Authors: Kaile Li, Esmail Parsai
Affiliation: Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center, Alexander T. Augusta Miliary Medical Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To evaluate the sensitivity of the portal dosimetry system with the Arc CHECK system at identical Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) setup
Methods: An Arc CHECK system from Sun Nuclea...
Authors: Mingli Chen, Huan Amanda Liu, Weiguo Lu, Lin Ma
Affiliation: Medical Artificial Intelligence and Automation (MAIA) Lab, Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Mayo Clinic
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To reduce the back-and-forth in planning process between physicians and dosimetrists resulting from trade-off exploration, we proposed a novel deep learning framework called DeepTuning.
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Authors: Petr Bruza, Megan Clark, David J. Gladstone, Joseph Harms, Anthony E. Mascia, Brian W Pogue, Roman Vasyltsiv, Zhiyan Xiao, Rongxiao Zhang, Yongbin Zhang
Affiliation: Cincinnati Children's Proton Therapy Center, University of Missouri, Dartmouth College, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Abstract Preview: Purpose: With developing FLASH trials requiring diligent delivery monitoring, current proton therapy in-vivo dosimetry (IVD) cannot provide comprehensive verification, including dose and dose-rate vol...
Authors: Matthew Stephen Andriotty, Taoran Cui, Harold Y Hu, Ke Nie, Tan Phan, Xiao Wang, Ning J. Yue, Chengzhu Zhang
Affiliation: Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Basis Scottsdale
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Metallic implants are often non-isocentric, and their exact volumes/orientations/shapes are difficult to capture and contour accurately on CT images even if that information is known beforeha...
Authors: Petr Bruza, David J. Gladstone, Austin Sloop, Rongxiao Zhang
Affiliation: Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Dartmouth Health
Abstract Preview: Purpose: UHDR-specific probes are becoming available on the market but often demand high costs and long order times. The reduced sensitivity of these probes often imposes challenges when measuring con...
Authors: Rodrigo T Massera, Sofia Giaccone Thomaz, Alessandra Tomal, Giovanna Tramontin
Affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin, Department of Imaging & Pathology, unit of Medical Physics & Quality Assessment, KU Leuven
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Monte Carlo simulations are increasingly used in breast dosimetry for their precision in estimating difficult-to-measure quantities, such as glandular dose. With ionizing radiation in breast ...
Authors: Jason Chiang, Magnus Dahlbom, Veronica Hankil, Xinyi Li, Catherine (Caffi) Meyer, Kyung Hyun Sung
Affiliation: UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles
Abstract Preview: Purpose:
Yttrium-90 (90Y) radioembolization is a well-established therapy for large or multifocal liver tumors. Accurate dosimetry is critical but remains challenging, as low particle density risks...
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: Jeffrey Andrews, Nathan E. Becker, Juanita Crook, Andrew Jirasek, Matthew Jonathan Muscat
Affiliation: UBC, BC Cancer Agency, BC Cancer
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To map dosimetry and imaging information to ultrasound and multi-parametric magnetic resonance (mpMR) guided trans-perineal core-needle biopsies, performed during two-fraction prostate high-d...
Authors: Kaitlyn M Betz, David Dunkerley, Eric Johnson, Kalina V Jordanova, Kathryn E. Keenan, Samuel D Oberdick, Gregory P. Penoncello, Stephen E Russek
Affiliation: Dept of Radiology, Stanford, University of Colorado School of Medicine, NIST, College of Wooster
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Examine use of low-field MRI and multiparametric analysis for 3D MRI-readable biomimetic gel dosimetry. Low-field MRIs are compact, inexpensive, and portable. They could be located within rad...
Authors: Larry A. DeWerd, Ahtesham Ullah Khan
Affiliation: Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Total body irradiation (TBI) technique uses high energy photon beams with extended source-to-surface distances (SSDs) to irradiate the entire patient to prepare them for bone marrow or stem c...
Authors: Charles D. Bloch, Stephen R. Bowen, Bing-Hao Chiang, Alex Egan, Eric C. Ford, Sharareh Koufigar, Dominic A. Maes, Juergen Meyer, Sharon Pai, Frank Rafie, Rajesh Regmi, Jatinder Saini, George A. Sandison, Marco Schwarz, Bishwambhar Sengupta, Tony P. Wong
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, University of Washington, Department of Physics, University of Washington
Abstract Preview: Purpose: This study aimed to optimize the strategy and timing of physics consults for proton prostate patients to improve the patient experience and resource utilization in our radiation oncology depa...
Authors: Kristina Bjegovic, Luke Connell, Emil Schueler, Leshan Sun, Lucy Whitmore, Liangzhong Xiang
Affiliation: University of California, Irvine, MD Anderson, Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: The use of FLASH-RT in the clinic would greatly reduce off-target radiation toxicity in normal tissues. However, due to the hypo-fractionated delivery of prescribed doses at FLASH dose rates,...
Authors: Tommaso Frigerio, Joshua Genender, John M. Hoffman, Catherine (Caffi) Meyer
Affiliation: UCLA, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Accurate bone marrow segmentation is required for bone marrow dosimetry to monitor for dangers in PSMA-Lu177 radioligand therapy. We introduce a hybrid (AI/semantic knowledge) segmentation pi...
Authors: Lei Fu, Eric Gressen, Yingcui Jia, Shari Rudoler, Yevgeniy Vinogradskiy, Qianyi Xu
Affiliation: Thomas Jefferson University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: InTempo imaging in the Accuray CyberKnife System improves the ability to track/correct target motion during treatment. However, no studies have provided information on the impact of InTempo I...
Authors: Jae Won Jung, Choonsik Lee, Jason C. Mace, Sergio Morato Rafet
Affiliation: East Carolina University, Carilion Clinic, National Cancer Institute
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Dosimetry for radionuclides used in nuclear medicine can be accurately calculated if sufficient data is available. However, in most cases crucial information cannot or will not be known a pri...