Authors: Mitya M. Barreto, Nichole A. Harris
Affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To evaluate dosimeter dependence of measured AGD, and to develop a dosimeter independent method for evaluating the AGD, for CEDM exposures.
Methods: Three solid-state dosimeters (Raysafe-X...
Authors: James Robert Castle, Joshua Misa, Damodar Pokhrel, William St. Clair
Affiliation: University of Kentucky, Department of Radiation Medicine
Abstract Preview: Purpose: We propose a novel methodology for lattice deployment in spatially fractionated radiotherapy (SFRT), using principal component analysis (PCA) to improve sphere packing within the tumor. Impro...
Authors: Sophie Bockel, Eric Deutsch, Frederic Dhermain, Ibrahima Diallo, Anh Thu Le, Elaine Limkin, Pauline Maury, Charlotte Robert, Killian Sambourg, Camilla Satragno, Cristina Veres, François de Kermenguy
Affiliation: Gustave Roussy, Département de radiothérapie, Université Paris-Saclay, Gustave Roussy, Inserm U1030, Radiothérapie Moléculaire et Innovation Thérapeutique
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To study the correlation between the dose to circulating lymphocytes as evaluated by the LymphoDose framework and the incidence of severe radiation-induced lymphopenia (sRIL) in patients t...
Authors: Alexander Bookbinder, Matthew Tivnan, Xiangyi Wu, Wei Zhao
Affiliation: Stony Brook Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To investigate and benchmark a system-adaptive diffusion-based digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) denoising model for a direct-indirect dual-layer flat panel detector (DI-DLFPD) with a k-edge...
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...
Authors: Hamid Abdollahi Nasehabad, Mehrangiz Amiri, Mohammad Reza Deevband, Faraz Kalantari, Milad Peer-Firozjaei, Ali Shabestani Monfared, Ehsan Tajikmansoury
Affiliation: Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics Department, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), Department of Radiobiology and Medical Physics, Babol University of Medical Sciences, 1. Department of Radiobiology and Medical Physics, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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Targeted radionuclide therapy (TRNT) with 213Bi- labeled radiopharmaceuticals is a promising approach in targeted alpha and beta therapy for cancer. This study aims to assess double-strand...
Authors: ChangSeon Kim, Andrew Lukban, Mario Serrano-Sosa, Nadia M. Vassell
Affiliation: Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Commissioning of Flexitron HDR horizontal Leipzig applicators typically includes indirect or direct output verification, using a well chamber specific Revised Correspondence Factor (CFrev) or...
Authors: Salman M. Arnab, Yves Chevalier, Samuel Gagné, Adrian F. Howansky, Luc Laperrière, Xiangyi Wu, Wei Zhao
Affiliation: Stony Brook Medicine, Analogic Canada
Abstract Preview: Purpose: A direct-indirect dual-layer flat-panel-detector (DI-DLFPD) is under development for patient motion artifact-free contrast-enhanced digital mammography (CEDM). DI-DLFPD comprises a direct fro...
Authors: James Knight II, Joshua Misa, Damodar Pokhrel, William St Clair, Eddy S Yang
Affiliation: University of Kentucky, Department of Radiation Medicine, University of Kentucky, Radiation Medicine
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Highly-heterogenous sieve-like dose distribution via SFRT to large/bulky tumors (≥6 cm) could enhance tumor cell-death via both direct/indirect cell-kill mechanisms. Adding highly-conformal S...
Authors: Zakaria Aboulbanine, Greeshma A. Agasthya, Paul Inman, Anuj J. Kapadia, Anthony Hong Cheol Lim, Jayasai Ram Rajagopal
Affiliation: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Georgia Institute of Technology
Abstract Preview: Purpose: The fundamental concept of radiopharmaceutical therapy involves binding radioisotopes to molecules with a known biokinetic distribution, which ensures that the targeted organs receive higher ...
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...