Authors: Michael Caulfield, Ye Chen, Yoshihiro Ishi, Yasutoshi Kuriyama, Taeko Matsuura, Naoki Miyamoto, Taichi Murakami, Tomonori Uesugi, Kohei Yokokawa
Affiliation: Hokkaido University, Kyoto University, University of Alberta
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Protoacoustics has the potential for real-time and direct imaging of the Bragg peak. This study investigated the accuracy of the Bragg peak imaging based on the water phantom experiment at a ...
Authors: Wesley S. Culberson, Albert Du, Ryan T. Flynn, Ryan Gardner, Alonso N. Gutierrez, Patrick M Hill, Daniel E. Hyer, Blake R. Smith, Nhan Vu, Karsten K. Wake
Affiliation: University of Wisconsin, Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Miami Cancer Institute, Baptist Health South Florida, Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa Health Care
Abstract Preview: Purpose: In proton therapy, the substantial size of the gantry introduces sag, causing the proton isocenter to drift as a function of gantry angle. While the scanning magnets correct the beamâs isocen...
Authors: Serdar Charyyev, Cynthia Fu-Yu Chuang, Veng Jean Heng, Lianli Liu, Lei Xing, Yong Yang
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To replace large finite-size photon phase space files with a compact neural network capable of generating an infinite number of particles.
Methods: Three separate models were developed to ...
Authors: Junsheng Cao, Khushdeep Singh
Affiliation: Overlook Medical Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Eclipse v18 introduces Enhanced Leaf Modeling for MLCs. This study investigates the MLC off-axis characteristics using portal dosimetry
Methods:
MLC characteristics were analyzed for th...
Authors: Brett Bocian, Patrick James Jensen, Luis Augusto Perles, Christopher J. Tien
Affiliation: Yale University School of Medicine, University of Miami, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Guidelines for dose prescriptions in endometrial cancer are based upon depth from the cylinder, traditionally 5 mm or 0 mm (i.e., surface). There are no current single-channel vaginal cylinde...
Authors: Imad M. Ali, Nesreen Alsbou, Baraa Kalani
Affiliation: Oklahoma State University, University of Central Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To develop a three-dimensional Winston-Lutz phantom to quantify the isocentricity of the gantry, couch, and on-board imager of the MEVION-S250i proton therapy machine.
Methods: A 3D-scinti...
Authors: Ting Chen, Siming Lu, Tanxia Qu, Hesheng Wang
Affiliation: NYU Langone Health
Abstract Preview: Purpose: This study, the first in a two-part series, aims to determine the isocenter position and size for the MR Linac UNITY, focusing on the central axis (CAX) alignment of its Multi-Leaf Collimator...
Authors: Tanxia Qu, Hesheng Wang
Affiliation: NYU Langone Health
Abstract Preview: Purpose:
This study, the second in a two-part series, evaluates the isocenter position (the point in 3D space minimizing the sum of Euclidean distances to the MLC's central axis) and isocenter size...
Authors: Adam P. Berdusco, Matthew R. Ceelen, Renata Farrell, Carri K. Glide-Hurst, Will Martin, Charles F. Maysack-Landry, Morgan A. McGauley, James Rice, Jordan M. Slagowski, Yuhao Yan
Affiliation: Departments of Human Oncology and Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Upright radiotherapy (RT) is now available although this novel vertical CT and positioner presents unique challenges for quality assurance and testing methodologies. We have designed and buil...
Authors: Nellie Brovold, Wenbo Gu, Huan Amanda Liu, Lin Ma
Affiliation: University of Pennsylvania, Mayo Clinic
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To develop a low-cost comprehensive QA phantom and software for single-iso multi-target SRS Linac machines. This phantom can perform 1) Winston-Lutz QA test for on-axis and off-axis targets, ...
Authors: Maria de la Luz De Ornelas, Yunze Yang
Affiliation: University of Miami
Abstract Preview: Purpose:
An extended Winston-Lutz test (EWL), also known as off-axis Winston-Lutz, was performed to assess the linear acceleratorâs (linac) deviations at isocenter and five off-iso targets. The imp...
Authors: Peter Balter, Thomas Alexander Cuthbert, Weiliang Du, Song Gao, Nicholas Zacharopoulos
Affiliation: Aktina Medical Corp, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the accuracy and reproducibility of a commercial product for verifying the size, location, and coincidence of physical isocenter (P_iso) and radiation...
