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Clinical accuracy of ExacTrac intracranial frameless stereotactic system by Ackerly, T., Lancaster, C. M., Geso, M., Roxby, K. J.

“…Purpose: In this paper, the authors assess the accuracy of the Brainlab ExacTrac system for frameless intracranial stereotactic treatments in clinical…”
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Variation in Lung Tumour Breathing Motion between Planning Four-dimensional Computed Tomography and Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy Delivery and its Dosimetric Implications: Any Role for Four-dimensional Set-up Verification? by Ruben, J.D, Seeley, A, Panettieri, V, Ackerly, T

“…Abstract Aims To investigate variation in tumour breathing motion (TBM) between the planning four-dimensional computed tomograph (4DCT) and treatment itself…”
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Stereotactic fields shaped with a micro-multileaf collimator: systematic characterization of peripheral dose by Taylor, M L, McDermott, L N, Johnston, P N, Haynes, M, Ackerly, T, Kron, T, Franich, R D

“…Despite the highly localized doses that may be delivered via stereotactic radiotherapy, a small dose is nonetheless delivered to out-of-field regions, which…”
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Small field size dose-profile measurements using gel dosimeters, gafchromic films and micro-thermoluminescent dosimeters by Wong, C.J., Ackerly, T., He, C., Patterson, W., Powell, C.E., Qiao, G., Solomon, D.H., Meder, R., Geso, M.

“…The introduction of mini-multi-leaf collimators (MMLC) into radiotherapy has seen the use of smaller field sizes become increasingly important. Small field…”
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CHARACTERISATION OF PERIPHERAL DOSES FROM STEREOTACTIC PHOTON FIELD S by Taylor, M, McDermott, L, Johnston, P, Ackerly, T, Kron, T, Franich, R

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SU‐GG‐I‐157: Quantification of Radiographic Image Contrast Enhancement Using Gold Nanoparticles by Jackson, P, Rahman, W, Wong, C, Ackerly, T, Geso, M

“…Purpose: To quantify radiologic image contrast enhancement using gold nanoparticles compared to iodinated contrast media (CM) over the entire diagnostic range…”
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SU‐DD‐A3‐05: Radiosensitization of Endothelial Cells Model Using Gold Nanoparticles for Microbeam Radiotherapy by Rahman, W, Ackerly, T, Bishara, N, Jackson, P, Wong, C, Davidson, R, Dep, P, Yagi, N, Geso, M

“…Purpose: Microbeam radiotherapy (MRT) is a technique that use array parallel thin (<100μm) slices of synchrotron generated x‐ray beam. In this study, we…”
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SU‐GG‐J‐162: Radiosensitization by Gold Nanoparticles in Superficial Radiotherapy Techniques by Rahman, W, Bishara, N, He, C, Ackerly, T, Jackson, P, Wong, C, Davidson, R, Geso, M

“…Purpose: To investigate the radiosensitization of superficial kilovoltage range of x‐ray energy and megavoltage electron beams due to the presence of gold…”
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High-resolution measurements of small field beams using polymer gels by Wong, C.J., Ackerly, T., He, C., Patterson, W., Powell, C.E., Ho, A., Qiao, G., Solomon, D.H., Meder, R., Geso, M.

“…Small field sizes are increasingly becoming important in radiotherapy particularly since the introduction of intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)…”
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Determination of dosimetric perturbations caused by aneurysm clip in stereotactic radiosurgery using gel phantoms and EBT-Gafchromic films by Geso, M., Ackerly, T., Brown, S., Chua, Z., He, C., Wong, C. J., Powell, C. E., Ho, A., Qiao, G., Solomon, D. H., Patterson, W., Droege, J. M.

“…Some radiotherapy patients are treated with titanium surgical aneurysm clips in the radiation field. This is of particular importance for stereotactic…”
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Does the megavoltage beam get harder or softer with depth? by Geso, Moshi, Ackerly, Trevor

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Radiotherapy DICOM Packet Sniffing by Ackerly, T., Geso, M., Smith, R.

“…The Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) standard [1] is meant to allow communication of medical images between equipment provided by…”
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Implementation of enhanced dynamic wedge using Theraplan by Cramb, J A, Ackerly, T L

“…The article discusses how to use the standard utility program on Theraplan to create physical wedges which are equivalent to each of the enhanced dynamic…”
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Stereotactic dose Perturbation from an Aneurysm Clip Measured by Gafchromic [R] EBT Film by He, Cheng-fa, Geso, M., Ackerly, T., Wong, C. J.

“…Aneurysm clips within stereotactic treatment volumes enhance spatial accuracy but perturb the dose distribution. The dose perturbations caused by a standard…”
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Levels of leakage radiation from electron collimators of a linear accelerator by Das, K R, Cramb, J A, Millar, R M, Kenny, M B, Patterson, W R, Ackerly, T L, Perkins, A E, Chongkitivitya, K

“…The leakage radiation from electron applicators used with our linear accelerator has been measured. For the applicators 6 X 6 to 25 X 25 cm size, the leakage…”
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Stereotactic Radiosurgery Planning with Ictal SPECT Images by Ackerly, T, Geso, M, O'Keefe, G, Smith, R

“…This paper is motivated by a clinical requirement to utilise ictal SPECT images for target localisation in stereotactic radiosurgery treatment planning using…”
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Comparison of CT and positron emission tomography/CT coregistered images in planning radical radiotherapy in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer by MacManus, M, D'Costa, I, Everitt, S, Andrews, J, Ackerly, T, Binns, D, Lau, E, Ball, D, Weih, L, Hicks, RJ

“…Summary Imaging with F‐18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (PET) significantly improves lung cancer staging, especially when PET and CT…”
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Discrepancies in volume calculations between different radiotherapy treatment planning systems by Ackerly, T, Andrews, J, Ball, D, Guerrieri, M, Healy, B, Williams, I

“…It has been determined that, contrary to expectation, there is a clinically significant variation in the volume calculations of different RTPS (Radiotherapy…”
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Display of Positron Emission Tomography with CADPLAN by Ackerly, T, Andrews, J, Ball, D, Binns, D, Clark, R, D'Costa, I, Hicks, R J, Kenny, M, Lau, E, MacManus, M, Song, G

“…Recent clinical experience at Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute{1} (PMCI) with the use of unregistered Positron Emission Tomography (PET) images for…”
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Determination of dosimetric perturbations caused by aneurysm clip in stereotactic radiosurgery using gel phantoms and EBT-Gafchromic films: Aneurysm clip perturbation in stereotactic radiosurgery by Geso, M., Ackerly, T., Brown, S., Chua, Z., He, C., Wong, C. J., Powell, C. E., Ho, A., Qiao, G., Solomon, D. H., Patterson, W., Droege, J. M.

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