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Hussein M, E Clementel, DJ Eaton, P Greer, A Haworth, S Ishikura, SF Kry, J Lehmann, J Lye, AF Monti, M Nakamura, C Hurkmans, CH Clark A virtual dosimetry audit comparison of gamma analysis – towards transferability between global QA groups in clinical trials Radiother Oncol 2017 Open Access
Clark CH, CW Hurkmans, SF Kry, The role of dosimetry audit in lung SBRT multi-centre clinical trials. Physica Medica 2017 Abstract
Melidis C, WR Bosch, J Izewska, E Fidarova, E Zubizarreta, K Ulin, S Ishikura, D Followill, J Galvin, A Haworth, D Besuijen, CH Clark, E Miles, E Aird, DC Weber, CW Hurkmans, D Verellen Global Harmonization of quality assurance naming conventions in radiation therapy clinical trials. Int J Radiat Oncology Biol Phys 2014 Abstract
Melidis C, WR Bosch, J Izewska, E Fidarova, E Zubizarreta, S Ishikura, D Followill, J Galvin, Y Xiao, MA Ebert, T Kron, CH Clark, EA Miles, EG Aird, DC Weber, K Ulin, D Verellen, CW Hurkmans, Radiation Therapy quality assurance in clinical trials-Global Harmonisation Group Radiother Oncology 2014 Open Access

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Author(s)	Journal	Title	Year	Link	Study Category	Additional Study Category	Audit level	Detectors	Body Sites	Modality	Study Group
Clark CH, C Hurkmans, SF Kry	Physica Medica	The role of dosimetry audit in lung SBRT multi-centre clinical trials	2017	Abstract	Dosimetry audit	Technique / method	Beam output audit - Level I	TLD;OSLD	Brain; Head and Neck	photons; electrons	IROC
Followill D, M Urie, JM Galvin, K Ulin, Y Xiao, TJ FitzGerald	Front Oncol	Credentialing for Participation in Clinical Trials	2012	Abstract	Contouring	Results / recommendations	Dosimetry / Partial treatment chain - Level II	OSLD	n/a	proton	IROC
Lehmann J, A Alves, L Dunn, M Shaw, J Kenny, S Keehan, J Supple, F Gibbons, S Manktelow, C Oliver, T Kron, I Williams, J Lye	Phys Imag Radiat Oncol	Dosimetric end-to-end tests in a national audit of 3D conformal radiotherapy	2018	Open Access	Dosimetry audit (study describes or includes results on a dosimetry audit)	Results / recommendations	Phantom / End to end test - Level III	Ion chambers	n/a	MV photons	ACDS/TROG
Hussein M, E Clementel, DJ Eaton, P Greer, A Haworth, S Ishikura, SF Kry, J Lehmann, J Lye, AF Monti, M Nakamura, C Hurkmans, CH Clark	Radiother Oncol	A virtual dosimetry audit comparison of gamma analysis – towards transferability between global QA groups in clinical trials	2017	Abstract	Dosimetry audit (study describes or includes results on a dosimetry audit)	Comparison between groups / studies	Dosimetry / Partial treatment chain - Level II	n/a	n/a	MV photons	ACDS/TROG; EORTC; IAEA; JCOG; RTTQA
Miri N, J Lehmann, K Legge, BJ Zwan, P Vial, PB Greer	Phys Imag Radiat Oncol	Remote dosimetric auditing for intensity modulated radiotherapy: A pilot study	2017	Abstract	Dosimetry audit (study describes or includes results on a dosimetry audit)	Technique / method	Dosimetry / Partial treatment chain - Level II	EPID	Head and Neck; Prostate	MV photons	ACDS/TROG
Dunn L, J Lehmann, J Lye, J Kenny, T Kron, A Alves, A Cole, J Zifodya, I Williams	Physica Medica	National dosimetric audit network finds discrepancies in AAA lung inhomogeneity corrections	2015	Abstract	Dosimetry audit (study describes or includes results on a dosimetry audit)	Results / recommendations	Multiple / not specific	Ion chambers; Arrays of ion chambers	Lung; Breast	MV photons	ACDS/TROG
Alves A, J Lye, J Kenny, L Dunn, J Lehmann, A Cole, T Kron, D Butler, P Johnston, I Williams	Australas Phys Eng Sci Med	Long Term OSLD Reader Stability in the ACDS Level One Audit	2015	Open Access	Dosimetry audit (study describes or includes results on a dosimetry audit)	Technique / method	Beam output audit - Level I	OSLD	n/a	MV photons	ACDS/TROG
