Dosimetrist

A person who determines the proper radiation dose for treatment.
National Institutes of Health

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2014
2014
Patient-reported outcomes following stereotactic body radiation therapy for clinically localized prostate cancer
BACKGROUND Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) delivers high doses of radiation to the prostate while minimizing radiation… (More)
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2012
Highly Cited
2012
The Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology scope of practice guidelines for lung, liver and spine stereotactic body radiotherapy.
AIMS The Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology-Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (CARO-SBRT) Task Force was established in 2010… (More)
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Review
2012
Review
2012
American College of Radiology (ACR) and American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Practice Guideline for Intensity-modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT).
Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is a complex technique for the delivery of radiation therapy preferentially to… (More)
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2011
2011
American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and American College of Radiology (ACR) practice guideline for the transperineal permanent brachytherapy of prostate cancer.
Transperineal permanent prostate brachytherapy is a safe and efficacious treatment option for patients with organ-confined… (More)
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2011
2011
Recurrence patterns of locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma after 3D conformal (chemo)-radiotherapy
BACKGROUND To establish recurrence patterns among locally advanced head and neck non-nasopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma… (More)
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2006
2006
Class solution for inversely planned permanent prostate implants to mimic an experienced dosimetrist.
The purpose of this paper is to present a method for the selection of inverse planning parameters and to establish a set of… (More)
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2005
2005
Quality assurance in radiotherapy: evaluation of errors and incidents recorded over a 10 year period.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE To establish an incident reporting system to (1) record and classify incidents, (2) assess the impact of… (More)
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2002
2002
Margins for geometric uncertainty around organs at risk in radiotherapy.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE ICRU Report 62 suggests drawing margins around organs at risk (ORs) to produce planning organ at risk… (More)
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1998
1998
Treatment planning in radiation oncology and impact on outcome of therapy.
Irradiation is effective treatment for many patients with cancer. It can completely eradicate the tumor in the irradiated volume… (More)
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1997
1997
A code of ethics for the medical dosimetrist--the American Association of Medical Dosimetrists experience.
The Committee on Protocol and Ethics of the American Association of Medical Dosimetrists (AAMD) has developed a Code of Ethics… (More)
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