Authors: Mireille Conrad, Cédric De Marco, Marie Fargier-Voiron, Maud Jaccard, Oscar Matzinger, Anthony Nagy, Stéphane Nevesny, Nicolas Joel Lionel Perichon
Affiliation: Clinique De Genolier
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Real-time tracking is implemented on Radixact by detecting the target position with 2D-kV image either directly (for lung tumors), or indirectly (using fiducials as surrogates), and by adapti...
Authors: Davide Brivio, Erno Sajo, Ryan Williams, Piotr Zygmanski
Affiliation: University of Massachusetts Lowell, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Womenâs Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To develop a non-invasive 3D in-vivo dosimetry tool exploring the relationship between positron annihilations and dose per voxel using Monte Carlo simulation. The Positron Guided Radiation Th...
Authors: Kenny Guida, Hongyu Jiang, Harold Li, Hem Bahadur Moktan Tamang
Affiliation: University of Nebraska Medical Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Kansas Medical Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Varian Eclipse v18.0 introduced Enhanced Leaf Model (ELM) of MLC, which provides better dose calculation accuracy than original DLG-based MLC model. The leaf-gap (LG) parameter for ELM repres...
Authors: Molokotima Kekana, Dennis S. Mackin, Stephen W. Peterson, Jerimy C. Polf
Affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Cape Town, M3D, Inc, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To study the imaging characteristics of a prototype prompt gamma (PG) imaging system consisting of multiple rotating Compton cameras (CC).
Methods: The prototype CC imaging system is c...
Authors: Dirk A Bartkoski, Leonard Che Fru, Benjamin Abraham Insley, Michael Kleckner, Dongyeon Lee, Reza Reiazi, Mohammad Reza Salehpour, Aviad Schori, Ramesh C. Tailor
Affiliation: Empyrean Medical Systems, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Convergent-RnR, The University of Texas, MD Anderson, Houston TX
Abstract Preview: Purpose: A Geant4-based model was created for a G4BraggReflection process to simulate radiation transport within a novel radiotherapy system developed by Convergent Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery (CRnR...
Authors: Jonathan Dowell, Wei Luo, Shane McCarthy, Janelle A. Molloy, Markus Murphy
Affiliation: University of Kentucky, Department of Radiation Medicine, Iridesce Solutions, Inc.
Abstract Preview: Purpose: The novel machine quality assurance (QA) device nĂŒFilm (Iridesce Solutions, Lexington KY) allows for an objective assessment of light and radiation fields independent of setup. Herein, the ab...
Authors: Colton Baley, Bhuvaneswari Narayanan, Niko Papanikolaou, Daniel L. Saenz
Affiliation: UT Health San Antonio, Texas Oncology, University of Texas HSC San Antonio
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To evaluate the accuracy of off-axis winston lutz (WLT) for linac based stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) treatments using in-house phantom.
Methods: Traditional WLT that uses cone and s...
Authors: Alyssa Gadsby, William J. Godwin, Daniel G. McDonald, Jean L. Peng, Alek K. Rapchak, Sean A Roles, Austin M. Skinner, Stephanie Tan
Affiliation: Medical University of South Carolina
Abstract Preview: Purpose: The Sun Nuclear MapCheck3 device is used for patient-specific QA. While it is typically employed in perpendicular field-by-field delivery using the Isocentric Mounting Fixture, fields not ful...
Authors: Lily Jo Bertemes, Careesa Billante, Ashley Cetnar, Maximilian Stephen Meineke, Runhe Tan
Affiliation: The Ohio State University James Cancer Hospital, The James Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, The Ohio State University - James Cancer Hospital
Abstract Preview: Purpose: As accessibility is becoming a topic of increasing importance, we can consider how to make medical physics more accessible to those with various disabilities, including those with visual impa...
Authors: Jeremy S. Bredfeldt, Benito De Celis Alonso, Braian Adair Maldonado Luna, Kevin M. Moerman, Gerardo Uriel Perez Rojas, RenĂ© Eduardo RodrĂguez-PĂ©rez, Kamal Singhrao
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Galway, Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Online adaptive radiotherapy replanning for single-isocenter bone cancer metastasis treatment reduces on-table treatment time and patient discomfort compared to the multi-isocenter standard-o...
Authors: Hongyu Jiang
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Kansas Medical Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: This study presents a method for transforming coordinates from RayStationâs treatment planning system into the Monte Carlo (MC) coordinate system used in GEANT4 for dose calculations in spot ...