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A Motion Analysis of Cardiac Substructures for Guiding Stereotactic Arrhythmia Radiotherapy Motion Management

Authors: Hongyu An, Phillip Cuculich, H Michael Gach, Yao Hao, Trevor McKeown, Clifford Robinson, Yuhao Wang, Deshan Yang

Affiliation: Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Washington University School of Medicine, Duke University, Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University, Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Abstract Preview: Purpose: This study investigated cardiac motion characteristics of ventricular tachycardia patients to support patient-specific motion management for stereotactic arrhythmia radiotherapy (STAR) treatm...

A Novel Linac Onboard Dual-Layer Kv Imager Provides Increased Clinical CBCT Contrast and Metal Artifact Reduction Using Virtual Monoenergetic Images

Authors: Ross I. Berbeco, Vera Birrer, Raphael Bruegger, Pablo Corral Arroyo, Roshanak Etemadpour, Dianne M. Ferguson, Rony Fueglistaller, Thomas C. Harris, Yue-Houng Hu, Matthew W. Jacobson, Mathias Lehmann, Marios Myronakis

Affiliation: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medial School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Varian Imaging Laboratory, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Abstract Preview: Purpose: Dual-energy imaging offers benefits, including metal artifact reductions (MAR) and improved contrast, that enhance visualization. Currently, dual-energy imaging is largely limited to CT scann...

A Quantitative Analysis of Hypersight CBCT Image Quality Using a Phantom-Based Approach Under Different Scatter Conditions

Authors: Denisa R. Goia, M. Saiful Huq, Ronald John Lalonde, Fang Li, Noor Mail, Joseph Shields, Christopher Tyerech

Affiliation: UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, UPMC

Abstract Preview: Purpose: HyperSight is a new platform for image-guided radiation therapy, offering advanced reconstruction algorithms, a large field-of-view, and rapid acquisition times. To validate the performance o...

A Self-Supervised Deep Learning Approach for Automatic Identification and Metal Artifact Reduction in Cone-Beam CT for Brachytherapy

Authors: Rani Anne', Wenchao Cao, Yingxuan Chen, Wookjin Choi, Firas Mourtada, Yevgeniy Vinogradskiy

Affiliation: Thomas Jefferson University

Abstract Preview: Purpose: In-room mobile cone-beam CT (CBCT) is emerging to enhance high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy workflow using on-demand imaging. However, metal artifacts from X-ray markers inside gynecological...

Analysis of Orthopedic Metal Artifact Reduction’s (O-MAR’s) Effectiveness on Correcting Typical Anatomical Structure Average Volumetric Hounsfield Unit (AVHU) Values Due to High-Density Metal Artifacts

Authors: John T Barrett, Mehnaz Haque, Chulhaeng Huh, Shands James, Thomas B. Lavin, Anobel Maghsoodpour, Farshad Mostafaei, Austin Sanders

Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Augusta University, Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Georgia Radiation Therapy Center, Wellstar-MCG Health, Department of Radiation Oncology, Doctors Hospital of Augusta, Department of Radiology and Imaging, Augusta University

Abstract Preview: Purpose: This study assesses Philips’ O-MAR effectiveness in adjusting AVHU values of common anatomical materials affected by various high-density metal artifacts at varying distances.

Methods:...

CT-Free PET Imaging: Synthetic CT Generation for Efficient and Accurate PET-Based Planning

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:
PET is used in radiotherapy workflows for accurate target delineation. However, a separate CT scan is typically required for attenuation correction in PET imaging and for registering PET-d...

Clinical Application of Biology-Guided Radiotherapy (BgRT) to Patient Having a Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device (CIED)

Authors: Girish Bal, Thomas I. Banks, Bin Cai, Yesenia Gonzalez, Zohaib Iqbal, Paul M. Medin, Rameshwar Prasad, Chenyang Shen, Robert Timmerman, Yuanyuan Zhang

Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, RefleXion Medical

Abstract Preview: Purpose: Each year more than one million pacemakers and 200k cardioverter-defibrillators are implanted in patients worldwide. The presence of a CIED introduces challenges to the delivery of radiation ...

