IROC Houston QA Center Publications

 

·        Quality assurance of proton beams using a multilayer ionization chamber system.
Med Phys 2013;40:092102.
Dhanesar S, Sahoo N, Kerr M, et al.

·        Algorithms used in heterogeneous dose calculations show systematic differences as measured with the Radiological Physics Center’s anthropomorphic thorax phantom used for for RTOG credentialing.
(Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 85(1):e95-e100, 2013)
Kry SF, Alvarez P, Molineu A, Amador C, Galvin J, Followill DS.

·        Accuracy and sources of error of out-of field dose calculations by a commercial treatment planning system for intensity-modulated radiation therapy treatments.
(J Appl Clin Med Phys 14(2): 186-197, 2013.)
Huang JY, Followill DS, Wang XA, Kry SF.

·        Credentialing results from IMRT irradiations of an anthropomorphic head and neck phantom
(Med Phys 40(2): 022101-1 – 022101-8, 2013.)
Molineu A, Hernandez N, Nguyen T, Ibbott G, Followill DS.

·        Future vision for the quality assurance of oncology clinical trials.
(Frontiers in Oncology 3 (31): 1-10, 2013.)
FitzGerald TJ, Bishop-Jodoin M, Bosch WR, Curran WJ, Followill DS, Galvin JM, Hanusik R, King SR, Knopp MV, Laurie F, O’Meara E, Michalski JM, Saltz JH, Schnall MD, Schwartz L, Ulin K, Xiao Y.

·        140 Dose Quality of Radiation Therapy Predict Outcomes of Multicenter Cooperative Group Trials? A Literature Review.
(Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 102:S63-S64; 2013.)
Fairchild A, Straube W, Laurie F. and Followill DS.

·        Dosimetric impact of Acuros XB deterministic radiation transport algorithm for heterogeneous dose calculation in lung cancer.
(Med Phys. 40 (5): 051710-1, 2013.)
Han T, Mikell J, Repchak R, Molineu A, Howell RM, Salehpour M, Followill D, Mourtada F.

·        Design, development, and evaluation of a modified, anthropomorphic head and neck quality assurance phantom for use in stereotactic radiosurgery.
(J Appl Clin Med Phys. 14 (4): 206-215, 2013)
Faught AM, Kry SF, Luo D, Molineu A, Bellezza D, Gerber RL, Davidson SE, Bosch W, Gavlin J, Drzymala R, Timmerman R, Sheehan J, Gillin MT, Ibbott GS, Followill DS.

·        RTOG 0631 Phase II/III Study of Image-Guided Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Localized (1-3) Spine Metastases: Phase II Results.
(Practical Radiation Oncology (2013 in press))
Ryu S, Pugh, SL, Gerszten, PC, Yin, F, Timmerman, RD, Hitchcock, YJ, Movsas, B, Kanner, AA, Berk, LB, Followill, DS, Kachnic, LA.

·        Rate of Radiation Therapy Events in a Large Academic Institution
(J Am Coll Radiol. In Press)
Ibbott, GS

·        Addendum to the AAPM’s TG-51 Protocol for Clinical Reference Dosimetry of High-Energy Proton Beams.
(Med. Phys. In Press.)
McEwen M, Deward L, Ibbott S, Followill D, Rogers DWO, Seltzer S, Seuntjens J

·        Investigation of various energy deposition kernel refinements for the convolution/superposition method.
(Med Phys. 40 (12): 121721, 12/2013)
Huang J.Y., Eklund D, Childress N.L., Howell R.M., Mirkovic D, Followill D.S. and Kry SF.:

·        Development and implementation of a remote audit tool for high dose rate (HDR) Ir-192 brachytherapy using optically stimulated luminescence dosimetry.
(Med Phys. 40;112102 (2013))
Casey KE, Alvarez P, Kry SF, Howell RM, Lawyer A, Hess K, Davidson S, Followill DS.

·        A technique to use CT images for in vivo detection and quantification of the spatial distribution of radiation-induced esophagitis.
(J Appl Clin Med Phys. 14(3):91-98;2013)
Court LE, Tucker SL, Gomez D, Liao Z, Zhang J, Kry SF, Dong L, Martel MK.

·        Reproducibility in patient-specific IMRT QA.
(J Appl Clin Med Phys. In press)
McKenzie EM, Balter PA, Singo FC, Jones J, Followill DS, Kry SF.

·        High quality machine-robust image features: identification in non-small cell lung cancer computed tomography images.
(Med Phys. In Press.)
Hunter L, Kraft S, Choi H, Kry SF, Stingo F, Martel M, Court LE.