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A Monte Carlo Dosimetry-Based Cell Survival Model Incorporating Spatial and Temporal Heterogeneity for Rpt Preclinical Studies

Authors: Alejandro Bertolet, Michael D. Farwell, Sarah Gitto, Victor V. Onecha, Daniel Pryma, Aladdin Riad

Affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Abstract Preview: Purpose: Responses to ionizing radiation (IR) strongly correlate with the absorbed dose. At the cellular level, this is typically described by a linear-quadratic relationship provided the cell populat...

A Novel Method for Virtual Extension of Image-Derived Vasculature Segmentations

Authors: Raneem Atta, Alejandro Bertolet, Mislav Bobić, Wesley E. Bolch, Robert Joseph Dawson, Carlos Huesa-Berral, Harald Paganetti, Eric Wehrenberg-Klee

Affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital, University of Florida, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Abstract Preview: Purpose: Representations of intra-organ vasculature have a variety of uses in the field of computational dosimetry but generally rely on models derived from population-averaged reference individuals. ...

Backward Photon Monte Carlo Propagator (BPMCP): Proof of Concept of a Fully Physics-Driven SPECT Reconstruction

Authors: Alejandro Bertolet, Carlos Huesa-Berral, Victor V. Onecha

Affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Abstract Preview: Purpose: Radioembolization for liver tumors using 90Y microspheres uses SPECT as confirmatory dosimetry, although 90Y is a pure β-emitter, and SPECT-imaging is only available through subsequent bremss...

Bioeffect Modeling

Authors: Alejandro Bertolet

Affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

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Development of Hi-C Based DNA Geometry and Early DNA Damage Evaluation: A Topas-Nbio Study

Authors: Alejandro Bertolet, Isaac Meyer, Harald Paganetti, Jan PO Schuemann, Wook-Geun Shin

Affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Abstract Preview: Purpose: To develop a methodology for Monte Carlo modeling of cell-specific DNA geometries based on Hi-C data using TOPAS-nBio, and to evaluate early DNA damage distributions.
Methods: Hi-C data of...

Evaluating DNA Damage Efficacy for 90y and 225ac Based Radiotherapy

Authors: Ramin Abolfath, Alejandro Bertolet, Kofi M. Deh, Rao Khan, Vanessa Sanders, Daniel Suarez-Garcia

Affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, University of Sevilla, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Howard University

Abstract Preview: Purpose: To compare the efficacy of 225Ac to 90Y for local cancer therapy by quantifying DNA damage using Monte Carlo simulations.
Methods: The TOPAS n-Bio toolkit was used to simulate the irradiat...

Evaluating the Radiological Safety of 64Cu-Macrin in PET/MRI Studies through Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetry

Authors: Alejandro Bertolet, Mislav Bobić, Carlos Huesa-Berral, Aileen O'Shea, Ralph Weissleder

Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Abstract Preview: Purpose: To develop a pipeline for estimating the absorbed dose to various organs from positron emission tomography (PET) combined with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We use this pipeline to evalua...

Extending Chronorepair: A Computational Model of the Effects of Radiotherapy in Cells

Authors: Alejandro Bertolet, Jose Antonio Lopez-Valverde, Victor V. Onecha, Daniel Puerta

Affiliation: Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham and Women's Hospital, Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad de Granada, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Abstract Preview: Purpose: Besides its superior dose conformity, proton therapy induces greater damage to tissue than conventional radiotherapies. This increased damage is usually quantified through the concept of rela...

Mathematical Modeling for Pharmacokinetics

Authors: Alejandro Bertolet

Affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

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The Topas Monte Carlo Framework – Status and Outlook after 15 Years of Development

Authors: Alejandro Bertolet, Jorge Naoki Dominguez Kondo, Bruce A. Faddegon, Thongchai Masilela, Isaac Meyer, Victor V. Onecha, Harald Paganetti, Jose A. Ramos-Mendez, Jan PO Schuemann, Wook-Geun Shin

Affiliation: University of California San Francisco, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital

Abstract Preview: Purpose: To present the results of 15 years of developments of the TOPAS TOol for PArticle Simulation framework, and to highlight recent and new developments.

Methods: Fundamental understanding...

Topas-Nbio – Status and Outlook after a Decade of Developments

Authors: Alejandro Bertolet, Jorge Naoki Dominguez Kondo, Bruce A. Faddegon, Kathryn D Held, Nicolas Henthorn, Jay LaVerne, Thongchai Masilela, Stephen J. McMahon, Isaac Meyer, Victor V. Onecha, Harald Paganetti, Jose A. Ramos-Mendez, Jan PO Schuemann, Wook-Geun Shin, Michael Taylor, John Warmenhoven

Affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital, Queen's University Belfast, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, University of California San Francisco, University of Manchester, Notre Dame University

Abstract Preview: Purpose: TOPAS-nBio brings a cutting-edge Monte Carlo (MC) simulation framework to the research community to test hypotheses of radiation effects at the nanometer/cell scale. Here, we present the deve...