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ArticleScientific reports2024

Beam quality and the mystery behind the lower percentage depth dose in grid radiation therapy.

Amir Hossein Karimi, Indra J Das, Nahid Chegeni, Iraj Jabbari, Fatemeh Jafari, Ghazale Geraily

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Article in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Amir Hossein KarimiDepartment of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-1598-8934
Indra J DasDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA. indra.das@nm.org.ORCID 0000-0003-4094-0892
Nahid ChegeniDepartment of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
Iraj JabbariDepartment of Nuclear Engineering, Faculty of Physics, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
Fatemeh JafariRadiation Oncology Department, Cancer Institute, Imam-Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Ghazale GerailyDepartment of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. gh-geraily@sina.tums.ac.ir.ORCID 0000-0003-2616-5586
Imam Khomeini Hospital · IRAhvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences · IRIran University of Medical Sciences · IRNorthwestern University · USUniversity of Isfahan · IR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Grid therapy recently has been picking momentum due to favorable outcomes in bulky tumors. This is being termed as Spatially Fractionated Radiation Therapy (SFRT) and lattice therapy. SFRT can be performed with specially designed blocks made with brass or cerrobend with repeated holes or using multi-leaf collimators where dosimetry is uncertain. The dosimetric challenge in grid therapy is the mystery behind the lower percentage depth dose (PDD) in grid fields. The knowledge about the beam quality, indexed by TPR

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PhotonsRadiometryElectronsMonte Carlo MethodParticle AcceleratorsPhantoms, ImagingRadiotherapy DosageRadiotherapy Planning, Computer-AssistedGrid therapyLinacMonte CarloSmall field dosimetrySpectrometry

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PMID38402259
PMCPMC10894234
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