IROC Houston QA Center Publications

·        Testing the methodology for dosimetry audit of heterogeneity corrections and small MLC-shaped fields: Results of IAEA multi-center studies.
Acta Oncol 1-8, 3/2016.
Izewska J, Wesolowska P, Azangwe G, Followill DS, Thwaites DI, Arib M, Stefanic A, Viegas C, Suming L, Ekendahl D, Bulski W, Georg D.

·        Technical Report: Reference photon dosimetry data for Varian accelerators based on IROC-Houston site visit data.
Med Phys. 43 (5): 2374, 5/2016.
Kerns JR, Followill DS, Lowenstein J, Molineu A, Alvarez P, Taylor PA, Stingo FC, Kry SF.

·        Rationale of technical requirements for NRG-BR001: The first NCI-sponsored trial of SBRT for the treatment of multiple metastases.
Pract Radiat Oncol. 5/2016.
Al-Hallaq HA, Chmura S, Salama JK, Winter KA, Robinson CG, Pisansky TM, Borges V, Lowenstein JR, McNulty S, Galvin JM, Followill DS, Timmerman RD, White JR, Xiao Y, Matuszak MM.

·        Results From the Imaging and Radiation Oncology Core Houston's Anthropomorphic Phantoms Used for Proton Therapy Clinical Trial Credentialing.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 95 (1): 242-248, 5/2016.
Taylor PA, Kry SF, Alvarez P, Keith T, Lujano C, Hernandez N, Followill DS.

·        Obituary for Robert J. Shalek. Ph.D, J D.
Med Phys. 43 (7): 4396-4397, 7/2016.
Followill D, Ibbott G, Hanson W, Purdy JA, Stovall M, Almond P.

·        Agreement Between Institutional Measurements and Treatment Planning System Calculations for Basic Dosimetric Parameters as Meausred by the Imaging and Radiation Oncology Core-Houston.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 95 (5): 1527-1534, 8/2016.
Kerns JR, Followill DS, Lowenstein J, Molineu A, Alvarez P, Taylor PA, Kry SF.

·        Modification and validation of an analytical source model for external beam radiotherapy Monte Carlo dose calculations.
Med Phys. 43 (8): 4842, 8/2016.
Davidson SE, Cui J, Kry SF, Deasy JO, Ibbott GS, Vicic M, White RA, Followill DS.

·        Approaches to reducing photon dose calculation errors near metal implants.
Med Phys. 43 (9): 5117-5130, 9/2016.
Huang JY, Followill DS, Howell RM, Liu X, Mirkovic D, Stingo FC, Kry SF.