Authors: Ryan Andosca, Rojine T. Ariani, Peter Boyle, Minji Victoria Kim, Michael Vincent Lauria, Daniel A. Low, Claudia R. Miller, Drew Moghanaki, Louise Naumann, Dylan P. O'Connell, Ricky R Savjani
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles, University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA Radiation Oncology
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To demonstrate that 5DCT can provide an accurate internal tumor volume (ITV) while 4DCT cannot.
Methods: The 5DCT imaging protocol uses a motion model and 25 deformably registered free-bre...
Authors: Yunxiang Li, Hua-Chieh Shao, Chenyang Shen, Jing Wang, Jiacheng Xie, Shunyu Yan, 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) Laboratory, 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: Accurate liver deformable motion tracking is essential in image-guided radiotherapy to enable precise tumor targeting during treatment. We developed a conditional point cloud diffusion model ...
Authors: Penghao Gao, Zejun Jiang
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Real-time tumor tracking can effectively compensate for the impact of respiratory motion on dose distribution. We propose a patient-specific external-internal correlation model driven by opti...
Authors: Indrin J. Chetty, Jing Cui, Mitchell Kamrava, Tiffany M. Phillips, Jennifer M. Steers, Brad Stiehl
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology,Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Auto-contouring for HDR interstitial brachytherapy can be confounded by large deformation in anatomy and image quality. Here we evaluated the performance of an AI-based auto-contouring softwa...
Authors: Robert K Chin, Klea Hoxha, Erika Jank, Jesus Juarez, Eulanca Yuka Liu, Dylan P. O'Connell, X. Sharon Qi, Ricky R Savjani
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles, University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA Radiation Oncology
Abstract Preview: Purpose:
Daily cone beam CT (CBCT) images are acquired prior to each radiotherapy treatment for verifying patient positioning. HyperSight is an advanced imaging solution that replaces standard CBCT...
Authors: Cem Altunbas, Farhang Bayat, Roy Bliley, Rupesh Dotel, Brian Kavanagh, Uttam Pyakurel, Tyler Robin, Ryan Sabounchi
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Taussig Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Automatic segmentation of anatomical structures in CBCT images is key to enabling dose delivery monitoring and online plan modifications in radiotherapy. However, poor image quality can degra...
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: Mylinh Dang, Laila A Gharzai, Xinlei Mi, Poonam Yadav
Affiliation: Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern Medicine
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Delineation of organs at risk (OAR) in the head/neck region requires substantial physician time. Many artificial intelligence (AI) based auto-contouring software are commercially available. T...
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...
Authors: Haijian Chen, Katja M. Langen, William Andrew LePain, Claire Tran, Mingyao Zhu
Affiliation: Emory Healthcare, Emory University, Georgia Institute of Technology
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To validate the performance of a commercial deep-learning segmentation (DLS) tool for head and neck cancer (HNC) and thoracic and abdominal cancer (TAC) by comparing it to manual segmentation...
Authors: Aditya P. Apte, Joseph O. Deasy, Jue Jiang, Nancy Lee, Sudharsan Madhavan, Nishant Nadkarni, Lopamudra Nayak, Harini Veeraraghavan, Wei Zhao
Affiliation: Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To track early response to radiotherapy using digital twins, it is crucial to quantify tumor volume and mass changes. Traditional tumor detection methods, particularly in image registration, ...
Authors: Morgan Aire, Krystal M. Kirby, Olivia Magneson, David E. Solis, Hamlet Spears
Affiliation: Louisiana State University, Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: This study evaluates the range of motion of abdominal organs using 4D stack-of-stars magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and 4D computed tomography (CT), the current clinical standard. Accurate o...
Authors: Jingyun Chen, Yading Yuan
Affiliation: Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Department of Radiation Oncology
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To evaluate centralized and decentralized strategies for federated head and neck tumor segmentation on PET/CT.
Methods: We utilized training data from the HEad and neCK TumOR segmentation ...
