Basic dosimetric verification in water of the anisotropic analytical algorithm for Varian, Elekta and Siemens linacs

@article{Cozzi2008, abstract = {Since early 2007 a new version of the Anisotropic Analytical Algorithm (AAA) for photon dose calculations was released by Varian Medical Systems for clinical usage on Elekta linacs and also, with some restrictions, for Siemens linacs. Basic validation studies were performed and reported for three beams: 4,6 and 15 MV for an Elekta Synergy, 6 and 15 MV for a Siemens Primus and, as a reference, for 6 and 15 MV from a Varian Clinac 2100C/D. Generally AAA calculations reproduced well measured data and small deviations were observed for open and wedged fields. PDD curves showed in average differences between calculation and measurement smaller than 1\% or 1.2 mm for Elekta beams, 1\% or 1.8 mm for Siemens beams and 1\% or 1 mm for Varian beams. Profiles in the flattened region matched measurements with deviations smaller than 1\% for Elekta and Varian beams, 2\% for Siemens. Percentage differences in Output Factors were observed as small as 1\% in average.}, author = {Cozzi, Luca and Nicolini, Giorgia and Vanetti, Eugenio and Clivio, Alessandro and Glash\"{o}rster, Marco and Schiefer, Hans and Fogliata, Antonella}, citeulike-article-id = {3128985}, doi = {10.1016/j.zemedi.2007.09.003}, journal = {Zeitschrift f\"{u}r Medizinische Physik}, keywords = {aaa, algorithm, algorithms, analytical, anisotrpic, calculation, carlo, cozzu, eclipse, monte\_carlo, pencil, photons, planning, varian}, month = {June}, number = {2}, pages = {128--135}, posted-at = {2008-08-16 21:37:32}, priority = {2}, title = {Basic dosimetric verification in water of the anisotropic analytical algorithm for Varian, Elekta and Siemens linacs}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.zemedi.2007.09.003}, volume = {18}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - Cozzi2008 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3128985 N2 - Since early 2007 a new version of the Anisotropic Analytical Algorithm (AAA) for photon dose calculations was released by Varian Medical Systems for clinical usage on Elekta linacs and also, with some restrictions, for Siemens linacs. Basic validation studies were performed and reported for three beams: 4,6 and 15 MV for an Elekta Synergy, 6 and 15 MV for a Siemens Primus and, as a reference, for 6 and 15 MV from a Varian Clinac 2100C/D. Generally AAA calculations reproduced well measured data and small deviations were observed for open and wedged fields. PDD curves showed in average differences between calculation and measurement smaller than 1% or 1.2 mm for Elekta beams, 1% or 1.8 mm for Siemens beams and 1% or 1 mm for Varian beams. Profiles in the flattened region matched measurements with deviations smaller than 1% for Elekta and Varian beams, 2% for Siemens. Percentage differences in Output Factors were observed as small as 1% in average. IS - 2 JF - Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik EP - 135 TI - Basic dosimetric verification in water of the anisotropic analytical algorithm for Varian, Elekta and Siemens linacs VL - 18 SP - 128 KW - aaa KW - algorithm KW - algorithms KW - analytical KW - anisotrpic KW - calculation KW - carlo KW - cozzu KW - eclipse KW - monte_carlo KW - pencil KW - photons KW - planning KW - varian AU - Cozzi, Luca AU - Nicolini, Giorgia AU - Vanetti, Eugenio AU - Clivio, Alessandro AU - Glashörster, Marco AU - Schiefer, Hans AU - Fogliata, Antonella PY - 2008/06/10/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.zemedi.2007.09.003 ER -