Authors: Christina Brunnquell, Daniel Vergara, Joseph Everett Wishart
Affiliation: University of Minnesota, University of Washington
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To propose and validate a correction to the bandwidth difference method presented in Task Group Report No. 325 for quantifying static magnetic field homogeneity (ΔB0).
Methods: A clarifica...
Authors: Alejandro Bertolet, Michael D. Farwell, Sarah Gitto, Victor V. Onecha, Daniel Pryma, Aladdin Riad
Affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Responses to ionizing radiation (IR) strongly correlate with the absorbed dose. At the cellular level, this is typically described by a linear-quadratic relationship provided the cell populat...
Authors: Santosh K. Agarwalla, Nrusingh C. Biswal, Shree C, Harikrishnan Suresh Kumar, Jajati K. Nayak, Prema P., Sarath K S, Tamil Selvan S, Hem D. Shukla
Affiliation: Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Department of Physics, Fakir Mohan University, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Abstract Preview: Purpose: The rapid oxygen depletion in tissues during irradiation is the most accepted mechanism of the FLASH effect. However, the Normal Tissue Complication Probability (NTCP) and Tumor Control Proba...
Authors: Mark E Artz, Jiyeon Park, Lori Rice, Mohammad Saki, Sanjeev Shukla, Michael Vieceli
Affiliation: University of Florida Health Proton Therapy Institute, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida College of Medicine, UF Health Proton Therapy Institute, Department of Urology, University of Florida College of Medicine
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To investigate how varying levels of DNA repair mutations affect the LET sensitivity of prostate cancer cells.
Methods: The prostate cancer cell lines Du145 (low DNA repair mutations), PC3...
Authors: Alexei V. Chvetsov, Pavitra Ramesh, Alexei V. Trofimov
Affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital, University of Washington
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To investigate the effect of dose and depth dependence of relative biological effectiveness (RBE) on hypofractionated proton therapy for ocular melanoma using equivalent uniform RBE-weighted ...
Authors: Samira Dabaghmanesh, Beth A. Erickson, William Hall, Jason Hirshberg, An Tai
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Treatment plan evaluation for minimizing duodenal toxicity often involves multiple dose-volume constraints that vary based on fractionation. The Equivalent Uniform Dose (EUD) has emerged as a...
Authors: Makunda Aryal, Qiongge Li, Sook Kien Ng, Christopher F. Njeh, Edwin Quashie, Senthamizhchelvan Srinivasan, Yun Wang
Affiliation: Indiana University Medical School, Memorial Health Care System, Indiana University, Inova Hospital, Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Linear-Quadratic-Linear (LQL) model is a modification of the traditional Linear-Quadratic model used in radiobiology to describe cell survival in response to radiation. The LQL model extends ...
Authors: Bingqi Guo, Ping Xia
Affiliation: Cleveland Clinic
Abstract Preview: Purpose:
Spatially fractionated radiation therapy (SFRT) delivers a “GRID” or “lattice” of high and low doses to tumors to increase tumor control, minimize normal tissue damage, and preserve the im...
Authors: Ignacio Espinoza, Ignacio Narea, Beatriz Sanchez-Nieto
Affiliation: Institute of Physics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Abstract Preview: Purpose: This study aims to evaluate the tumor response to combined radiochemotherapy on MCF7 spheroids using an open-source multiscale computational framework. The model provides a platform to simula...
Authors: Nobuki Imano, Daisuke Kawahara, Akito S Koganezawa, Yuji Murakami, Ikuno Nishibuchi, Takuya Wada
Affiliation: Department of Information and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Teikyo University, Department of Radiation Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Adaptive radiotherapy (ART) compensates for treatment plans based on anatomical changes while not considering biological effects such as interruptions during treatment. This study aims to dev...
Authors: Alexei V. Chvetsov, Sunan Cui, Sunyoung Jang, Robert D. Stewart
Affiliation: University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Penn State College of Medicine, University of Washington
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To evaluate spatial variation of relative biological effectiveness (RBE) in COMS (Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study) eye plaques with low energy 125I and 103Pd photon sources as a function ...
Authors: Zhongjie Lu
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Patients with locally-advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinomas(HNSCCs), particularly those related to human papillomavirus(HPV), often achieve good locoregional control(LRC), yet they ...
Authors: Ramesh Boggula, Yash Somnay, Hualin Zhang
Affiliation: Radiation Oncology, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Wayne State University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Spatially fractionated radiation therapy (SFRT) allows delivery of therapeutic doses to bulky tumors otherwise limited by dose-volume effects that threaten organ-at-risk tolerances. For negle...
Authors: Xinxin Deng, Issam M. El Naqa, Jimm Grimm, Lijun Ma, Vitali Moiseenko, Timothy E. Schultheiss, Gopal Subedi, Wolfgang A. Tomé, Ellen D. Yorke, Albert van der Kogel
Affiliation: Montefiore Medical Center, Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Cancer Center, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Department of Radiation Oncology, Wellstar Health System, Radiation Oncology, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of California San Diego, City Of Hope National Medical Centre, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Reirradiation is increasingly utilized in clinical practice but dose-time recovery factors for human subjects remain uncertain. We constructed a reirradiation recovery model for spinal cord e...
Authors: Garrett Russell Hamilton, Joshua Misa, Damodar Pokhrel, William St. Clair
Affiliation: University of Kentucky, Department of Radiation Medicine, University of Kentucky, Radiation Medicine
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Recurrent brain metastasis is very common, and patients who previously received whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) may receive an additional course(s) of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) to selec...
Authors: John T Barrett, Dan Heo, Chulhaeng Huh, Farshad Mostafaei
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Department of Radiation Oncology, Augusta University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: This study aimed to compare the tumor control probability (TCP) of radiation therapy (RT) and magnetic hyperthermia combined with RT (MHRT) in the human prostate cancer cells based on radiobi...