TY - JOUR
T1 - Isocenter verification for linac-based stereotactic radiation therapy
T2 - Review of principles and techniques
AU - Rowshanfarzad, Pejman
AU - Sabet, Mahsheed
AU - O'Connor, Daryl J.
AU - Greer, Peter B.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - There have been several manual, semi-automatic and fully-automatic methods proposed for verification of the position of mechanical isocenter as part of comprehensive quality assurance programs required for linear accelerator-based stereotactic radiosurgery/radiotherapy (SRS/SRT) treatments. In this paper, a systematic review has been carried out to discuss the present methods for isocenter verification and compare their characteristics, to help physicists in making a decision on selection of their quality assurance routine.
AB - There have been several manual, semi-automatic and fully-automatic methods proposed for verification of the position of mechanical isocenter as part of comprehensive quality assurance programs required for linear accelerator-based stereotactic radiosurgery/radiotherapy (SRS/SRT) treatments. In this paper, a systematic review has been carried out to discuss the present methods for isocenter verification and compare their characteristics, to help physicists in making a decision on selection of their quality assurance routine.
KW - Isocenter verification
KW - Quality assurance
KW - Stereotactic radiosurgery
KW - Submillimeter accuracy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=81855217483&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1120/jacmp.v12i4.3645
DO - 10.1120/jacmp.v12i4.3645
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:81855217483
SN - 1526-9914
VL - 12
SP - 185
EP - 195
JO - Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics
JF - Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics
IS - 4
ER -