Lye J, J Kenny, J Lehmann, L Dunn, T Kron, A Alves, A Cole, I Williams	Med Phys	A 2D ion chamber array audit of wedged and asymmetric fields in an inhomogeneous lung phantom	2014	Abstract	Dosimetry audit (study describes or includes results on a dosimetry audit)	Technique / method; Results / recommendations	Dosimetry / Partial treatment chain - Level II	Arrays of ion chambers	Lung	MV photons	ACDS/TROG
Lehmann J, L Dunn, J Lye, J Kenny, A Alves, A Cole, T Kron, I Williams	Med Phys	Angular dependence of the response of the nanoDot OSLD system for measurements at depth in clinical megavoltage beams	2014	Abstract	General dosimetry (study focuses on a general aspect of radiation dosimetry / dose calculation)	Technique / method	Multiple / not specific	OSLD	n/a	MV photons	ACDS/TROG
Lye J, L Dunn, J Kenny, J Lehmann, T Kron, C Oliver, D Butler, A Alves, P Johnston, R Franich, I Williams	Med Phys	Remote auditing of radiotherapy facilities using optically stimulated luminescence dosimeters	2014	Abstract	Dosimetry audit (study describes or includes results on a dosimetry audit)	Technique / method	Beam output audit - Level I	OSLD	n/a	MV photons	ACDS/TROG
Williams I, J Kenny, J Lye, J Lehmann, L Dunn, T Kron	Australas Phys Eng Sci Med	The Australian Clinical Dosimetry Service: a commentary on the first 18 months	2012	Open Access	Dosimetry audit (study describes or includes results on a dosimetry audit)	Technique / method	Multiple / not specific	OSLD; Ion chambers; Arrays of ion chambers	Multiple/ None specific	MV photons	ACDS/TROG
Dunn L, J Lye, J Kenny, J Lehmann, I Williams, T Kron, C Oliver, D Butler, T Kairn, P Johnston	Radiation Measurements	Commissioning of optically stimulated luminescence dosimeters for use in radiotherapy	2013	Abstract	General dosimetry (study focuses on a general aspect of radiation dosimetry / dose calculation)	Technique / method	Multiple / not specific	OSLD	Multiple/ None specific	Multiple/ None specific	ACDS/TROG
Alvarez P, SF Kry, F Stingo, D Followill	Radiation Measurements	TLD and OSLD dosimetry systems for remote audits of radiotherapy external beam calibration	2017	Abstract	General dosimetry (study focuses on a general aspect of radiation dosimetry / dose calculation)	Technique / method	Multiple / not specific	TLD;OSLD	Multiple/ None specific	MV photons; MV electrons	IROC
Carson M, A Molineu, PA Taylor, D Followill, FC Stingo, SF Kry	Med Phys	Examining credentialing criteria and poor performance indicators for IROC Houston’s anthropomorphic head and neck phantom	2016	Open Access	Dosimetry audit (study describes or includes results on a dosimetry audit)	Error / incident investigation	Phantom / End to end test - Level III	TLD; Film	Head and Neck	MV photons	IROC
Fairchild A, W Straube, F Laurie, D Followill	Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys	Does quality of radiation therapy predict outcomes of multicenter cooperative group trials? A literature review	2013	Open Access	Value of QA (study focuses on the value aspects of QA); Importance of RT quality (study focuses on the benefits associated with high quality RT including QA)	Results / recommendations	Multiple / not specific	n/a	Multiple/ None specific	Multiple/ None specific	IROC
FitzGerald T, M Bishop-Jodoin, W Bosch, W Curran, D Followill, J Galvin, R Hanusik, S King, M Knopp, F Laurie, E O’Meara, J Michalski, J Saltz, M Schnall, L Scwartz, K Ulin, Y Xiao, M Urie	Frontiers in Oncology	Future vision for the quality assurance of oncology clinical trials	2013	Open Access	Value of QA (study focuses on the value aspects of QA); Importance of RT quality (study focuses on the benefits associated with high quality RT including QA)	Technique / method	Multiple / not specific	n/a	Multiple/ None specific	Multiple/ None specific	IROC
