Authors: Si-Wa Chan, Yuan-Yu Lee, Zhi-Ying Li, Jia-Wei Liao, Hui-Yu Cathy Tsai
Affiliation: Department of Radiology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Science, National Tsing Hua University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Dense breast tissue reduces the sensitivity of mammography, posing diagnostic challenges, especially for Asian women with high breast density (up to 50%). Current single-modality techniques o...
Authors: Zachary Buchwald, Zach Eidex, Richard L.J. Qiu, Justin R. Roper, Mojtaba Safari, Hui-Kuo Shu, Xiaofeng Yang, David Yu
Affiliation: Emory University and Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Department of Radiation Oncology and Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCA) are commonly used for patients with gliomas to delineate and characterize the brain tumors using T1-weighted (T1W) MRI. However, there is a rising conc...
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: Yifei Hao, Wenxuan Li, Xiang Li, Tao Peng, Yulu Wu, Fang-Fang Yin, Yue Yuan, Lei Zhang, Yaogong Zhang
Affiliation: Duke University, School of Future Science and Engineering, Soochow University, Medical Physics Graduate Program, Duke Kunshan University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Diffusion-based deep-learning frameworks have been recently used in MRI resolution enhancement, or super-resolution. Multi-contrast MRI share common anatomical structures while holding comple...
Authors: Ivan M. Buzurovic, Phillip M. Devlin, Evangelia Kaza, Michael John Lavelle
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medial School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Department of Radiation Oncology
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Recent work in surface brachytherapy (SBT) has demonstrated the feasibility of using magnetic resonance (MR)-guidance in place of Computer Tomography (CT) in SBT planning. The purpose of this...
Authors: Weigang Hu, Zhenhao Li, Jiazhou Wang, Xiaojie Yin, Zhen Zhang
Affiliation: Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
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This study aims to develop and validate a novel deep learning method to generate synthetic PET images for rectal cancer from MRI data. By incorporating metabolic information from the synth...
Authors: Himanshu Bhat, Bruce Lewis Daniel, Junghoon Lee, Michael B. Roumeliotis, Ehud J. Schmidt, Ravi Seethamraju, Khadija Sheikh, Pan Su, Akila N. Viswanathan
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc., Stanford Medical School, Department of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To perform frequent MRI during EBRT and brachytherapy (BT) to evaluate RT-induced fibrosis and remnant tumor changes, identified using ultrashort echo-time (UTE) and multiparametric (mpMRI), ...
Authors: Prabhu C. Acharya, Hassan Bagher-Ebadian, Stephen L. Brown, James R. Ewing, Mohammad M. Ghassemi, Benjamin Movsas, Farzan Siddiqui, Kundan S Thind
Affiliation: Michigan State University, Oakland University, Henry Ford Health
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Accurate T1 quantification using T One by Multiple Read Out Pulse (TOMROP) sequences is essential for physiological assessments in dynamic-contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI and T1 mapping studies. ...
Authors: Nan Li, Shouping Xu, Gaolong Zhang, Xuerong Zhang
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, HeBei YiZhou proton center, School of Physics, Beihang University, National Cancer Center/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College
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The 3D BRAVO sequence is an advanced magnetic resonance (MR) technique that allows for image reconstruction at any angle. It offers 1 mm gapless scanning and has a high signal-to-noise rat...
Authors: Bryan Bednarz, John M. Floberg, Joseph B. Schulz, Jordan M. Slagowski
Affiliation: Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Catheter placement for high-dose-rate brachytherapy (HDR BT) is clinician dependent and potentially suboptimal for delivering simultaneous integrated boosts to intraprostatic gross tumor volu...
Authors: Justus Adamson, John Ginn, Yongbok Kim, Ke Lu, Trey Mullikin, Xiwen Shu, Chunhao Wang, Zhenyu Yang, Jingtong Zhao
Affiliation: Duke University, Duke Kunshan University
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To develop a knowledge-based deep model for synthetic CT (sCT) generation from a single MR volume in frameless radiosurgery (SRS), eliminating the need for CT simulation prior to the SRS d...
Authors: Mary Feng, Yi Lao, Hui Lin, Hengjie Liu, Xin Miao, Michael Ohliger
Affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, Department of Radiation Oncology, City of Hope National Medical Center, University of California San Francisco, Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc.
Abstract Preview: Purpose: 4D MRI with high spatiotemporal resolution is vital to characterize the tumor/tumor motion for liver radiotherapy. However, high-quality 4D MRI requires an impractically long scanning time fo...
Authors: Diandra Ayala-Peacock, Junzo Chino, Oana I. Craciunescu, Allison Jones, Kyle J. Lafata, Kim Light, Sheridan G. Meltsner, Jack B Stevens
Affiliation: Duke University, Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University, Duke University Medical Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: This study aims to develop an MR-based method that retrospectively correlates longitudinal changes in morphology and physiology for the bulboclitoris and vaginal canal with dose received duri...
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
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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 ...
Authors: Jie Hu, Nan Li, Chuanbin Xie, Shouping Xu, Xinlei Xu, Gaolong Zhang, Zhilei Zhang
Affiliation: School of Physics, Beihang University, National Cancer Center/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Department of Radiation Oncology, the First Medical Center of the People's Liberation Army General Hospital, National Cancer Center/ National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021, Peopleʼs Republic of China, Department of Radiation Oncology, School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing, 102206, Peopleʼs Republic of China
Abstract Preview: Purpose: This study aims to synthesize CT images for MRI-only radiation therapy using a deep learning approach that integrates information from the T1- and T2-weighted MRI sequence.
Methods: 97 hea...