Medical Dosimetry 1994: Vol 19 Index & Table of Contents

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MEDICAL
DOSIMETRY
Official Journal of the
American Association of Medical Dosimetrists
Volume 19
List of Contents
and Author Index
Pergamon
MEDICAL
DOSIMETRY
Official Journal of the American Association of Medical Dosimetrists
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LIST OF CONTENTS
Volume 19, 1994
VOLUME 19, NUMBER | SPRING 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Modification of a Superficial X-Ray Therapy Machine for Rectal Contact Therapy: Preliminary Results
Robert J. Barish and Karen Episcopia Donohue
A Measurement and Analysis of Buildup Region Dose for Open Field Photon Beams (Cobalt-60 Through 24 MV)
Edwin C. McCullough
Beam Attenuators and the Risk of Unrecognized Large-Fraction Irradiation of Critical Tissues
S. Luka and J. E. Marks
Matching Electron Beams Without Secondary Collimation for Treatment of Extensive Recurrent Chest-Wall
Carcinoma
Vladimir Feygelman, Yuri Mandelzweig, and Ed Baral
Dosimetry of Large, Irregularly Shaped Fields by the Circle Method: A Feasibility Study
A. Hartmann, O. Neidel, R. Pfab, and G. Schmitt
Dosimetric Characteristics of Wedged Fields
N. P. S. Sidhu and Karen Breitman
Calibration of Film for Accurate Megavoltage Photon Dosimetry
J. I. Hale, A. T. Kerr, and P. C. Shragge
Dosimetric Accuracy of a Dual Photon Energy Linac at Low Monitor Setting for Various Pulse Repetition
Frequencies
Anil Kumar Sharma, Sanjay S. Supe, N. Anantha, and K. Subbarangaiah
Selected Abstracts From the Journal Radiotherapy and Oncology
New Members
AAMD Application for Membership
Upcoming Events
Dosimetry Bibliography
VOLUME 19, NUMBER 2 SUMMER 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Methods for the Determination of Target Skin Distances When Obstructions Block Visual
Measurement
Paul Mason
Transurethral Radiotherapy for Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy-Related Urethral Obstruction:
Dosimetry, Ethics, and Preliminary Results
Michael Koukourakis, Haralambos Zambatis, John Skarlatos, lon Stamatelatos, Viky Georgolopoulou,
Apostolos Rebelakos, and Dimitrios Yannakakis
Cable-Induced Effects on Plane-Parallel lonization Chamber Measurements in Large Clinical Electron
Beams
Claudio Fiorino, Giovanni Mauro Cattaneo, Antonella Del Vecchio, Marcello Fusca, Barbara Longobardi,
Patrizia Signorotto, and Riccardo Calandrino
Effects of Extended SSD on Electron-Beam Depth-Dose Curves
Cheng B. Saw, Todd Pawlicki, Leroy J. Korb, and Andrew Wu
Estimation of Peripheral Dose From Two Linacs: Mevatron MX6700 and Mevatron KDS
A. Sanchez-Reyes, M. Ginjaume, H. Chakkor, A. Melero, F. Pons, and X. Ortega
A Method for Calculating the Spinal-Cord Depth From an Oblique Simulator Radiograph
Fan-Shih Chen and Dennis Watkins
A Simple Method for Converting Point Coordinates Into Along/Away Values for Use in
Brachytherapy Calculations
Gary Poteat and Dale Moss
Potential Underdosing With the Use of Electron-Beam Therapy in Patients With Cervical Adenopathy
and Advanced Head and Neck Cancer
Susan A. Reisinger, Komanduri Ayyangar, Adam Flanders, John Sweet, and Mohammed Mohiuddin
Determination of Active Pellets’ Position in the Selectron-HDR Vaginal Tube Using a Therados RFA-3
Water Phantom System