Kerns J, D Followill, J Lowenstein, A Molineu, P Alvarez, P Taylor, F Stingo, S Kry	Medical Physics	Technical Report: Reference photon dosimetry data for Varian accelerators based on IROC-Houston site visit data	2016	Open Access	Reference data / names (study provides reference values or evaluates / uses reference values)	Results / recommendations	Dosimetry / Partial treatment chain - Level II	Ion chambers	Multiple/ None specific	MV photons	IROC
Kerns J, F Stingo, D Followill, R Howell, A Melancon, SF Kry	Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys	Treatment planning system calculation errors are present in most Imaging and Radiation Oncology Core-Houston phantom failures	2017	Open Access	Dosimetry audit (study describes or includes results on a dosimetry audit); General dose calculation (study focuses on dose calculation)	Error / incident investigation	Phantom / End to end test - Level III	TLD	Multiple/ None specific	MV photons	IROC
Kry SF, A Molineu, J Kerns, A Faught, J Huang, K Pulliam, J Tonigan, P Alvarez, F Stingo, DFollowill	Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys	Institutional patient-specific IMRT QA does not predict unacceptable plan delivery.	2014	Open Access	Dosimetry audit (study describes or includes results on a dosimetry audit); General QA (study is a more broad evaluation of an aspect of QA in RT)	Error / incident investigation	Phantom / End to end test - Level III	TLD	Head and Neck	MV photons	IROC
Taylor P, SF Kry, D Followill	Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys	Pencil beam algorithms are unsuitable for proton dose calculations in lung	2017	Open Access	Dosimetry audit (study describes or includes results on a dosimetry audit)	Error / incident investigation	Phantom / End to end test - Level III	TLD	Multiple/ None specific	protons	IROC
Taylor P, SF Kry, P Alvarez, T Keith, C Lujano, N Hernandez, D Followill	Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys	Results from the Imaging and Radiation Oncology Core Houston’s anthropomorphic phantoms used for proton therapy clinical trial credentialing	2016	Open Access	Dosimetry audit (study describes or includes results on a dosimetry audit)	Results / recommendations	Phantom / End to end test - Level III	TLD	Lung	protons	IROC
Kerns J, D Followill, J Lowenstein, A Molineu, P Alvarez, P Taylor, SF Kry	Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys	Agreement between institutional measurements and treatment planning system calculations for basic dosimetric parameters as measured by the imaging and radiation oncology core-houston	2016	Open Access	Dosimetry audit (study describes or includes results on a dosimetry audit)	Results / recommendations	Dosimetry / Partial treatment chain - Level II	Ion chambers	Multiple/ None specific	MV photons	IROC
Pulliam K, J Huang, R Howell, D Followill, R Bosca, J O’Daniel, SF Kry	Med Phys	Comparison of 2D and 3D gamma analyses	2014	Abstract	General QA (study is a more broad evaluation of an aspect of QA in RT)	Results / recommendations	Multiple / not specific	n/a	Multiple/ None specific	Multiple / None specific	IROC
Kry SF, R Popple, A Molineu, D Followill	J Appl Clin Med Phys	Ion recombination correction factor (Pion) for Varian TrueBeam high-dose-rate therapy beams	2012	Open Accesst	General dosimetry (study focuses on a general aspect of radiation dosimetry / dose calculation)	Results / recommendations	Multiple / not specific	Ion chambers	Multiple/ None specific	MV photons	IROC
Pettersen M, Aird, D Olsen	Radiotherapy and Oncology	Quality assurance of dosimetry and the impact on sample size in randomized clinical trials	2008	Abstract	Value of QA (study focuses on the value aspects of QA); Importance of RT quality (study focuses on the benefits associated with high quality RT including QA)	Results / recommendations	Multiple / not specific	n/a	Multiple/ None specific	MV photons	Other
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