A W Lightstone

Summary

Affiliation: Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre
Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi Fluorescent screen for high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy quality assurance
    A W Lightstone
    Division of Medical Physics, Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Med Dosim 30:143-4. 2005
  2. ncbi Intracranial stereotactic positioning systems: Report of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group no. 68
    A W Lightstone
    Department of Medical Physics, Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M5, Canada
    Med Phys 32:2380-98. 2005
  3. ncbi Case report. Fractionated Helical Tomotherapy as an alternative to radiosurgery in patients unwilling to undergo additional radiosurgery for recurrent brain metastases
    P Sanghera
    Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Br J Radiol 83:e25-30. 2010
  4. ncbi Automatic verification of step-and-shoot IMRT field segments using portal imaging
    M K Woo
    Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Department of Medical Physics, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Med Phys 30:348-51. 2003
  5. ncbi Contamination during a brachytherapy procedure
    Curtis Caldwell
    Medical Physics Department, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Health Phys 92:S8-S12. 2007

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Publications5

  1. ncbi Fluorescent screen for high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy quality assurance
    A W Lightstone
    Division of Medical Physics, Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Med Dosim 30:143-4. 2005
    ..Not only is this an excellent QA tool, but it also provides good training for radiation therapists and other HDR professionals...
  2. ncbi Intracranial stereotactic positioning systems: Report of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group no. 68
    A W Lightstone
    Department of Medical Physics, Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M5, Canada
    Med Phys 32:2380-98. 2005
    ....
  3. ncbi Case report. Fractionated Helical Tomotherapy as an alternative to radiosurgery in patients unwilling to undergo additional radiosurgery for recurrent brain metastases
    P Sanghera
    Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Br J Radiol 83:e25-30. 2010
    ..These results suggest that fractionated Helical Tomotherapy for brain metastases may be a viable alternative to radiosurgery in patients unable or unwilling to undergo that procedure...
  4. ncbi Automatic verification of step-and-shoot IMRT field segments using portal imaging
    M K Woo
    Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Department of Medical Physics, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Med Phys 30:348-51. 2003
    ..The process is fully automated and requires minimal intervention of the radiation therapists. The system has been tested with actual clinical plan sequences and was able to alert the operator of incorrect settings in real time...
  5. ncbi Contamination during a brachytherapy procedure
    Curtis Caldwell
    Medical Physics Department, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Health Phys 92:S8-S12. 2007
    ..The initial measurements suggesting thyroidal contamination in staff point to an error in our thyroid screening method...