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AAPM task group report 275.S: Survey strategy and results on plan review and chart check practices in US and Canada by Schofield, Deborah L., Conroy, Leigh, Harmsen, William S., Johnson, Jennifer L., Wells, Michelle C., Dong, Lei, Fong de los Santos, Luis E.

“…Background AAPM Task Group (TG) 275 was charged with developing practical, evidence‐based recommendations for physics plan and chart review clinical processes…”
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Medical physics practice guideline 4.b: Development, implementation, use and maintenance of safety checklists by Conroy, Leigh, Faught, Jacqueline T., Bowers, Erika, Ecclestone, Gillian, Fong de los Santos, Luis E., Hsu, Annie, Johnson, Jennifer Lynn, Kim, Grace Gwe‐Ya, Schechter, Naomi, Schubert, Leah K., Sterling, David A.

“…The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) is a nonprofit professional society whose primary purposes are to advance the science, education, and…”
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Feasibility of using a transmission ion chamber for QA tests of medical linear accelerators by Farrokhkish, Makan, Veres, Andrew J., Fong de los Santos, Luis E., DeMarco, John J., Islam, Mohammad K.

“…Purpose To study the feasibility of using the Integral Quality Monitoring (IQM) system for routine quality assurance (QA) of photon beams. Methods The IQM…”
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Technical Note: Initial characterization of the new EBT‐XD Gafchromic film by Grams, Michael P., Gustafson, Jon M., Long, Kenneth M., Santos, Luis E. Fong

“…Purpose: To assess the dosimetric accuracy and energy dependence of the new EBT‐eXtended Dose (XD) Gafchromic film and to compare the lateral response artifact…”
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Influence of patient's physiologic factors and immobilization choice with stereotactic body radiotherapy for upper lung tumors by Sio, Terence T., Jensen, Andrew R., Miller, Robert C., Santos, Luis E. Fong, Hallemeier, Christopher L., Foster, Nathan R., Park, Sean S., Bauer, Heather J., Chang, Kenneth, Garces, Yolanda I., Olivier, Kenneth R.

“…The purpose of the present study was to compare the impact of pulmonary function, body habitus, and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) immobilization…”
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Assessment of dose‐volume histogram precision for five clinical systems by Pepin, Mark D., Penoncello, Gregory P., Brom, Kevin M., Gustafson, Jon M., Long, Kenneth M., Rong, Yi, Fong de los Santos, Luis E., Shiraishi, Satomi

“…Purpose To investigate the dependency of dose‐volume histogram (DVH) behavior and precision on underlying discretization using shapes and dose distributions…”
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Image‐guided radiotherapy quality control: Statistical process control using image similarity metrics by Shiraishi, Satomi, Grams, Michael P., Fong de los Santos, Luis E.

“…Purpose The purpose of this study was to demonstrate an objective quality control framework for the image review process. Methods and materials A total of 927…”
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Electronic charting of radiation therapy planning and treatment: Report of Task Group 262 by Mechalakos, James G., Dieterich, Sonja, Fong de los Santos, Luis E., Fontenla, Sandra C., Hanley, Joseph, Harwalkar, Vijay A., Hong, Linda X., Huang, Y. Jessica, Kim, Grace Gwe‐Ya, Richardson, Susan L., Sutlief, Steven G., Yaddanapudi, Sridhar, Merkel, Sue, Parry, Mark

“…While most Radiation Oncology clinics have adopted electronic charting in one form or another, no consensus document exists that provides guidelines for safe…”
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Phantom Verification of AAA and Acuros Dose Calculations for Lung Cancer: Do Tumor Size and Regression Matter? by Shiraishi, Satomi, Fong de los Santos, Luis E., Antolak, John A., Olivier, Kenneth R., Garces, Yolanda I., Park, Sean S., Grams, Michael P.

“…This study aimed to evaluate dose calculation accuracy for the Eclipse Analytical Anisotropic Algorithm (AAA) and Acuros XB algorithm for various lung tumor…”
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Medical Physics Practice Guideline 4.a: Development, implementation, use and maintenance of safety checklists by Santos, E. Fong, Evans, Suzanne, Ford, Eric C., Gaiser, James E., Hayden, Sandra E., Huffman, Kristina E., Johnson, Jennifer L., Mechalakos, James G., Stern, Robin L., Terezakis, Stephanie, Thomadsen, Bruce R., Pronovost, Peter J., Fairobent, Lynne A.

