Medical Physics

1

Optical characterization of a radiochromic film by total reflectance and transmittance measurements

Fusi, Franco, Mercatelli, Luca, Marconi, Giacomo, Cuttone, Giacomo, Romano, Giovanni

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2004

Language:

english

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2

Monte Carlo simulation of the Compton scattering technique applied to characterize diagnostic x-ray spectra

Gallardo, S., Ródenas, J., Verdú, G.

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2004

Language:

english

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PDF, 1.08 MB

english, 2004

3

Laser electron accelerators for radiation medicine: A feasibility study

Chiu, Charles, Fomytskyi, Mykhailo, Grigsby, Franklin, Raischel, Frank, Downer, Michael C., Tajima, Toshiki

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2004

Language:

english

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PDF, 538 KB

english, 2004

4

A dosimetric approach to patient-specific radioiodine treatment of Graves’ disease with incorporation of treatment-induced changes in thyroid mass

Traino, A. Claudio, Di Martino, Fabio, Lazzeri, Mauro

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2004

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 148 KB

english, 2004

5

Phantom size in brachytherapy source dosimetric studies

Pérez-Calatayud, J., Granero, D., Ballester, F.

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2004

Language:

english

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6

Use of EPID for leaf position accuracy QA of dynamic multi-leaf collimator (DMLC) treatment

Chang, J., Obcemea, C. H., Sillanpaa, J., Mechalakos, J., Burman, C.

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2004

Language:

english

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PDF, 408 KB

english, 2004

7

A new approach in dose measurement and error analysis for narrow photon beams (beamlets) shaped by different multileaf collimators using a small detector

Li, Shidong, Rashid, Abdul, He, Shanjin, Djajaputra, David

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2004

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 751 KB

english, 2004

8

Accurate Monte Carlo simulations for nozzle design, commissioning and quality assurance for a proton radiation therapy facility

Paganetti, H., Jiang, H., Lee, S.-Y., Kooy, H. M.

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2004

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 487 KB

english, 2004

9

Hemoglobin oxygen saturations in phantoms and in vivo from measurements of steady-state diffuse reflectance at a single, short source-detector separation

Finlay, Jarod C., Foster, Thomas H.

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2004

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 393 KB

english, 2004

10

Determination of the depth of 50% of maximum ionization, I[sub 50], for electron beams by the divided difference method

Hoshina, Masao, Shibuya, Hitoshi, Kubo, Hideo D., Miura, Masahiko, Ohashi, Isamu, Yoshimura, Ryoichi, Oota, Sayako

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2004

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 387 KB

english, 2004

11

Dosimetric properties of radiophotoluminescent glass rod detector in high-energy photon beams from a linear accelerator and Cyber-Knife

Araki, Fujio, Moribe, Nobuyuki, Shimonobou, Toshiaki, Yamashita, Yasuyuki

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2004

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 430 KB

english, 2004

12

Assessment of analysis-of-variance-based methods to quantify the random variations of observers in medical imaging measurements: Guidelines to the investigator

Klein Zeggelink, William F. A., Hart, Augustinus A. M., Gilhuijs, Kenneth G. A.

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2004

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 482 KB

english, 2004

13

Attenuation of intracavitary applicators in [sup 192]Ir-HDR brachytherapy

Ye, Sung-Joon, Brezovich, Ivan A., Shen, Sui, Duan, Jun, Popple, Richard A., Pareek, Prem N.

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2004

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.38 MB

english, 2004

14

Contrast effects on dosimetry of a partial breast irradiation system

Kassas, Bassel, Mourtada, Firas, Horton, John L., Lane, Richard G.

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2004

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 347 KB

english, 2004

15

Quantification of Al-equivalent thickness of just visible microcalcifications in full field digital mammograms

Carton, Ann-Katherine, Bosmans, Hilde, Vandenbroucke, Dirk, Souverijns, Geert, Van Ongeval, Chantal, Dragusin, Octavian, Marchal, Guy

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2004

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.22 MB

english, 2004

16

Dose properties of a laser accelerated electron beam and prospects for clinical application

Kainz, K. K., Hogstrom, K. R., Antolak, J. A., Almond, P. R., Bloch, C. D., Chiu, C., Fomytskyi, M., Raischel, F., Downer, M., Tajima, T.

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2004

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.37 MB

english, 2004

17

Elimination of ghost markers during dual sensor-based infrared tracking of multiple individual reflective markers

Stroian, G., Falco, T., Seuntjens, J. P.

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2004

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.63 MB

english, 2004

18

EDR2 film dosimetry for IMRT verification using low-energy photon filters

Yeo, Inhwan Jason, Beiki-Ardakani, Akbar, Cho, Young-bin, Heydarian, Mostafa, Zhang, Ting, Islam, Mohammad

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2004

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 568 KB

english, 2004

19

The effect of unrealistic thyroid vertical position on thyroid dose in the MIRD phantom

Lee, Choonsik, Lee, Jaiki, Lee, Choonik

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2004

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 513 KB

english, 2004

20

Monte Carlo parametric study of stent impact on dose for catheter-based intravascular brachytherapy with [sup 90]Sr/[sup 90]Y

Ortego, Pedro M., Prieto, Carlos, Vano, Eliseo

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2004

Language:

english

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PDF, 762 KB

english, 2004

21

On the noise variance of a digital mammography system

Burgess, Arthur

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2004

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 586 KB

english, 2004

22

The cause of the artifact in 4-slice helical computed tomography

Taguchi, Katsuyuki, Aradate, Hiroshi, Saito, Yasuo, Zmora, Ilan, Han, Kyung S., Silver, Michael D.