Authors: Gayoung Kim, Junghoon Lee
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: 3D time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography (TOF-MRA) is widely used for visualizing cerebrovascular structures. Accurate segmentation of cerebrovascular structures is critical for relia...
Authors: Fumiaki Komatsu, Shunsuke Moriya, Ryosuke Nakamura, Takeji Sakae, Toshiyuki Terunuma, Tetsuya Tomita
Affiliation: Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Proton Medical Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Department of Radiology, University of Tsukuba Hospital
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To develop a deep learning (DL) model capable of accurately tracking lung tumors independent of beam angle variations.
Methods: A thoracic dynamic phantom simulating lung motion in the sup...
Authors: Sang Hee Ahn, Nalee Kim, Do Hoon Lim
Affiliation: Samsung Medical Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine
Abstract Preview: Purpose: MRI offers superior soft-tissue contrast, aiding tumor localization and segmentation in radiation therapy, which traditionally relies on oncologists' expertise. This study compares CNN-based ...
Authors: Xiaoyu Duan, Xiang Li, Wenbo Wan, Lei Zhang, Yiwen Zhang
Affiliation: Duke University, Medical Physics Graduate Program, Duke Kunshan University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Breast screening has been proved to reduce breast cancer mortality by early detection and treatment for patients. Mammography is the most common and widely used technique for breast cancer sc...
Authors: Abid Khan, Chad Klochko, Michael J Kovalchick, Hyeok Jun Lee, Hani Nasr, Krishnan Shyamkumar, Kundan S Thind
Affiliation: Henry Ford Radiology, Wayne State University, Henry Ford Health, HFHS
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Automated vascular segmentation in interventional angiography is challenged by contrast kinetics, vessel variations, and 2D projections, limiting the effectiveness of single-model approaches....
Authors: John Byun, Steven D Chang, Cynthia Fu-Yu Chuang, Xuejun Gu, Melanie Hayden Gephart, Yusuke Hori, Fred Lam, Gordon Li, Lianli Liu, Weiguo Lu, David Park, Erqi Pollom, Elham Rahimy, Deyaaldeen Abu Reesh, Scott Soltys, Gregory Szalkowski, Lei Wang, Xianghua Ye, Kangning Zhang
Affiliation: Medical Artificial Intelligence and Automation (MAIA) Lab, Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Accurate and automated delineation of vestibular schwannoma (VS) volume is crucial for disease management, as both treatment approaches (stereotactic radiosurgery and invasive surgery) and mo...
Authors: Gregory T. Armstrong, James E. Bates, Kristy K. Brock, Laurence Edward Court, Matt Ehrhardt, Danielle Friedman, Aashish C. Gupta, Donald Hancock, Rebecca M. Howell, Cindy Im, Tera S Jones, Choonsik Lee, Wendy Leisenring, Taylor Meyers, Lindsay Morton, Chaya Moskowitz, Joe Neglia, Vikki Nolan, Caleb O'Connor, Kevin C. Oeffinger, Constance A. Owens, Arnold C. Paulino, Chelsea C. Pinnix, Sander Roberti, Cecile Ronckers, Susan A. Smith, Kumar Srivastava, Lucie Turcotte
Affiliation: Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control, St. Jude Childrenās Research Hospital, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, St. Jude Childrenās Research Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Division of Pediatric Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of Minnesota, Division of Childhood Cancer Epidemiology, University Medicine at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Childrenās Research Hospital, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Department of Imaging Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology and Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To (1) develop and validate a novel anatomically realistic pediatric/adolescent population-based breast model, (2) incorporate model into an age-scalable female reference phantom, and (3) dem...
Authors: Gregory T. Armstrong, James E. Bates, Christine V. Chung, Lei Dong, Ralph Ermoian, Jie Fu, Christine Hill-Kayser, Rebecca M. Howell, Meena S. Khan, Sharareh Koufigar, John T. Lucas, Thomas E. Merchant, Taylor Meyers, Tucker J. Netherton, Constance A. Owens, Arnold C. Paulino, Sogand Sadeghi
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control, St. Jude Childrenās Research Hospital, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Department of Radiation Oncology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, University of Washington, Department of Radiation Oncology, St. Jude Childrenās Research Hospital, Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington/ Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology and Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Clinical workflows often rely on auto-segmentation tools trained on adult data, which may exhibit suboptimal performance in pediatric imaging due to inherent anatomical variations and smaller...
