Implementation of compensator-based intensity modulated radiotherapy with a conventional telecobalt machine using missing tissue approach

[1] Tagoe SNA, Mensah SY, Fletcher JJ, Sasu E. Telecobalt Machine Beam Intensity Modulation with Aluminium Compensating Filter Using Missing Tissue Approach. Iraj J Med Phys. 2018;15(1):48-61.Search in Google Scholar

[2] Schlegel W, Bortfeld T, Grosu A. New technologies in radiation oncology. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Germany. 2006.10.1007/3-540-29999-8Search in Google Scholar

[3] Khan FM. The physics of radiation therapy. Fourth Edition. Lippincott William and Wilkins. 2010.Search in Google Scholar

[4] Vaarkamp J, Adams EJ, Warrington AP, Dearnaley DP. A comparison of forward and inverse planned conformal, multi segment and intensity modulated radiotherapy for the treatment of prostate and pelvic nodes. Radiother Oncol. 2004;73(1):65-72.10.1016/j.radonc.2004.07.015Search in Google Scholar

[5] Shepard DM, Earl MA, Li XA, et al. Direct aperture optimization: A turnkey solution for step-and-shoot IMRT. Med Phys. 2002:29(6): 1007-1018.10.1118/1.1477415Search in Google Scholar

[6] Van de Werf E, Verstraete J, Lievens Y. The cost of radiotherapy in a decade of technology evolution. Radiother Oncol. 2012;102(1): 148-153.10.1016/j.radonc.2011.07.033Search in Google Scholar

[7] Chang S. Compensating filter-intensity-modulated Radiotherapy – A Traditional Tool for Modern Application. European Oncological Disease. 2006;1(2):82-87.10.17925/EOH.2006.0.2.82Search in Google Scholar

[8] International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Technical report series 398. Absorbed dose determination in external beam radiotherapy. IAEA. 2000.Search in Google Scholar

[9] Podgorsak EB. Radiation oncology physics: A handbook for teachers and students. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). 2005.Search in Google Scholar

[10] Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. Certified Transport Packages and Special Form Radioactive Material. Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. 2012.Search in Google Scholar

[11] Nelms B, Markman J. Implementation of ‘solid IMRT’: modulator design, fabrication, dose delivery, and quality assurance. Australas Phys Eng Sci Med. 2001;24(4):223-224.Search in Google Scholar

[12] Prowess Inc. Prowess Panther treatment planning system user manual. Prowess Inc., USA. 2003.Search in Google Scholar

[13] Earl MA, Afghan MKN, Yu CX, et al. Jaws-only IMRT using direct aperture optimization. Med Phys. 2007:34(1):307-314.10.1118/1.2403966Search in Google Scholar

[14] Sasaki K, Obata Y. Dosimetric characteristics of a cubic-block-piled compensator for intensity-modulated radiation therapy in the Pinnacle radiotherapy treatment planning system. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2007;8(1):85-100.10.1120/jacmp.v8i1.2323Search in Google Scholar

[15] van Battum LJ, Hoffmans D, Piersma H, Heukelom S. Accurate dosimetry with GafChromic EBT film of a 6 MV photon beam in water: what level is achievable? Med Phys. 2008;35(2):704-716.10.1118/1.2828196Search in Google Scholar

[16] Kassaee A, Bloch P, Yorke E, et al. Beam spoilers versus bolus for 6 MV photon treatment of head and neck cancers. Med Dosim. 2000;25(3):127-131.10.1016/S0958-3947(00)00038-8Search in Google Scholar

[17] Amin NAB, Zukhi J, Kabir NA, Zainon R. Determination of effective atomic numbers from mass attenuation coefficients of tissue-equivalent materials in the energy range 60 keV-1.33 MeV. IOM Conf Series: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2017;851(1):012018.10.1088/1742-6596/851/1/012018Search in Google Scholar

[18] van der Merwe D, Van Dyk J, Healy B, et al. Accuracy requirements and uncertainties in radiotherapy: a report of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Acta Oncol. 2017;56(1):1-6.10.1080/0284186X.2016.124680127846757Search in Google Scholar