Conference Talks and Poster Presentations: 1. Verification of intensity modulated beams in radiotherapy, AAPM Annual Meeting, Nashville TN, USA, 1999 2. Verification of intensity modulated beams in radiotherapy, VI International Conference on Medical Physics, Patras, Greece, 1999 3. Verification of intensity modulated beams in radiotherapy using the PortalVision system, SASRO Annual Meeting, St. Gallen, Switzerland, 2000 4. Dose response of the PortalVision TM aS500, SGSMP Annual Meeting, Basel, Switzerland, 2000 5. Calculations and measurements of portal dose images in IMRT, AAPM Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 2001 6. Monte Carlo investigations on portal dose measurements with an a-Si:H EPID, AAPM Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2002 7. Dose response of an a-Si:H EPID on static and dynamic photon beams, AAPM Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2002 8. Dynamic MLC and its impact on EPID dosimetry, Annual ESTRO Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, 2002 9. Dosimetric treatment verification of IMRT using an a-Si:H EPID and Monte Carlo simulations, Joint Meeting SASRO-SGSMP, Geneva, Switzerland, 2003 10. Treatment verification of IMRT by the use of an a-Si:H EPID and Monte Carlo, World Conference on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Sidney, Australia, 2003 11. An efficient framework for photon Monte Carlo treatment planning, Workshop on Monte Carlo Treatment Planning, Ghent, Belgium, 2006 12. A flexible and comprehensive tool for hands-on training in medical physics, SASRO Annual Meeting, Aarau, Switzerland, 2007 8/12
3. Bibliography Original Articles 1. M.K. Fix, M. Stampanoni, P. Manser, E.J. Born, R. Mini, and P. Rüegsegger, A multiple source model for 6 MV photon beam dose calculations using Monte Carlo, Phys. Med. Biol., 46, 1407- 1427, 2001 2. M.K. Fix, P. Manser, E.J. Born, D. Vetterli, R. Mini, and P. Rüegsegger, Monte Carlo simulation of a dynamic MLC: Implementation and applications, Z. Med. Phys., 11,163-170, 2001 3. M.K. Fix, P. Manser, E.J. Born, R. Mini, and P. Rüegsegger, Monte Carlo simulation of a dynamic MLC based on a multiple source model, Phys. Med. Biol., 46, 3241-3257, 2001 4. D. Vetterli, H. Riem, D.M. Aebersold, R.H. Greiner, P. Manser, P. Cossmann, L. Kemmerling, E.J. Born, R. Mini, Introduction of a novel dose saving acquisition mode for the PortalVision TM aS500 EPID to facilitate on-line patient setup verification, Med. Phys., 31, 828-831, 2004 5. J. Curschmann, P. Manser, M.R. Nuyens, C. Kolotas, Moderne Radiotherapie bei HNO-Tumoren, Onkologie 4, 11-15,2005 6. M.K. Fix, P. Manser, D. Frei, W. Volken, R. Mini, E.J. Born, Efficient photon treatment planning by the use of Swiss Monte Carlo Plan, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 74, 2007 7. D. Frauchiger, M.K. Fix, D. Frei, W. Volken, R. Mini, P. Manser, Optimizing portal dose calculation for an amorphous silicon detector using Swiss Monte Carlo Plan, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 74, 2007 8. D. Terribilini, P. Manser, D. Frei, W. Volken, R. Mini, M.K, Fix, Implementation of a brachytherapy Ir-source in an in-house system and comparison of simulation results with EGSnrc, VMC++ and PIN, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 74, 2007 9. D. Schmidhalter, M.K.Fix, P. Niederer, R. Mini, P. Manser, Leaf transmission reduction using moving jaws for dynamic MLC IMRT, Med. Phys., 34, 3674-3687, 2007 10. M.K. Fix, P. Manser, D. Frei, W. Volken, R. Mini, E.J. Born, An efficient framework for photon Monte Carlo treatment planning, Phys. Med. Biol., 52, N425-N437, 2007 11. W. Volken, D. Frei, P. Manser, R. Mini, E.J. Born, M.K. Fix, An integral conservative griddingalgorithm using Hermitian curve interpolation, 2008, (submitted) Proceeding Papers 1. M.K. Fix, P. Manser, H. Keller, E.J. Born, D. Vetterli, R. Mini, and P. Rüegsegger, Verification of intensity modulated beams in radiotherapy, VI International Conference on Medical Physics, Patras, Greece, (edited by Kappas et al.), 73-78, 1999 2. P. Manser, M.K. Fix, D. Vetterli, E.J. Born, R. Mini, and P. Rüegsegger, Dose response of the PortalVision TM aS500, SGSMP Annual Meeting, Basel, Switzerland, (edited by Roth, Nemec, Roser, Schnekenburger), 109-114, 2000 3. M.K. Fix, P. Manser, E.J. Born, D. Vetterli, R. Mini, and P. Rüegsegger, Monte Carlo simulation for dynamic MLC: implementation and applications, SGSMP Annual Meeting, Basel, Switzerland, (edited by Roth, Nemec, Roser, Schnekenburger), 153-159, 2000 4. D. Vetterli, E.J. Born, R. Mini, M.K. Fix, P. Manser, and P. Rüegsegger, Electronic portal imaging: a useful tool in patient related QA for IMRT, 9 th Varian Users Meeting, Sardinia, 2001 5. P. Manser, M.K. Fix, E.J. Born, D. Vetterli, R. Mini, and P. Rüegsegger, Dosimetric treatment verification of IMRT using an a-Si:H EPID and Monte Carlo simulations, Joint Meeting SASRO- SGSMP, Geneva, Switzerland, 2003 6. D. Vetterli, L. Kemmerling, H. Riem, P. Manser, E.J. Born, R. Mini, and P. Rüegsegger, RadMode portal imaging: a new acquisition mode for PortalVision TM aS500, Joint Meeting SASRO-SGSMP, Geneva, Switzerland, 2003 7. E.J. Born, M.K. Fix, U. Gamper, P. Manser, S.P. Figini, C. Cris, D. Frei, R. Pfeiffer, H. Neuenschwander, W. Volken, P. Niederer, and R. Mini, Towards clinical Monte Carlo treatment planning for photon beams: first results, Joint Meeting SASRO-SGSMP, Geneva, Switzerland, 2003 8. W. Volken, D. Frei, S.P. Figini, P. Manser, M.K. Fix, E.J. Born, H. Neuenschwander, and R. Mini, Swiss Monte Carlo Plan: Beam Modifiers, 14 th ICCR Meeting, Seoul, Korea, 2004 9. D. Frauchiger, P. Manser, E.J. Born, and R. Mini, Comprehensive leaf motion files analysis of head and neck and prostate IMRT treatment fields and its possible application in patient specific QA, SSRMP Annual Meeting, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2005 9/12