Authors: Jennifer L. Dolan, Chengyin Li, Parag Parikh, Doris N. Rusu, Kundan S Thind
Affiliation: Henry Ford Health, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: The time and resource demands of online Adaptive Radiation Therapy (ART) can limit its widespread clinical adoption and potentially impact patient throughput. To address this, we developed a ...
Authors: Gregory T. Armstrong, James E. Bates, Lei Dong, Ralph Ermoian, Jie Fu, Christine Hill-Kayser, Rebecca M. Howell, Sharareh Koufigar, John T. Lucas, Thomas E. Merchant, Tucker J. Netherton, Sogand Sadeghi
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control, St. Jude Childrenās Research Hospital, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Department of Radiation Oncology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, University of Washington, Department of Radiation Oncology, St. Jude Childrenās Research Hospital, Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington/ Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Radiation Oncology and Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: This study evaluates the adaptability and limitations of commercially available (MIM, RayStation) tools trained on predominately adult datasets (ages 20ā60+ years) for delineating organs at r...
Authors: Christopher G. Ainsley, Pradeep Bhetwal, Yingxuan Chen, Wookjin Choi, Vimal K. Desai, Karen E. Mooney, Adam Mueller, Hamidreza Nourzadeh, Yevgeniy Vinogradskiy, Maria Werner-Wasik
Affiliation: Thomas Jefferson University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: MR-guided adaptive radiotherapy (MRgART) has demonstrated improved outcomes for patients with pancreatic cancer. However, the time-consuming re-segmentation of targets and organs-at-risk (OAR...
Authors: Ali Ammar, Quan Chen, Yi Rong, Libing Zhu
Affiliation: Mayo Clinic Arizona
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To investigate how defacing algorithms, essential for patient privacy in data sharing, impact AI-based segmentation performance in CT imaging for radiation therapy. This study evaluates wheth...
Authors: Xianjin Dai, PhD, Michael Gensheimer, Praveenbalaji Rajendran, Lei Xing, Yong Yang
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Recent advances in the automatic delineation of radiotherapy treatment targets, which incorporate linguistic clinical data extracted by large language models (LLMs) into traditional visual-on...
Authors: Elizabeth L. Covington, Robert T. Dess, Charles S. Mayo, Michelle L. Mierzwa, Dan Polan, Jennifer Shah, Claire Zhang
Affiliation: University of Michigan, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Auto-segmentation improves contour consistency and standardization in radiation therapy but may introduce variations from current practices, potentially impacting treatment outcomes and toxic...
Authors: Seungryong Cho, Donghyeok Choi, Joonil Hwang, Byung-Hee Kang, Jin Sung Kim, Eungman Lee, Younghee Park
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Yonsei Cancer Center, Heavy Ion Therapy Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, KAIST, Department of Radiation Oncology, Yonsei Cancer Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University of Medicine
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Radiation therapy (RT) is critical for cancer treatment, but changes in tumor size and shape during therapy challenge precise dose delivery. Adaptive radiation therapy (ART) addresses these v...
Authors: Omar Awad, Alfredo Enrique Echeverria, Issam M. El Naqa, Daniel Allan Hamstra, Yiding Han, Ryan Lafratta, Abdallah Sherif Radwan Mohamed, Piyush Pathak, Zaid Ali Siddiqui, Baozhou Sun, Vincent Ugarte
Affiliation: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Harris Health, Baylor College of Medicine
Abstract Preview: Purpose:
Accurate detection and segmentation of brain metastases are critical for diagnosis, treatment planning, and follow-up imaging but are challenging due to labor-intensive manual assessments ...
