine, Bindu J., Yaffe, Martin J., Rico, Dan, Yang, Jiwei, Mawdsley, Gordon E., Boyd, Norman F.

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2003

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 824 KB

english, 2003

6

A virtual photon energy fluence model for Monte Carlo dose calculation

Fippel, Matthias, Haryanto, Freddy, Dohm, Oliver, Nüsslin, Fridtjof, Kriesen, Stephan

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2003

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 158 KB

english, 2003

7

Inclusion of organ deformation in dose calculations

Brock, K. K., McShan, D. L., Ten Haken, R. K., Hollister, S. J., Dawson, L. A., Balter, J. M.

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2003

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 270 KB

english, 2003

8

A Monte Carlo study of IMRT beamlets in inhomogeneous media

Jones, Andrew O., Das, Indra J., Jones, Frederick L.

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2003

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 432 KB

english, 2003

9

Optimization of technique factors for a silicon diode array full-field digital mammography system and comparison to screen-film mammography with matched average glandular dose

Berns, Eric A., Hendrick, R. Edward, Cutter, Gary R.

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2003

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 394 KB

english, 2003

10

Dosimetric characteristics of a linear array of γ or β-emitting seeds in intravascular irradiation: Monte Carlo studies for the AAPM TG-43/60 formalism

Ye, Sung-Joon, Parsai, E. Ishmael, Feldmeier, John J.

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2003

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 888 KB

english, 2003

11

Optimized treatment planning using intensity and energy modulated proton and very high energy electron beams

Yeboah, Collins

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2003

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 290 KB

english, 2003

12

Comment on “Calculated absorbed-dose ratios, TG51/TG21, for most widely used cylindrical and parallel-plate ion chambers over a range of photon and electron energies” [Med. Phys. 29, 1464–1472 (2002)]

Huq, M. Saiful

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2003

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 360 KB

english, 2003

13

How should we describe the radiobiologic effect of extracranial stereotactic radiosurgery: Equivalent uniform dose or tumor control probability?

Kavanagh, B. D., Timmerman, R. D., Benedict, S. H., Wu, Q., Schefter, T. E., Stuhr, K., McCourt, S., Newman, F., Cardinale, R. M., Gaspar, L. E.

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2003

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 369 KB

english, 2003

14

Automatic quantitative low contrast analysis of digital chest phantom radiographs

Kwan, Alexander L. C., Filipow, Larry J., Le, Lawrence H.

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2003

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 594 KB

english, 2003

15

A method for fast evaluation of neutron spectra for BNCT based on in-phantom figure-of-merit calculation

Martı́n, Guido

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2003

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 656 KB

english, 2003

16

Automatic verification of step-and-shoot IMRT field segments using portal imaging

Woo, M. K., Lightstone, A. W., Shan, G., Kumaraswamy, L., Li, Y.

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2003

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 469 KB

english, 2003

17

Is axial wall stress compressive in certain arteries?

Doriot, P.-A., Dorsaz, P.-A.

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2003

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 506 KB

english, 2003

18

Every patient receiving 3D or IMRT must have image-based target localization prior to turning on the beam

Herman, Michael G., Rosenzweig, Douglas P., Hendee, William R.

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2003

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 350 KB

english, 2003

19

Magnetic susceptibility quantitation with MRI by solving boundary value problems

Li, Lin, Wang, Zhiyue J.

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2003

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 343 KB

english, 2003

20

Experimental investigation of the dose and image quality characteristics of a digital mammography imaging system

Huda, Walter, Sajewicz, Anthony M., Ogden, Kent M., Dance, David R.

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2003

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 342 KB

english, 2003

21

Implementation of a Monte Carlo based inverse planning model for clinical IMRT with MCNP code

He, Tongming Tony

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2003

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 286 KB

english, 2003

22

Influence of phantom diameter, kVp and scan mode upon computed tomography dose index

Nickoloff, Edward L., Dutta, Ajoy K., Lu, Zheng F.

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2003

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.16 MB

english, 2003

23

Using the volumetric effect of a finite-sized detector for routine quality assurance of multileaf collimator leaf positioning

Yang, Yong, Xing, Lei

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2003

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 321 KB

english, 2003

24

Application of TACT® to the evaluation of total joint arthroplasty

Fahey, Frederic H., Webber, Richard L., Chew, Felix S.-K., Dickerson, Bryon A.