“…The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) is a nonprofit professional society whose primary purposes are to advance the science, education and…”
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Clinical outcomes and dosimetric considerations using stereotactic body radiotherapy for abdominopelvic tumors by Barney, Brandon M, Olivier, Kenneth R, Macdonald, O Kenneth, Fong de Los Santos, Luis E, Miller, Robert C, Haddock, Michael G

“…To present clinical outcomes, early toxicity, and dosimetric constraints for patients undergoing stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for abdominal or…”
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Cadaveric verification of the Eclipse AAA algorithm for spine SBRT treatments with titanium hardware by Grams, Michael P., Fong de los Santos, Luis E., Antolak, John A., Brinkmann, Debra H., Clarke, Michelle J., Park, Sean S., Olivier, Kenneth R., Whitaker, Thomas J.

“…To assess the accuracy of the Eclipse Analytical Anisotropic Algorithm when calculating dose for spine stereotactic body radiation therapy treatments involving…”
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Radiation oncology information systems and clinical practice compatibility: Workflow evaluation and comprehensive assessment by Fong de los Santos, Luis E., Herman, Michael G.

“…To map the level of clinical practice compatibility with a radiation oncology information system (ROIS) through a workflow- and clinical process-based method…”
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Patient safety is improved with an incident learning system—Clinical evidence in brachytherapy by Deufel, Christopher L., McLemore, Luke B., de los Santos, Luis E. Fong, Classic, Kelly L., Park, Sean S., Furutani, Keith M.

“…Health leaders have advocated for incident learning systems (ILSs) to prevent errors, but there is limited evidence demonstrating that ILSs improve cancer…”
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Design and clinical use of a rotational phantom for dosimetric verification of IMRT/VMAT treatments by Grams, Michael P., de los Santos, Luis E. Fong

“…•QA, especially for SBRT/SRS cases, benefits from film’s high spatial resolution.•Most QA methods are limited to measurements in the coronal or sagittal…”
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AAPM Medical Physics Practice Guideline 1.a: CT Protocol Management and Review Practice Guideline by Cody, Dianna D, Fisher, Tyler S, Gress, Dustin A, Layman, Jr, Rick Robert, McNitt-Gray, Michael F, Pizzutiello, Jr, Robert J, Fairobent, Lynne A

“…The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) is a nonprofit professional society whose primary purposes are to advance the science, education, and…”
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Separating the dosimetric consequences of changing tumor anatomy from positional uncertainty for conventionally fractionated lung cancer patients by Grams, Michael P., Fong de los Santos, Luis E., Brown, Lindsay C., Mayo, Charles S., Park, Sean S., Garces, Yolanda I., Olivier, Kenneth R., Brinkmann, Debra H.

“…To separate the dosimetric consequences of changing tumor volume from positional uncertainty for patients undergoing conventionally fractionated lung radiation…”
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In Reply to Yartsev and Chen by Grams, Michael P., Fong de los Santos, Luis E., Brown, Lindsay C., Mayo, Charles S., Park, Sean S., Garces, Yolanda I., Olivier, Kenneth R., Brinkmann, Debra H.

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Analysis of automatic match results for cone-beam computed tomography localization of conventionally fractionated lung tumors by Grams, Michael P., Brown, Lindsay C., Brinkmann, Debra H., Pafundi, Deanna H., Mundy, Daniel W., Garces, Yolanda I., Park, Sean S., Olivier, Kenneth R., de los Santos, Luis E. Fong

“…To evaluate the dependence of an automatic match process on the size of the user-defined region of interest (ROI), the structure volume of interest (VOI), and…”
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Abstract 10979: Long Term Risk of Coronary Artery Disease in Breast Cancer and Lymphoma Patients After Chemotherapy Plus Radiation Treatment vs Chemotherapy Only by Garcia-Arango, Mariana, Larsen, Carolyn M, Toro-Manotas, Rafael E, Vallejo, Bryan, Mogollon, Renzo J, Quintero Martinez, Juan, Scott, Christopher, Fong de los Santos, Luis E, Cerhan, James, Haddad, Tufia C, Thompson, Carrie, Mutter, Robert W, Stan, Daniela, Villarraga, Hector R

“…Introductionpatients exposed to chest, breast or mediastinal RT, may present with accelerated atherosclerosis and CAD due to diffuse micro and macrovascular…”
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