Authors: Ali Ajdari, Thomas R. Bortfeld, Christopher Bridge, Gregory Buti, Marcela Giovenco, Fredrik Lofman, Gregory C. Sharp, Helen A Shih, Tugba Yilmaz
Affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital, RaySearch Laboratories, Department Of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Defining radiation target volumes with accurate integration of the neuroanatomy is one of the major difficulties in designing glioma treatments. We developed a deep learning network for norma...
Authors: Eyub Y. Akdemir, Gregory A Azzam, Rupesh Kotecha, Gregory J. Kubicek, Natalia Lutsik, Eric Mellon, Siamak P. Nejad-Davarani, Parag Parikh, Karen C. Snyder
Affiliation: Miami Cancer Institute, Baptist Health South Florida, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Miami, Henry Ford Health
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Resection cavity volumes shrink gradually over time after surgical resection of brain metastases. Fractionated stereotactic radiosurgery (fSRS) is often delivered to the cavity to prevent rec...
Authors: Ming Dong, Carri K. Glide-Hurst, Qisheng He, Anudeep Kumar, Alex Singleton Kuo, Joshua Pan, Chase Ruff, Nicholas R. Summerfield
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: Recent evidence highlights the importance of incorporating cardiac substructures (CS) into treatment planning for thoracic cancers, however current segmentation methods are limited to a singl...
Authors: Tyler J Bradshaw, Sharon M Castellino, Steve Y Cho, David Hodgson, Bradford S Hoppe, Kara M Kelly, Andrea Lo, Sarah Milgrom, Xin Tie
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin, University of Colorado Anschutz, Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Department of Radiation Oncology, BC Cancer, Vancouver Center, Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Emory University School of Medicine
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Clinical target volume (CTV) delineation for involved-site radiation therapy (ISRT) in Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is time-consuming due to the need to analyze multi-time-point PET/CT scans co-regi...
Authors: Ming Chao, Thomas Chum, Tenzin Kunkyab, Yang Lei, Tian Liu, Richard G Stock, Hasan Wazir, Junyi Xia, Jiahan Zhang
Affiliation: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Abstract Preview: Purpose:
This study aims to develop effective strategies for multi-organ segmentation of pelvic cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) images based on transformer models to facilitate adaptive radiat...
Authors: Hassan Bagher-Ebadian, Ahmed I Ghanem, Joshua P. Kim, Chengyin Li, Rafi Ibn Sultan, Kundan S Thind, Dongxiao Zhu
Affiliation: Wayne State University, Department of Radiation Oncology, Henry Ford Health-Cancer, Detroit, MI and Alexandria Department of Clinical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Henry Ford Health
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Accurate segmentation of the Left Anterior Descending (LAD) artery in free-breathing 3D treatment planning CT is crucial for radiotherapy but remains challenging due to its small size, comple...
Authors: Mingli Chen, Xuejun Gu, Hao Jiang, Mahdieh Kazemimoghadam, Weiguo Lu, Qingying Wang, Kangning Zhang
Affiliation: Medical Artificial Intelligence and Automation (MAIA) Lab, Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine
Abstract Preview: Purpose:
Deep learning-based automatic medical image segmentation is increasingly employed in clinical practice, significantly reducing manual workload. However, verifying segmentation results rema...
Authors: Jeonghoon Park, Amritha Praveen, Siddhant Sen, James J. Sohn, Ethan D. Stolen
Affiliation: Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Radiation & Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago, Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, The University of Chicago, Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Accurate fabrication of custom boluses is essential in radiation therapy to enhance dose delivery to superficial tumors, especially in anatomically complex regions. This study introduces a no...
Authors: Zayne Belal, Rachel Drummey, Clifton David Fuller, Stephen Y. Lai, Brigid A. McDonald, Setareh Sharafi, Sonja Stieb, Kareem Abdul Wahid
Affiliation: Department of Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University, KSA-KSB, Cantonal Hospital Aarau, College Of Osteopathic Medicine, NOVA Southeastern University, Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose:
Radiotherapy-induced dysphagia can significantly impair head and neck (H&N) cancer patientsā quality of life. Despite the dose-dependent relationship between radiotherapy and dysphagia, sw...