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2003

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 714 KB

english, 2003

25

Tomographic mammography using a limited number of low-dose cone-beam projection images

Wu, Tao, Stewart, Alexander, Stanton, Martin, McCauley, Thomas, Phillips, Walter, Kopans, Daniel B., Moore, Richard H., Eberhard, Jeffrey W., Opsahl-Ong, Beale, Niklason, Loren, Williams, Mark B.

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2003

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.94 MB

english, 2003

26

Erratum: “The effect of spectra on calibration and measurement with mammographic ionization chambers” [Med. Phys. 29, 2649–2654 (2002)]

DeWerd, L. A., Micka, J. A., Laird, R. W., Pearson, D. W., O’Brien, M., Lamperti, P.

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2003

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 241 KB

english, 2003

27

Three-dimensional electron dose calculation using an improved hybrid pencil beam model

Chengjun, Gou, Zhangwen, Wu, Zhengming, Luo, Jette, David

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2003

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 370 KB

english, 2003

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Response to “Comment on ‘Calculated absorbed-dose ratios, TG51/TG21, for most widely used cylindrical and parallel-plate ion chambers over a range of photon and electron energies’ ” [Med. Phys. 30, 473–477 (2003)]

Tailor, R., Hanson, W., Ibbott, Geoffrey

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2003

Language:

english

File:

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english, 2003

29

Editorial Board

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2003

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 19 KB

english, 2003

30

ABSTRACTS OF RECENT Ph.D. THESES PERTINENT TO MEDICAL PHYSICS

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2003

Language:

english

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english, 2003

Volume 30; Issue 3

Automated detection of lung nodules in CT scans: Effect of image reconstruction algorithm

The volume effect of detectors in the dosimetry of small fields used in IMRT

Digital tomosynthesis of hand joints for arthritis assessment

Computerized scheme for determination of the likelihood measure of malignancy for pulmonary nodules on low-dose CT images

A volumetric method for estimation of breast density on digitized screen-film mammograms

A virtual photon energy fluence model for Monte Carlo dose calculation

Inclusion of organ deformation in dose calculations

A Monte Carlo study of IMRT beamlets in inhomogeneous media

Optimization of technique factors for a silicon diode array full-field digital mammography system and comparison to screen-film mammography with matched average glandular dose

Dosimetric characteristics of a linear array of γ or β-emitting seeds in intravascular irradiation: Monte Carlo studies for the AAPM TG-43/60 formalism

Optimized treatment planning using intensity and energy modulated proton and very high energy electron beams

Comment on “Calculated absorbed-dose ratios, TG51/TG21, for most widely used cylindrical and parallel-plate ion chambers over a range of photon and electron energies” [Med. Phys. 29, 1464–1472 (2002)]

How should we describe the radiobiologic effect of extracranial stereotactic radiosurgery: Equivalent uniform dose or tumor control probability?

Automatic quantitative low contrast analysis of digital chest phantom radiographs

A method for fast evaluation of neutron spectra for BNCT based on in-phantom figure-of-merit calculation

Automatic verification of step-and-shoot IMRT field segments using portal imaging

Is axial wall stress compressive in certain arteries?

Every patient receiving 3D or IMRT must have image-based target localization prior to turning on the beam

Magnetic susceptibility quantitation with MRI by solving boundary value problems

Experimental investigation of the dose and image quality characteristics of a digital mammography imaging system

Implementation of a Monte Carlo based inverse planning model for clinical IMRT with MCNP code

Influence of phantom diameter, kVp and scan mode upon computed tomography dose index

Using the volumetric effect of a finite-sized detector for routine quality assurance of multileaf collimator leaf positioning

Application of TACT® to the evaluation of total joint arthroplasty

Tomographic mammography using a limited number of low-dose cone-beam projection images

Erratum: “The effect of spectra on calibration and measurement with mammographic ionization chambers” [Med. Phys. 29, 2649–2654 (2002)]

Three-dimensional electron dose calculation using an improved hybrid pencil beam model

Response to “Comment on ‘Calculated absorbed-dose ratios, TG51/TG21, for most widely used cylindrical and parallel-plate ion chambers over a range of photon and electron energies’ ” [Med. Phys. 30, 473–477 (2003)]

Editorial Board

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ABSTRACTS OF RECENT Ph.D. THESES PERTINENT TO MEDICAL PHYSICS