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A Dynamic Reconstruction and Motion Estimation Framework for Cardiorespiratory Motion-Resolved Real-Time Volumetric MR Imaging (DREME-MR)

Authors: Jie Deng, Xiaoxue Qian, Hua-Chieh Shao, You Zhang

Affiliation: Medical Artificial Intelligence and Automation (MAIA) Lab, Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Medical Artificial Intelligence and Automation (MAIA) Laboratory, Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center

Abstract Preview: Purpose: Based on a 3D pre-treatment MRI scan, we developed DREME-MR to jointly reconstruct the reference patient anatomy and a data-driven, patient-specific cardiorespiratory motion model. Via a moti...

An Advanced Automated Pipeline for Brain Tumor Segmentation on MRI Images in Gamma Knife Radiotherapy

Authors: Zachery Colbert, Matthew Foote, Michael Huo, Mark Pinkham, Prabhakar Ramachandran, Mihir Shanker

Affiliation: Radiation Oncology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Ipswich Road, Princess Alexandra Hospital

Abstract Preview: Purpose: The study aimed to develop and implement deep learning-based autosegmentation models for the autosegmentation of four key tumor types: brain metastasis, pituitary adenoma, vestibular schwanno...

Automatic Tumor Segmentation and Catheter Detection from MRI for Cervical Cancer Brachytherapy Using Uncertainty-Aware Dual Convolution-Transformer Unet

Authors: Majd Antaki, Rohini Bhatia, Gayoung Kim, Yosef Landman, Junghoon Lee, Akila N. Viswanathan

Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Physics and Advanced Development Elekta

Abstract Preview: Purpose: Brachytherapy is a standard radiation therapy approach for cervical cancer, which directly delivers radiation source to the tumor using catheters. Treatment planning requires identification o...

BEST IN PHYSICS IMAGING: Revolutionizing Neurocognitive Dynamic Pattern Discovery with Self-Supervised AI in Functional Brain Imaging

Authors: Lei Xing, Zixia Zhou

Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Stanford

Abstract Preview: Purpose: Functional brain imaging techniques, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), generate high-dimensional, dynamic data reflecting complex neural processes. However, extracting rob...

Clinical Trial Reporting, Reproducibility, and Standardization: Consistency for Implementation.

Authors: Stella Flampouri, Heng Li, Sarah Quirk, Timothy Ritter, Mihaela Rosu-Bubulac, Toni M. Roth, Michael B. Roumeliotis, Koren Smith, Wade P. Smith

Affiliation: Johns Hopkins University, Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Washington, VCU Health System, UMass Chan Medical School/IROC RI, Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Emory University, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard Medical School, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Abstract Preview: Purpose: To assess clinical trial reproducibility for translation to standard clinical care in radiation therapy.
Methods: The systematic review adheres to the Preferred Reported Items for Systemat...

Cross-Calibration of CT Number to Electron and Physical Density: Feasibility of Using Diagnostic Scans for Treatment Planning

Authors: Afrouz Ataei, Andrew R. Godley, Mi-Ae Park, Mahbubur Rahman, Liqiang Ren, Chenyang Shen, Gary Xu

Affiliation: Department of Radiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Rush University, Imaging Services, UT Southwestern Medical Center

Abstract Preview: Purpose: Even though many patients undergo diagnostic CT scans prior to treatment, simulation CT scans are commonly required for treatment planning. This study evaluates whether prior diagnostic CT sc...

Determining the Effect of Motion during Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery on Anterior and Posterior Lesions Using an Anthropomorphic Phantom

Authors: Guang-Pei Chen, Nitish Chopra, Juan A. Garcia-Alvarez, Mi Huang, Slade J. Klawikowski, Haidy G. Nasief, George A. Noid, Abdul Parchur, Eric S. Paulson, Christina M. Sarosiek, Christopher Schultz

Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin

Abstract Preview: Purpose: During routine delivery of mask-based Gamma Knife (GK) SRS, motion is tracked via the position of a reflective sticker placed on the patient’s nose relative to two stationary reflectors on th...