Authors: James M. Balter, Lando S. Bosma, Jorge Tapias Gomez, Nishant Nadkarni, Mert R Sanbuncu, William Paul Segars, Ergys D. Subashi, Neelam Tyagi, Harini Veeraraghavan
Affiliation: University of Michigan, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Carl E. Ravin Advanced Imaging Laboratories and Center for Virtual Imaging Trials, Duke University Medical Center, Cornell University, University Medical Center Utrecht, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Develop patient-specific virtual digital twin (VDT) cohorts modeling physically realistic spatio-temporal gastrointestinal (GI) organs (stomach and duodenum) digestive motion.
Methods: Pat...
Authors: Stephanie Bennett, Ross I. Berbeco, Ning Jin, Sonal Josan, Justin Michael Sheetz, Atchar Sudhyadhom
Affiliation: Department of Radiation & Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago, University of Massachusetts - Lowell, Siemens Healthineers, Brigham and Womenās Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School,, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Abstract Preview: Purpose: AGuIX, a Gadolinium-based theranostic radiosensitizing nanoparticle, is currently under clinical evaluation in Europe and the US. Using patients from the double-blinded NanoBrainMets trial, u...
Authors: Ali Ammar, Quan Chen, Jingwei Duan, Yi Rong, Nathan Y. Yu, Libing Zhu
Affiliation: Mayo Clinic Arizona, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Clinical performance of deep learning-based auto-segmentation (DLAS) can degrade over time due to AI āagingā from unseen data input compared to the initial model training data. This study aim...
Authors: Daming LI, Jinsen Xie, Zhe Zhang
Affiliation: Peking University Shenzhen Hospital Radiotherapy Department, School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of South China
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To analyze the actual doses received during radiotherapy for head and neck cancers (HNC) using Velocity, providing insights for adaptive radiotherapy decision-making.
Methods: Thirty-three...
Authors: Ming Dong, Carri K. Glide-Hurst, Joshua Pan, Nicholas R. Summerfield
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: Radiation dose to the cardiac nodes is more strongly associated with conduction disorders and arrythmias than whole heart (WH) metrics. However, node segmentation is challenging due to comple...
Authors: Bryan Bednarz, Laura Bennett, Abby E. Besemer, Tyler J Bradshaw, Steve Y Cho, John M. Floberg, Joseph Grudzinski, Elissa Khoudary, Michael J. Lawless
Affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Medical Physics, Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Voximetry, Inc, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To assess the impact of using a standardized immobilization setup for multi-time-point SPECT/CT imaging on radiopharmaceutical therapy (RPT) dosimetry image registration.
Methods: Ten ...
Authors: Cem Altunbas, Adam Avant, Farhang Bayat, Roy Bliley, Ian Boor, Brian Kavanagh, Uttam Pyakurel, Tyler Robin, Ryan Sabounchi
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Taussig Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Improved soft tissue visualization plays an important role in target localization and treatment plan adaptation in CBCT-guided radiotherapy. In this work, a novel CBCT approach, 2D antiscatte...
Authors: Yunxiang Li, Weiguo Lu, 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:
Curating high-quality, labeled data for medical image segmentation can be challenging and costly, considering the existence of various image domains with differing modalities/protocols. Cr...
Authors: Ilias Gatos, Stavros Grigoriadis, George C. Kagadis, Maria Karamesini, Paraskevi Katsakiori, Dimitris N. Mihailidis, Stavros Spiliopoulos, Efstratios Syrmas, Ioannis Theotokas, Stavros Tsantis, Pavlos Zoumpoulis
Affiliation: Diagnostic Echotomography, University of Pennsylvania, University of Athens, University of Patras
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To detect prostate lesions on dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) images which is a particularly difficult task due to the heterogeneous and inconsistent representa...
Authors: Michael Baine, Yang Lei, Yu Lei, Ruirui Liu, Tian Liu, Jing Wang
Affiliation: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Accurate 3D deformable registration of MRI and ultrasound (US) is essential for real-time image guidance during high-dose-rate (HDR) prostate brachytherapy. However, MRI-US registration of th...