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2004

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.01 MB

english, 2004

23

Very high energy electromagnetically-scanned electron beams are an attractive alternative to photon IMRT

Papiez, Lech, Bortfeld, Thomas, Hendee, William R.

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2004

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 375 KB

english, 2004

24

Fiber-optic, real-time dosimeter based on optically stimulated luminescence of Al[sub 2]O[sub 3]:C and KBr:Eu for potential use in the radiotherapy of cancer

Gaza, Razvan

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2004

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 295 KB

english, 2004

25

The cone-beam algorithm of Feldkamp, Davis, and Kress preserves oblique line integrals

Rodet, Thomas, Noo, Frédéric, Defrise, Michel

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2004

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 359 KB

english, 2004

26

Technical Note: Output and energy fluctuations of the tomotherapy Hi-Art helical tomotherapy system

Mahan, Stephen L., Chase, Daniel J., Ramsey, Chester R.

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2004

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 399 KB

english, 2004

27

ICRU Report 70: Image Quality in Chest Radiography

Ruck, William R.

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2004

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 239 KB

english, 2004

28

Assessment of flat panel LCD primary class display performance based on AAPM TG 18 acceptance protocol

Jung, Haijo, Kim, Hee-Joung, Kang, Won-Suk, Yoo, Sun Kook, Fujioka, Kiyoto, Hasegawa, Mikio, Samei, Ehsan

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2004

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.34 MB

english, 2004

29

A practical approach to prevent gantry–couch collision for linac-based radiosurgery

Hua, Chiaho, Chang, Jenghwa, Yenice, Kamil, Chan, Maria, Amols, Howard

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2004

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 719 KB

english, 2004

30

Monte Carlo computation of dosimetric amorphous silicon electronic portal images

Siebers, Jeffrey V., Kim, Jong Oh, Ko, Lung, Keall, Paul J., Mohan, Radhe

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2004

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.21 MB

english, 2004

31

Noninvasive measurements of tissue hemodynamics with hybrid diffuse optical methods

Durduran, Turgut

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2004

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 371 KB

english, 2004

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Editorial Board

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2004

Language:

english

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34

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

Journal:

Medical Physics

Year:

2004

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english

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Volume 31; Issue 7

Optical characterization of a radiochromic film by total reflectance and transmittance measurements

Monte Carlo simulation of the Compton scattering technique applied to characterize diagnostic x-ray spectra

Laser electron accelerators for radiation medicine: A feasibility study

A dosimetric approach to patient-specific radioiodine treatment of Graves’ disease with incorporation of treatment-induced changes in thyroid mass

Phantom size in brachytherapy source dosimetric studies

Use of EPID for leaf position accuracy QA of dynamic multi-leaf collimator (DMLC) treatment

A new approach in dose measurement and error analysis for narrow photon beams (beamlets) shaped by different multileaf collimators using a small detector

Accurate Monte Carlo simulations for nozzle design, commissioning and quality assurance for a proton radiation therapy facility

Hemoglobin oxygen saturations in phantoms and in vivo from measurements of steady-state diffuse reflectance at a single, short source-detector separation

Determination of the depth of 50% of maximum ionization, I[sub 50], for electron beams by the divided difference method

Dosimetric properties of radiophotoluminescent glass rod detector in high-energy photon beams from a linear accelerator and Cyber-Knife

Assessment of analysis-of-variance-based methods to quantify the random variations of observers in medical imaging measurements: Guidelines to the investigator

Attenuation of intracavitary applicators in [sup 192]Ir-HDR brachytherapy

Contrast effects on dosimetry of a partial breast irradiation system

Quantification of Al-equivalent thickness of just visible microcalcifications in full field digital mammograms

Dose properties of a laser accelerated electron beam and prospects for clinical application

Elimination of ghost markers during dual sensor-based infrared tracking of multiple individual reflective markers

EDR2 film dosimetry for IMRT verification using low-energy photon filters

The effect of unrealistic thyroid vertical position on thyroid dose in the MIRD phantom

Monte Carlo parametric study of stent impact on dose for catheter-based intravascular brachytherapy with [sup 90]Sr/[sup 90]Y

On the noise variance of a digital mammography system

The cause of the artifact in 4-slice helical computed tomography

Very high energy electromagnetically-scanned electron beams are an attractive alternative to photon IMRT

Fiber-optic, real-time dosimeter based on optically stimulated luminescence of Al[sub 2]O[sub 3]:C and KBr:Eu for potential use in the radiotherapy of cancer

The cone-beam algorithm of Feldkamp, Davis, and Kress preserves oblique line integrals

Technical Note: Output and energy fluctuations of the tomotherapy Hi-Art helical tomotherapy system

ICRU Report 70: Image Quality in Chest Radiography

Assessment of flat panel LCD primary class display performance based on AAPM TG 18 acceptance protocol

A practical approach to prevent gantry–couch collision for linac-based radiosurgery

Monte Carlo computation of dosimetric amorphous silicon electronic portal images

Noninvasive measurements of tissue hemodynamics with hybrid diffuse optical methods

Table of Contents

Editorial Board

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