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AAPM Medical Physics Practice Guideline 8.a.: Linear accelerator performance tests by Smith, Koren, Balter, Peter, Duhon, John, White, Gerald A., Vassy, David L., Miller, Robin A., Serago, Christopher F., Fairobent, Lynne A.

“…Purpose The purpose of this guideline is to provide a list of critical performance tests in order to assist the Qualified Medical Physicist (QMP) in…”
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Code of ethics for the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (Revised): Report of Task Group 109 by Skourou, Christina, Sherouse, George W., Bahar, Nina, Bauer, Linda A., Fairobent, Lynne, Freedman, D. Jay, Genovese, Lisa M., Halvorsen, Per H., Kirby, Neil A., Mahmood, Usman, Ozturk, Naim, Osterman, K. Sunshine, Serago, Christopher F., Svatos, Michelle M., Wilson, Melissa L.

“…The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) has established a comprehensive Code of Ethics for its members. The Code is a formal part of AAPM…”
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An organ and effective dose study of XVI and OBI cone‐beam CT systems by Hyer, Daniel E., Serago, Christopher F., Kim, Siyong, Li, Jonathan G., Hintenlang, David E.

“…The main purpose of this work was to quantify patient organ doses from the two kilovoltage cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) systems currently available on…”
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Ethics and professionalism in medical physics: A survey of AAPM members by Ozturk, Naim, Armato, Samuel G., Giger, Maryellen L., Serago, Christopher F., Ross, Lainie F.

“…Purpose: To assess current education, practices, attitudes, and perceptions pertaining to ethics and professionalism in medical physics. Methods: A link to a…”
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Comparison of daily megavoltage electronic portal imaging or kilovoltage imaging with marker seeds to ultrasound imaging or skin marks for prostate localization and treatment positioning in patients with prostate cancer by Serago, Christopher F, Buskirk, Steven J, Igel, Todd C, Gale, Ashley A, Serago, Nicole E, Earle, John D

“…To compare the accuracy of imaging modalities, immobilization, localization, and positioning techniques in patients with prostate cancer. Thirty-five patients…”
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Initial experience with ultrasound localization for positioning prostate cancer patients for external beam radiotherapy by Serago, Christopher F, Chungbin, Suzanne J, Buskirk, Steven J, Ezzell, Gary A, Collie, A Craig, Vora, Sujay A

“…Transabdominal ultrasound localization of the prostate gland and its immediate surrounding anatomy has been used to guide the positioning of patients for the…”
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Recommended ethics curriculum for medical physics graduate and residency programs: Report of Task Group 159 by Serago, Christopher F., Burmeister, Jay W., Dunscombe, Peter B., Gale, Ashley A., Hendee, William R., Kry, Stephen F., Wuu, Cheng-Shie

“…The AAPM Professional Council approved the formation of a task group in 2007, whose purpose is to develop recommendations for an ethics curriculum for medical…”
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Code of Ethics for the American Association of Physicists in Medicine: Report of Task Group 109 by Serago, Christopher F., Adnani, Nabil, Bank, Morris I., BenComo, Jose A., Duan, Jun, Fairobent, Lynne, Freedman, D. Jay, Halvorsen, Per H., Hendee, William R., Herman, Michael G., Morse, Richard K., Mower, Herbert W., Pfeiffer, Douglas E., Root, William J., Sherouse, George W., Vossler, Matthew K., Wallace, Robert E., Walters, Barbara

“…A comprehensive Code of Ethics for the members of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) is presented as the report of Task Group 109 which…”
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Cardiac dose evaluation for 3Dimensional conformal partial breast irradiation compared with whole breast irradiation by Gale, Ashley A., Jain, Anudh K., Vallow, Laura A., Serago, Christopher F., Buskirk, Steven J., Heckman, Michael G.

“…To compare the radiation dose to normal cardiac tissue for 3Dimensional (3D) conformal external beam partial breast irradiation (PBI) and standard whole breast…”
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Precision and accuracy of stereotactic convergent beam irradiations from a linear accelerator by Hartmann, G H, Bauer-Kirpes, B, Serago, C F, Lorenz, W J

“…The accuracy and the precision for radiosurgery procedures at linear accelerator facilities were investigated. The technique of convergent beam irradiation,…”
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Stereotactic target point verification of an X ray and CT localizer by Serago, C F, Lewin, A A, Houdek, P V, González-Arias, S, Hartmann, G H, Abitbol, A A, Schwade, J G

“…Stereotactic radiosurgery with a linear accelerator requires the accurate determination of a target volume and an accurate match of the therapeutic radiation…”
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Recommended ethics curriculum for medical physics graduateand residency programs: Report of Task Group 159 by Serago, Christopher F., Burmeister, Jay W., Dunscombe, Peter B., Gale, Ashley A., Hendee, William R., Kry, Stephen F., Wuu, Cheng-Shie

“…The AAPM Professional Council approved the formation of a task group in 2007, whose purpose is to develop recommendations for an ethics curriculum for medical…”
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Comparison of radiosurgery treatment modalities based on physical dose distributions by Verhey, L J, Smith, V, Serago, C F

“…As a means of selecting the optimal stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) treatment modality, a comparison of physical dose distributions to defined targets and…”
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An organ and effective dose study of XVI and OBI cone-beam CT systems by Hyer, Daniel E., Serago, Christopher F., Kim, Siyong, Li, Jonathan G., Hintenlang, David E.

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Comparison of radiosurgery treatment modalities based on complication and control probabilities by Smith, V, Verhey, L, Serago, C F

“…The relative efficacy of Gamma Knife, Linac, and Proton treatment modalities for stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) was investigated on the basis of normal tissue…”
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Cardiac dose evaluation for 3-dimensional conformal partial breast irradiation compared with whole breast irradiation by Gale, Ashley A, Jain, Anudh K, Vallow, Laura A, Serago, Christopher F, Buskirk, Steven J, Heckman, Michael G

“…To compare the radiation dose to normal cardiac tissue for 3Dimensional (3D) conformal external beam partial breast irradiation (PBI) and standard whole breast…”
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Comparison of proton and x-ray conformal dose distributions for radiosurgery applications by Serago, C F, Thornton, A F, Urie, M M, Chapman, P, Verhey, L, Rosenthal, S J, Gall, K P, Niemierko, A

“…Highly focused dose distributions for radiosurgery applications are successfully achieved using either multiple static high-energy particle beams or…”
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Small-field stereotactic external-beam radiation therapy of intracranial lesions: fractionated treatment with a fixed-halo immobilization device by Schwade, J G, Houdek, P V, Landy, H J, Bujnoski, J L, Lewin, A A, Abitol, A A, Serago, C F, Pisciotta, V J

“…Current techniques of stereotactic, small-field, external-beam irradiation with linear accelerators require treatment with a single fraction or only a few…”
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Radiosurgery target point alignment errors detected with portal film verification by Serago, C F, Lewin, A A, Houdek, P V, Gonzalez-Arias, S, Schwade, J G, Abitbol, A, Marcial-Vega, V

“…Stereotactic radiosurgery with a linear accelerator requires an accurate match of the therapeutic radiation distribution to the localized target volume…”
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Stereotactic radiosurgery: dose-volume analysis of linear accelerator techniques by Serago, C F, Houdek, P V, Bauer-Kirpes, B, Lewin, A A, Abitbol, A A, Gonzalez-Arias, S, Marcial-Vega, V A, Schwade, J G

“…Stereotactic radiosurgery of the brain may be accomplished with a linear accelerator by performing several noncoplanar arcs of a highly collimated beam focused…”
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