Authors: Ahad Ollah Ezzati, Yile Fang, Xiaoyu Hu, Xun Jia, Kai Yang, Yuncheng Zhong
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Massachusetts General Hospital, Johns Hopkins University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: With breast cancer being one of the most prevalent cancers, regular screening is an effective strategy to mitigate the risk of malignancy. However, conventional energy-integrating detector (E...
Authors: Jingyun Chen, Yading Yuan
Affiliation: Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Department of Radiation Oncology
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To develop and evaluate the Scale-attention network (SANet) for automated pancreas segmentation on MR images.
Methods: To develop SANet, we extended the classic U-Net design with a dynamic...
Authors: Casey E. Bojechko, Lance C Moore
Affiliation: University of California, San Diego, University of California San Diego
Abstract Preview: Purpose: EPID images collected during treatment can serve as an in-vivo error detection mechanism. Previous works have shown that comparing in-vivo EPID images to AI-predicted EPID images for IMRT pla...
Authors: Nana Akosua O. Adomako, Evangeline Dorleagbenu, Victor E. Ekpo, Fatima Issaka, Abigail N.M. Quaye
Affiliation: Tema General Hospital, Pink Africa Foundation, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Methodist University, Medical Equipment and Ancillary Services
Abstract Preview: Purpose: This preliminary study evaluates the effectiveness of breast cancer awareness programs for teenagers in Tema, Ghana. In Ghana, breast cancer poses a significant public health challenge. There...
Authors: Dukagjin Blakaj, Zhilin Hu, Stephen Kang, Abberly Lott Limbach, Lanchun Lu, Henry Xiang, Jie Zhang
Affiliation: Pharostek, Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Department of Radiation Oncology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Department of Radiology, University of Kentucky, Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University, Department of Radiation Oncology, The Ohio State University, Department of Otolaryngology, The Ohio State University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Detect surgical margin in vivo using an original barcode-reading type portable OCT imaging system.
Methods: We developed a barcode-reading type portable optical coherence tomography (OCT) ...
Authors: Pierre Gardair, Johnathan E Leeman, Claire Keun Sun Park, Atchar Sudhyadhom
Affiliation: Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School,, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Medical School
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Dose is a poor surrogate for radiobiological damage but no in vivo technology exists to directly measure damage such as DNA strand breaks and free radical generation (FRG). Recent advances in...
Authors: Minbin Chen, Ke Lu, Kaizhong Shi, Chunhao Wang, Chuan Wu, Zhenyu Yang, Fang-Fang Yin, Jingtong Zhao
Affiliation: The First People's Hospital of Kunshan, Duke University, Medical Physics Graduate Program, Duke Kunshan University, Duke Kunshan University, Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke Kunshan University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: MRI-based automatic detection of brain metastases is often challenged by the small size and subtle nature of metastases. This study aimed to develop a novel deep learning-based brain metastas...
Authors: Niels Bassler, Jonathan Bortfeldt, Carlos Granja, Guyue Hu, Margarita Kozak, Julie Lascaud, Kirsten Lauber, Grigory Liubchenko, Jasper Nijkamp, Cristina Oancea, Prasannakumar Palaniappan, Katia Parodi, Marco Pinto, Per R. Poulsen, Marco Riboldi, Brita Singers Sørensen, Matthias Würl
Affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Department of Radiation Oncology, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Department of Medical Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich), Danish Centre for Particle Therapy, Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Medical Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) München, Department of Experimental Clinical Oncology, Aarhus University, Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Advacam
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To apply in-vivo proton radiography (pRad) to aid image registration and treatment plan refinement for a novel precision image-guided small animal proton irradiation platform.
Methods:...
Authors: Pouya Azarbar, Nima Kasraie, Peyman Sheikhzadeh
Affiliation: UT Southwestern Medical Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical science, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex,Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is crucial for diagnosing and monitoring diseases due to its functional imaging capabilities. However, its high cost, significant radiation exposure, and li...
Authors: Maya Ataya, Clint Bahler, Ramotallah Dami Jubril, Michael Koch, Oluwaseyi Oderinde, Mark Tann
Affiliation: Purdue University, epartment of Urology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Urology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine
Abstract Preview: Purpose:
To investigate racial differences in the detection of biochemical recurrence (BCR) using 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT, known for its improved sensitivity and specificity in patients after radical p...
Authors: Marcos Feijoo, Mamoru Ichiki, Tatsuya Maeda, Tatsuhiro Makino, Tomonori Megumi, Tadashi Nakabayashi, Yukino Nakata, Shuichi Ozawa, Daishi Takayama
Affiliation: Hiroshima High-Precision Radiotherapy Cancer Center, Blue Physics LLC, Imamura General Hospital, Accuray Inc.
Abstract Preview: Purpose: This study aims to accurately measure the leaf open time (LOT) of the multi-leaf collimator (MLC) in tomotherapy using an advanced plastic scintillator detector (PSD) with high time resolutio...
Authors: Angela J Da Silva, Andrew Groll, Gopinath Kuduvalli, Thomas Laurence, David W. Meer, Manoj Narayanan, Mingshan Sun, Don Vernekohl, Ray Yang
Affiliation: RefleXion Medical
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To implement post-treatment review of delivered dose fractions on RefleXion X1 accounting for independent detection of transmitted beamlets and transient dose fluctuations of individual pulse...