Comparison of CBCT Dose Calculation Accuracy between Truebeam Hypersight Image Reconstruction Algorithms

Authors: Sarah Aubert, Harald Keller, Jeff D. Winter

Affiliation: Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

Abstract Preview: Purpose: Support for treatment planning directly on CBCT imaging on C-arm linacs will enable adaptive radiation therapy (ART) capacity with increased treatment technique flexibility. The HyperSight im...

Comprehensive Evaluation of High-Performance Cone-Beam Computed Tomography on C-Arm and Ring-Gantry Linacs for Adaptive Radiation Therapy

Authors: Laura I. Cervino, Karen Episcopia, Hsiang-Chi Kuo, Sangkyu Lee, Seng Boh Gary Lim, Shih-Chi Lin, Grace Tang

Affiliation: Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Abstract Preview: Purpose: This study evaluated the performance of the HyperSight Cone-Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) system on a TrueBeam C-arm LINAC (TB) and two Ethos ring-gantry LINACs (ES) for adaptive radiation ...

Evaluation of a Commercial Metal Artifact Reduction Algorithm for IGRT in Patients with Hip Prostheses

Authors: Laura Bennett, Matthew Charles, Greg Cooley, John M. Floberg, Ryan Hutten, Elissa Khoudary, Nicholas Lynch, Kaili Ranta, Jordan M. Slagowski, Trevor Wilson

Affiliation: University of Pennsylvania, Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Abstract Preview: Purpose: To evaluate the impact of an iterative cone beam CT with metal artifact reduction (iCBCT+MAR) reconstruction algorithm (HyperSight TrueBeam 4.1, Varian Medical Systems) on image quality and s...

Feasibility of Efficient Offline Adaptive Replanning with Hypersight High-Performance Cone-Beam CT on Truebeam for Pelvis RT

Authors: Jochen Cammin, Shifeng Chen, Arun Gopal, Kai Huang, Jason K Molitoris, Amit Sawant, Kai Wang

Affiliation: University of Maryland, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Maryland University Baltimore, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Maryland Medical Center

Abstract Preview: Purpose: The HyperSight CBCT optional feature on Varian TrueBeam linacs offers a larger field-of-view, improved Hounsfield units (HU) accuracy, and overall improved image quality, including metal arti...

Geometric Alignment of MV-CBCT and Dual-Layer Kv-CBCT Projections Using Deep Learning

Authors: Ross I. Berbeco, Vera Birrer, Raphael Bruegger, Pablo Corral Arroyo, Roshanak Etemadpour, Dianne M. Ferguson, Rony Fueglistaller, Thomas C. Harris, Yue-Houng Hu, Matthew W. Jacobson, Mathias Lehmann, Nicholas Lowther, Daniel Morf, Marios Myronakis

Affiliation: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medial School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Varian Imaging Laboratory, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Abstract Preview: Purpose: Applications of combined kV-MV CBCT include metal artifact correction and material identification. Difficulties arise, however, when the imagers have misaligned geometric perspectives of the ...

Improvement of Spine Phantom for MR Imaging of the Spine

Authors: Richard Dortch, Thammathida Ketsiri, Zhiqiang Li, Shiv P. Srivastava

Affiliation: Barrow Neurological Institute, Dignity Health Cancer Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital & Medical Center

Abstract Preview: Purpose: Imaging the spinal cord post-surgery is challenging due to metal surgical implants, which induce signal loss and geometric distortions. Together, this hinders the visualization of the spinal ...

In-Vivo Image Quality of Head/Neck and CNS with an Advanced C-Arm Linac CBCT Solution

Authors: Theodore Higgins Arsenault, Kenneth W. Gregg, Lauren E Henke, Rojano Kashani, Christian Erik Petersen, Alex T. Price, Atefeh Rezaei, Runyon C. Woods

Affiliation: University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center

Abstract Preview: Purpose: CBCT is subject to more artifacts due to increased photon scatter, especially in areas of increased tissue heterogeneities compared to fan-beam CTs (FBCTs). Improved imaging panels combined w...