L. J. Grzeti¢, J. Stankovic, M. Sari¢, and P. Stajkovi¢é
Three-Field Breast Irradiation Technique Using Tangential Quarter Fields
Chun Li, E. W. Torigoe, A. Dunning, F. Halberg, and R. Evans
Selected Abstracts From the Journal Radiotherapy and Oncology
New Members
AAMD Application for Membership
Upcoming Events
Dosimetry Bibliography
VOLUME 19, NUMBER 3 FALL 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Applicability of Standard Irregular Field Calculations for High-Energy Photon Beams
K. A. Weaver, N. Albright, B. Pickett, and A. Stuart
A Practical Alternative to Conventional Five-Field Irradiation Postmastectomy for Locally Advanced
Breast Cancer
Richard A. Steeves, Bruce R. Thomadsen, Henning Hansen, Pramook Phromratanapongse,
and Bhudatt R. Paliwal
IV
Beam-Hardening Effects of Wedges on a Spoiled 6 MV Beam
Plato C. Lee and Glenn P. Glasgow
Dose to Breast in Breast Undergoing Mantle Treatments
Shantini Rajaratnam, Lourdes Z. Nisce, and James Avanzato
Comparison of Nucletron and ROCS Brachytherapy Treatment Planning Systems for LDR and HDR
Applications
Anthony K. Ho, Claudio H. Sibata, and Kyu H. Shin
Quality Assurance and Dosimetric Evaluation for an Endocavitary Unit
Eric E. Klein and James A. Purdy
Bilateral Arcs Using ‘‘Averaged Beam’s Eye Views’’: A Simplified Technique for Delivering 3-D
Based Conformal Radiotherapy
Mack Roach III, Pamela F. Akazawa, Barby Pickett, Philip Purser, David Parkinson,
T. Stanley Meyler, and Lawrence W. Margolis
A Single Isocenter Three-Field Breast Irradiation Technique Using an Empiric Simulation and
Asymmetric Collimator
William F. Hartsell, Charmayne A. Kelly, Linda Schneider, Xiao-Yang Wang,
and James C. H. Chu
Use of Styrene Monomer-Modified Polyester in the Fabrication of Tissue-Equivalent Phantoms
E. Schutz, R. D. Zwicker, and H. Gaballa
Evaluation and Quality Control of a Commercial 3-D Dose Compensator System
Bhudatt R. Paliwal, Matthew B. Podgorsak, Paul M. Harari, Pamela Haney,
and Paul A. Jursinic
Selected Abstracts From the Journal Radiotherapy and Oncology
New Members
AAMD Application for Membership
Upcoming Events
Dosimetry Bibliography
VOLUME 19, NUMBER 4 WINTER 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS
First Place Smithers/AAMD 1994 Writing Competition: Simplified Method for Three-Dimensional
Evaluation of Interstitial Brachytherapy Applications
Lon H. Marsh, John M. Robertson, and Daniel L. McShan
Second Place Smithers/AAMD 1994 Writing Competition: Radiographic Technique for Acquisition of
External Patient Contour
Joseph F. Iannitto, Indra J. Das, Gregory E. Desobry, and Hsiang-Lin Chen
Third Place Smithers/AAMD 1994 Writing Competition: Postoperative Radiotherapy for
Chondrosarcoma of the L1 Vertebral Body: A Case Report
Micheline Gosselin, Veronique Benk, Francine Charron, Ervin B. Podgorsak, and Michael D. C. Evans
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Evaluation of Tabletop Materials for Autocontouring in CT Treatment Planning
Beth Swann-D’Emilia, Indra J. Das, and Kiaran McGee
Description and Evaluation of a New 3-D Computerized Treatment Planning Dose
Compensator System
A. S. Beddar, C. Thomason, and P. M. K. Leung
Optimization of the Oblique Angles in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer During Six-Field
Conformal Radiotherapy
