In a 2-part study, we first examined the results of 71 surveyed physicians who provided
responses on how they address the management of patients who maintained either a pacemaker …

Recent improvements to the functionality and stability of implantable pacemakers and
cardioverter‐defibrillators involve changes that include efficient battery power consumption and …

Combining radiation therapy and direct intratumoral (IT) injection of adenoviral vectors has
been explored as a means to enhance the therapeutic potential of gene transfer. A major …

Vascular access ports are used widely in the administering of drugs for radiation oncology
patients. Their dosimetric effect on radiation therapy delivery in photon beams has not been …

This study assesses the dose level from skyshine produced by a 6 MeV medical accelerator.
The analysis of data collected on skyshine yields professional guidance for future …

Improved outcomes and quality of life of heart failure patients have been reported with the
use of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs). However, little information exists regarding …

The first quality assurance process for validating dose‐volume histogram data involving
brachytherapy procedures in radiation therapy is presented. The process is demonstrated using …

Inadequate research exists regarding testing of a ventricular assist device (VAD) for susceptibility
to radiation damage. Specifically, minimal data are available to radiation oncologists …

The aim of this study was to assess the performance of a gantry‐mounted detector system
and a couch set detector system using a systematic multileaf collimator positional error …

Special care of superficial lesions surrounding critical structures, such as an eye, may
require tight margins. When this is the case, small megavoltage electron treatment fields and …