Initial Comparison of 3D CBCT Performance: New Mobile C-Arm Vs. O-Arm Unit

Authors: Wendy Siman, Wei Zhou

Affiliation: University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, School of Medicine

Abstract Preview: Purpose:
To compare the image quality and radiation dose of 3D cone-beam CT modes of a mobile C-arm and an O-arm unit for intraoperative imaging.
Methods:
A 50-µm tungsten wire was imaged at ...

Investigation of Metallic Artefact Reduction Capabilities of Hypersight Enabled Platforms

Authors: Harald Keller, Iymad Mansour, Jeff D. Winter

Affiliation: Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

Abstract Preview: Purpose: The growing number of adaptive therapy applications is motivating image segmentation and direct dose calculation on CBCT. The purpose of this investigation is to evaluate the recently release...

Mask Guided Diffusion Model for Metal Artifacts Reduction

Authors: Shusen Jing, Qihui Lyu, Dan Ruan, Ke Sheng, Qifan Xu

Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles, University of California San Francisco, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco

Abstract Preview: Purpose: Metallic implants can significantly distort sinograms, leading to severe artifacts in computed tomography (CT) reconstructions. Reconstructing CT images containing metal is fundamentally an i...

Novel 3D Imaging Systems for Surgical Guidance : Loop-X and Nview S1 in Comparison with O-Arm

Authors: Jia Wang, Vani Yadav

Affiliation: Stanford University

Abstract Preview: Purpose: To evaluate the radiation dose and imaging quality of two novel CBCT X-Ray imaging systems used in spine surgeries.
Methods: CBCT scan of ACR CT and CTDI phantoms was performed to acquire ...

Phantom-Based Dosimetric Comparison of Multiple CT Metal Artifact Reduction Algorithms for Head-and-Neck Radiotherapy

Authors: Loren Bell, Charles S Cathcart, Brett William Eckroate, Harold Y Hu, Joshua Kilian-Meneghin, Ke Nie, Fredrick Warburton, Zhenyu Xiong, Keying (Karen) Xu, Ning J. Yue, Yin Zhang, Lili Zhou

Affiliation: RWJBarnabas Health, Basis Scottsdale, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Abstract Preview: Purpose: This study compares the dosimetric impact of multiple metal artifact reduction (MAR) algorithms from different CT simulator vendors using an anthropomorphic head phantom for head-and-neck (H/...

Robustness of Deep Learning-Based Motion Compensated 4D-CBCT Reconstruction to out-of-Distribution Data

Authors: Geoffrey D. Hugo, Eric Laugeman, Thomas R. Mazur, Pamela Samson, Kim A. Selting, Zhehao Zhang

Affiliation: University of Illinois, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, WashU Medicine

Abstract Preview: Purpose: To investigate the robustness of a deep learning (DL)-based 4D-CBCT motion-compensated (MoCo) reconstruction method to out-of-distribution data.
Methods: Our developed 4D-CBCT reconstructi...

Task Specific Image Quality Assessment Using Spectral Photon-Counting CT.

Authors: Azza Mohamed Ahmed, Nadine Francis, Osama Khan, Nabil Maalej, Aamir Raja, Briya Tariq

Affiliation: Khalifa University

Abstract Preview: Purpose: The study aims to evaluate the task-specific diagnostic performance of spectral photon-counting CT (SPCCT) using application-specific phantoms.
Methods:
Parameters such as linearity res...

Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks: Unlocking Hidden Potential in Existing Frameworks for Versatile Radiotherapy Applications

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:
This work demonstrates how existing software, when creatively adapted, can address a wide range of clinical challenges. By focusing on data exploration and application-specific modificatio...

Twin Table-Tilt Imaging: Rapid Metal Artefact Reduction Intraoperative CBCT Imaging during Pedicle Screw Spinal Fixation

Authors: Owen Thomas Dillon, Andrew Kanawati, Tess Reynolds

Affiliation: Westmead Hospital, Image X Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney

Abstract Preview: Purpose: Metal artefacts from implanted hardware and surgical tools remain a limitation for widespread adoption of intraoperative CBCT imaging. Gantry-based non-circular imaging trajectories have emer...