Development and Implementation of MRI-Only Simulation, Planning and Treatment Workflow for Pelvic Radiotherapy Using Synthetic CT on MR-Linac

Authors: Peter Balter, Elaine Eunnae Cha, Seungtaek Choi, Yao Ding, Eun Young Han, Yusung Kim, Rajat J. Kudchadker, Belinda Lee, Surendra Prajapati, Reza Reiazi, Ergys D. Subashi, Sarath Vijayan, Jinzhong Yang, Yao Zhao

Affiliation: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Abstract Preview: Purpose: This study evaluates the feasibility of an MR-only simulation, planning, and treatment (MROSPT) workflow for pelvic cancer patients using synthetic CT generated from MRI data. By validating s...

Development of an Ultrafast MR Technique to Detect Linac Radiation Pulses for Biological Imaging on a Clinical 0.35T MR-Linac

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...

Fast Synthetic-CT-Free Dose Calculation in MR Guided RT

Authors: Claus Belka, Stefanie Corradini, George Dedes, Nikolaos Delopoulos, Christopher Kurz, Guillaume Landry, Ahmad Neishabouri, Domagoj Radonic, Adrian Thummerer, Niklas Wahl, Fan Xiao

Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Department of Medical Physics, LMU Munich, Department of Medical Physics in Radiation Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), National Center for Radiation Oncology (NCRO), Heidelberg Institute for Radiation Oncology (HIRO)

Abstract Preview: Purpose: In MR-guided online adaptive radiotherapy, MRI lacks tissue attenuation information necessary for accurate dose calculations. Instead of using deep learning methods to generate synthetic CT i...

Improving Patient Safety with MRI Visible Laterality Markers

Authors: Ndey Badjan, Chris Beasley, Issack Boru, Josh Joyner, Erica Owenby, Scott H. Robertson, Nicholas Said

Affiliation: Duke University Health System

Abstract Preview: Purpose:
To design MRI-visible laterality markers to boost patient safety by minimizing errors in laterality and subsequent procedures.
Methods:
The markers were made using commercially avail...

Neural Implicit K-Space for Accelerated Patient-Specific Non-Cartesian MRI Reconstruction

Authors: Daniel O Connor, Mary Feng, Hui Lin, Hengjie Liu, Xin Miao, Michael Ohliger, Jess E. Scholey, Ke Sheng, DI Xu, Wensha Yang, Yang Yang

Affiliation: UCSF, University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California at San Francisco, University of San Francisco, Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, University of California San Francisco, Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc.

Abstract Preview: Purpose: The scanning time for a fully sampled MRI is lengthy. Compressed sensing (CS) has been developed to minimize image artifacts in accelerated scans, but the required iterative reconstruction is...

Real-Time 3D Dose Verification for MR-Guided Online Adaptive Radiotherapy (ART) Via Geometry-Encoded Deep Learning Framework

Authors: Steve B. Jiang, Dan Nguyen, Chenyang Shen, Fan-Chi F. Su, Jiacheng Xie, Shunyu Yan, Daniel Yang, Ying Zhang, You Zhang

Affiliation: Medical Artificial Intelligence and Automation (MAIA) Lab, Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Medical Artificial Intelligence and Automation (MAIA) Lab & Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Medical Artificial Intelligence and Automation (MAIA) Laboratory, Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, The University of Texas at Dallas

Abstract Preview: Purpose: Fast dose verification is essential for the safety and efficiency of MR-guided adaptive radiotherapy (ART) as patients anxiously waiting on the treatment couch. Conventional tools often requi...

Small but Mighty: A Lightweight and Computationally Efficient Model for Deformable Image Registration

Authors: Hengjie Liu, Dan Ruan, Ke Sheng, DI Xu

Affiliation: Physics and Biology in Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California at San Francisco, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles

Abstract Preview: Purpose:
State-of-the-art deep learning-based deformable image registration often uses large, complex models directly adapted from computer vision tasks but achieves only comparable performance to ...

Uprightvision: A Deep-Learning Toolkit for Transforming Supine Anatomy to Upright

Authors: Ming Dong, Carri K. Glide-Hurst, Behzad Hejrati, Joshua Pan, Yuhao Yan

Affiliation: Department of Computer Science, Wayne State University, Departments of Human Oncology and Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Abstract Preview: Purpose: Upright patient positioners and vertical CT reduce tumor motion and stabilize internal anatomy during treatment delivery. Yet, to fully exploit the advantages of upright, translation of stand...