Anniversary Paper: Role of medical physicists and the AAPM in improving geometric aspects of treatment accuracy and precision Journal Article
| Authors: | Yorke, E. D.; Keall, P.; Verhaegen, F. |
| Article Title: | Anniversary Paper: Role of medical physicists and the AAPM in improving geometric aspects of treatment accuracy and precision |
| Abstract: | The last 50 years have seen great advances in the accuracy of external beam radiation therapy. Geometrical uncertainties have been reduced from a centimeter or more in presimulation, skin-mark guided days to 1-2 mm in today's image-guided radiation therapy treatments. Medical physicists, with the support and guidance of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), have been, and continue to be, at the forefront of research, development and clinical implementation in this area. This article reviews some of the major contributions of physicists to the improvement of treatment accuracy and precision, and speculates as to what the future may bring. © 2008 American Association of Physicists in Medicine. |
| Keywords: | treatment outcome; review; radiation dose; nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; sensitivity and specificity; accuracy; computer assisted tomography; radiotherapy; simulation; medical research; computer assisted emission tomography; therapy effect; image guidance; stereotactic radiosurgery; external beam radiotherapy; single photon emission computer tomography; dose calculation; physics; cone beam computed tomography; patient setup; societies, scientific; history of medical physics; target definition; treatment accuracy; americas |
| Journal Title: | Medical Physics |
| Volume: | 35 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| ISSN: | 0094-2405 |
| Publisher: | American Association of Physicists in Medicine |
| Date Published: | 2008-01-01 |
| Start Page: | 828 |
| End Page: | 839 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1118/1.2836420 |
| PUBMED: | 18404920 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
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| Notes: | --- - "Cited By (since 1996): 3" - "Export Date: 17 November 2011" - "CODEN: MPHYA" - "Source: Scopus" |
