Authors: Ross I. Berbeco, Vera Birrer, Raphael Bruegger, Pablo Corral Arroyo, Roshanak Etemadpour, Dianne M. Ferguson, Rony Fueglistaller, Thomas C. Harris, Yue-Houng Hu, Matthew W. Jacobson, Mathias Lehmann, Marios Myronakis
Affiliation: Medical Physics Department, Medical School, University of Thessaly, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medial School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Womenβs Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Varian Imaging Laboratory
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Dual-layer kV imager (DLI) architecture enables the capability for single-shot dual-energy (DE) intrafraction imaging. As noise from individual DLI layers are primarily uncorrelated, simpl...
Authors: Joyoni Dey, Hunter Cole Meyer, Murtuza Taqi
Affiliation: Louisiana State University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: We propose using super-resolution methods for X-ray grating interferometry without an analyzer with detectors that fail to meet the Nyquist sampling rate needed for traditional image recovery...
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 Ξ²-emitter, and SPECT-imaging is only available through subsequent bremss...
Authors: Imad M. Ali, Nesreen Alsbou, Sakeeneh Majeed
Affiliation: University of Central Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: to design and assess a microwave imaging system equipped with multiple antennas for generating high-resolution 3D images of phantom models that simulate abdominal, thoracic, and brain tissues...
Authors: Mohamed Bahaaeldin Mohamed Afifi, Nahla Nagy Ahmad Ataalla, Ahmed A. Eldib
Affiliation: Fox Chase Cancer Center, Radiological Sciences and Medical Imaging Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University.
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Optimizing CT imaging parameters is crucial for balancing radiation dose, contrast resolution, and accurate Hounsfield unit representation, particularly in radiotherapy treatment planning. Th...
Authors: Chang Heon Choi, Minjae Choi, Yoonsuk Huh, Jin Jegal, Jung-in Kim, So-Yeon Park
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Veterans Health Service Medical Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, Seoul National University Hospital
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Total Body Irradiation (TBI) aims to achieve a uniform dose distribution across the entire body. However, in conventional TBI setups that use extended source-to-surface distance (SSD) and lea...
Authors: Jared Baggett, Wesley E. Bolch, Lukas M. Carter, Laura Dinwiddie, Benjamin Taylor Heggie, Adam Leon Kesner, Juan Camilo Ocampo Ramos, Graham Joseph Stoddard
Affiliation: Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, University of Florida, MD Anderson
Abstract Preview: Purpose: The objective of this study is to develop a physical phantom to quantify tube current modulation (TCM) and assess the limitations of a TCM model used in Monte Carlo patient CT organ dose esti...
Authors: Chunhui Han, An Liu, William T. Watkins, Qiuyun Xu
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, City of Hope National Medical Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To evaluate the RefleXion X1 imaging system as a standalone positron emission tomography and computed tomography (PET/CT) simulator for radiotherapy treatment planning and adaptive re-plannin...
Authors: Bryan Bednarz, Larry A. DeWerd, Sean Jollota, Ahtesham Ullah Khan, Ohyun Kwon, Jeff Radtke
Affiliation: Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Abstract Preview: Purpose: The accurate quantification of absorbed dose is essential for alpha-emitting radionuclides used in radiopharmaceutical therapy (RPT). This study presents the first direct comparison of physic...