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. ...
Authors: Wesley E. Bolch, Carlos G. Colon-Ortiz, Robert Joseph Dawson, Lazaro Fuentes Alfonso, Shreya P. Pathak, Julia D. Withrow
Affiliation: University of Florida
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To develop tetrahedral mesh-based tissue models within the breasts of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) adult female mesh-type reference computational phantom (AF...
Authors: John P. Aris, Wesley E. Bolch, Robert Joseph Dawson, Bonnie N. C. President, Yitian Wang
Affiliation: Johns Hopkins University, University of Florida
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Generation of a mesh-based microscale lung model is essential for accurate dosimetry analysis. Lungs exchange air with the environment and may be exposed to alpha-particle-emitting radionucli...
Authors: Peter Balogh, Wesley E. Bolch, Mir Md Nasim Hossain, Nien-Wen Hu, Walter Murfee, Wyatt Smither, Julia D. Withrow
Affiliation: New Jersey Institute of Technology, University of Florida
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To develop 3D computational, tissue-representative models incorporating physiologically relevant microvascular network patterns for calculating local alpha particle and electron dosimetry eff...
Authors: Evan Calabrese, Edward Robert Criscuolo, Deshan Yang
Affiliation: Duke University, Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and aggressive form of brain cancer. Deformable image registration (DIR) is a powerful tool to compute anatomical changes in longitudinal MRI scans, whic...
Authors: Zhaoyang Fan, Eric Nguyen, Dan Ruan, Jiayu Xiao
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Radiology, University of Southern California, University of Southern California
Abstract Preview: Purpose: MR vessel wall imaging (VWI) has been shown to be effective for evaluating intracranial atherosclerosis disease. However, VWI typically also requires an MR angiography (MRA) in the same imagi...
Authors: Jung Han Nam, Wonmo Sung
Affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering and Biomedicine & Health Sciences, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Biomedicine & Health Sciences, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
Abstract Preview: Purpose: This study aims to develop a whole-body blood flow framework based on the ICRP 145 standard vascular phantom to simulate the spatiotemporal trajectories of blood cells in the human vasculatur...
Authors: Jaydev K. Dave, Krzysztof R Gorny, Chunming Gu, Nicholas J. Hangiandreou, Gina K. Hesley, Myung-Ho In, Zaiyang Long, Aiming Lu, Christin A. TiegsHeiden
Affiliation: Mayo Clinic
Abstract Preview: Purpose:
MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) enables precise tumor ablation with real-time MR-thermometry guidance. Our practice is exploring the potential use of Feraheme (Ferumoxytol), a superp...
Authors: Liliana Berube, Randall J Kimple, Kwangok P Nickel, Hannah Sondreal
Affiliation: UW Madison
Abstract Preview: Purpose: The fidelity of patient-derived xenografts (PDXs) is crucial for their application in translational research, as it ensures that these models accurately retain the properties of the original ...
Authors: Daylin Barroso, Chris Beekman, Wesley E. Bolch, Natalia Estefania Carrasco-Rojas, Robert Joseph Dawson, Walter Murfee, Harald Paganetti, Andrew Robert Sforza, Julia D. Withrow
Affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital - Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, University of Florida
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To develop methods for quantifying the interaction of radiation with blood in the mouse whole body (MOBY) phantom for dosimetric applications. The most important of these are modeling the dis...
Authors: Kevin M Brom, Josep Chorro Bas, RosaAnna Chorro Bas, Andres Climent Rubio, Jaydev K. Dave, Tobias Kummer, Larissa Shiue, Donald J Tradup
Affiliation: Mayo Clinic, Prehospital Critical Care Training Group
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To design and evaluate the functionality of a vascular flow phantom for contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging (CEUS).
Methods: A microcontroller-generated signal was amplified by a cust...
Authors: Xiaohu Li, Jianjun Shen, Guozhi Zhang, Sihua Zhong, Jingjie Zhou
Affiliation: United Imaging Healthcare
Abstract Preview: Purpose:
Visualization of carotid artery vessel wall on computed tomography angiography (CTA) imaging is challenging. This study aims to develop a novel post-processing technique, black-blood compu...
Authors: Trevor McKeown, Deshan Yang, Zhendong Zhang
Affiliation: Duke University, Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Accurate delineation of liver blood vascular structures is crucial for planning and executing therapeutic interventions in liver-related medical procedures. However, current auto-segmentation...