Barby Pickett, Mack Roach, III, Paul Horine, Lynn Verhey, and Theodore L. Phillips
Tissue Depth to Lung for Electron Beam Boost Therapy of the Breast
Waldemar Dos Passos, Peter L. Roberson, Gail Pfeiffer, and Michael Dworzanin
Electron Energy Constancy Check Using a Five-Chamber Detector Array
Anthony K. Ho, Cleber N. deSouza, Claudio H. Sibata, and Kyu H. Shin
Naming Convention for Radiation Therapy Treatment Fields
Chun Li and William M. Petitt
Midline Dose Algorithm for In Vivo Dosimetry
J. A. Terrén, F. Sanchez-Doblado, R. Arrans, B. Sanchez-Nieto, and L. Errazquin
LQ-Based Model for Biological Radiotherapy Planning
Michael I. Koukourakis and John Damilakis
Selected Abstracts From the Journal Radiotherapy and Oncology
New Members
AAMD Application for Membership
Upcoming Events
Dosimetry Bibliography
Volume 19 List of Contents and Author Index
AUTHOR INDEX
Akazawa, P. F., 159 Hartmann, A., 29 Purdy, J. A., 151
Albright, N., 125 Hartsell, W. F., 169 Purser, P., 159
Anantha, N., 47 Ho, A. K., 147, 259
Arrans, R., 263 Horine, P., 237 Rajaratnam, S., 145
Avanzato, J., 145 Rebelakos, A., 67
Ayyangar, K., 97 Iannitto, J. F., 211 Reisinger, S. A., 97
Roach, III, M., 159, 237
Baral, E., 23 Jursinic, P. A., 179 Roberson, P. L., 255
Barish, R. J., 1 Robertson, J. M., 203
Beddar, A. S., 227 Kelly, C. A., 169
Benk, V., 217 Kerr, A. T., 43 Sanchez-Doblado, F., 263
Breitman, K., 35 Klein, E. E., 151 Sanchez-Nieto, B., 263
Korb, L. J., 77 Sanchez-Reyes, A., 83
Calandrino, R., 73 Koukourakis, M. I., 67, 269 Sari¢, M., 103
Cattaneo, G. M., 73 Saw, C. B., 77
Chakkor, H., 83 Lee, P. C., 141 Schmitt, G., 29
Charron, F., 217 Leung, P. M. K., 227 Schneider, L., 169
Chen, F.-S., 89 Li, C., 107, 261
Schutz, E., 175
Chen, H.-L., 211 Longobardi, B., 73 Sharma, A. K., 47
Chu, J. C. H., 169 Luka, S., 15 Shin, K. H., 147, 259
Shragge, P. C., 43
Damilakis, J., 269 Mandelzweig, Y., 23 Sibata, C. H., 147, 259
Das, I. J., 211, 223 Margolis, L. W., 159 Sidhu, N. P. S., 35
Del Vecchio, A., 73 Marks, J. E., 15 Signorotto, P., 73
Desobry, G. E., 211 Marsh, L. H., 203 Skarlatos, J., 67
deSouza, C. N., 259 Mason, P., 65 Stajkovi¢, P., 103
Donohue, K. E., 1 McCullough, E. C., 5 Stamatelatos, I., 67
Dos Passos, W., 255 McGee, K., 223 Stankovié, J., 103
Dunning, A., 107 McShan, D. L., 203
Steeves, R. A., 135
Dworzanin, M., 255 Melero, A., 83 Stuart, A., 125
Meyler, T. S., 159 Subbarangaiah, K., 47
Errazquin, L., 263 Mohiuddin, M., 97 Supe, S. S., 47
Evans, M. D. C., 217 Moss, D., 93 Swann-D’ Emilia, B., 223
Evans, R., 107 Sweet, J., 97
Neidel, O., 29
Feygelman, V., 23 Nisce, L. Z., 145
Terron, A., 263
Fiorino, C., 73
Thomadsen, B. R., 135
Flanders, A., 97 Ortega, X., 83
Thomason, C., 227
Fusca, M., 73 Torigoe, E. W., 107
Paliwal, B. R., 135, 179
Gaballa, H., 175 Parkinson, D., 159
Verhey, L., 237
Georgolopoulou, V., 67 Pawlicki, T., 77
Ginjaume, M., 83 Pettit, W. M., 261
Wang, X.-Y., 169
Glasgow, G. P., 141 Pfab, R., 29
Gosselin, M., 217 Pfeiffer, G., 255 Watkins, D., 89
Grietié, L. J., 103 Phillips, T. L., 237 Weaver, K. A., 125
Phromratanapongse, P., 135 Wu, A., 77
Halberg, F., 107 Pickett, B., 125, 159, 237
Hale, J. L., 43 Podgorsak, E. B., 217 Yannakakis, D., 67
Haney, P., 179 Podgorsak, M. B., 179
Hansen, H., 135 Pons, F., 83 Zambatis, H., 67
Harari, P. M., 179 Poteat, G., 93 Zwicker, R. D., 175