Authors: Lorenzo Arsini, Andrea Ciardiello, Fabio Massimo D'Amore, Stefano Giagu, Federico Giove, Carlo Mancini-Terracciano, Cecilia Voena
Affiliation: Istituto Superiore di SanitĂ , Sapienza University of Rome, UniversitĂ Sapienza Roma, Magnetic Resonance for Brain Investigation Laboratory, Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro di Studi e Ricerche Enrico Fermi
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To leverage newly developed heteronuclear magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques, particularly sodium (23Na) imaging, for identifying potential biomarkers of Alzheimer's diseaseâsuch as ...
Authors: John P. Aris, Wesley E. Bolch, Madison Bushloper, Lauren E Ellis, Adam Grey Haneberg, Elizabeth Martin, Bonnie N. C. President, Andrew Robert Sforza, Alexander Zorrilla
Affiliation: Johns Hopkins University, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To develop six additional high-fidelity 3D models of kidney renal cortical labyrinth from H&E-stained histology slides to support radiation dosimetry in radiopharmaceutical therapies (RPTs).<...
Authors: Alonso N. Gutierrez, Daniel E. Hyer, Blake R. Smith
Affiliation: Miami Cancer Institute, Baptist Health South Florida, Iowa Health Care, University of Iowa
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To perform a feasibility study of optimizing and producing a compact range compensator to deliver single-energy pencil beam scanning (PBS) proton arc therapy treatments. Omitting energy chang...
Authors: Beth M. Beadle, Adrian Celaya, Laurence Edward Court, David Fuentes, Anna Lee, Tze Yee Lim, Dragan Mirkovic, Amy Moreno, Raymond Mumme, Tucker J. Netherton, Callistus M. Nguyen, Jaganathan A Parameshwaran, Jack Phan, Carlos Sjogreen, Sara L. Thrower, Congjun Wang, He C. Wang, Xin Wang
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, MD Anderson Cancer Center, MD Anderson, Rice University, Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Quality assurance of target volumes from radiotherapy clinical trials is a labor and resource intensive task. The purpose of this work is to quantify the accuracy of a tool that automatically...
Authors: Tsuicheng D. Chiu, Strahinja Stojadinovic, Aaron Thomlinson, You Zhang
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Medical Artificial Intelligence and Automation (MAIA) Lab, Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Design and develop an automated verification and validation platform for the Elekta Leksell Gamma Knife (GK) Icon/Esprit High-Definition Motion Management (HDMM) system.
Methods: The H...
Authors: Katelyn M. Atkins, Indrin J. Chetty, Elizabeth M. McKenzie, Taman Upadhaya, Samuel C. Zhang
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology,Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose:
We explored a multi-regional and multi-omics approach to extract CT-based radiomics and 3D dosiomics features to predict radiation pneumonitis (RP) in patients with locally advanced Non-Sm...
Authors: Thomas Gee, Sofia Michopoulou, Amit Nautiyal
Affiliation: University Hospital Southampton
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Dosimetry software that is accessible to departments offers new opportunities to improve patient-specific dosimetry. Prior to clinical decision-making, it is essential to validate dosimetry s...
Authors: Stephen R. Bowen, Chunyan Duan, Daniel S. Hippe, Qiantuo Liu, Jing Sun, Jiajie Wang, Shouyi Wang, Faisal Yaseen, Xiaojing Zhu
Affiliation: Tongji University, University of Washington, Department of Radiation Oncology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, University of Washington, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, University of Texas at Arlington
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Accurate prediction of patient response to radiotherapy plays a crucial role in monitoring disease progression and assessing treatment efficacy, enabling clinicians to develop personalized th...
Authors: Pradeep Bhetwal, Wookjin Choi, Adam Dicker, Rupesh Ghimire, Yingcui Jia, Lauren Nkwonta, Yevgeniy Vinogradskiy, Wentao Wang, Maria Werner-Wasik
Affiliation: Thomas Jefferson University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Multi-disciplinary clinics are becoming standard of care for patients with lung cancer treated with SBRT. To improve clinical decision support in a multi-disciplinary clinic, it would be bene...
Authors: Anzi Zhao
Affiliation: Northwestern Medicine
Abstract Preview: Purpose: This study investigates the utility of Dual-Energy Computed Tomography (DECT) material decomposition in resolving Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) safety concerns for patients with unidentifi...
Authors: Matthew Stephen Andriotty, Taoran Cui, Josh Kilian-Meneghin, Ke Nie, Xiao Wang, Zhenyu Xiong, Ning J. Yue, Yin Zhang
Affiliation: Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, RWJBarnabas Health
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To investigate the potential impact of the Elekta Unityâs 1.5T magnetic field upon the performance of a conventional linac installed in an adjacent vault.
Methods: The linac vaults for thi...
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: Ehsan Abadi, Darrin Byrd, Paul E. Kinahan, Katie Marie Olivas, Ehsan Samei
Affiliation: Duke University, Center for Virtual Imaging Trials, Duke University, Clinical Imaging Physics Group, Department of Radiology, Duke University Health System, University of Washington
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To evaluate the impact of respiratory motion during CT acquisitions on PET image quantification using an integrated PET-CT simulation pipeline.
Methods: A validated CT simulator (DukeSim) ...
Authors: Austin Castelo, Xinru Chen, Caroline Chung, Laurence Edward Court, Jaganathan A Parameshwaran, Zhan Xu, Jinzhong Yang, Yao Zhao
Affiliation: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Imaging Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose:
To develop a deep learning-based segmentation model to automatically delineate tumors from full-body PET/CT images.
Methods:
PET/CT image pairs of 91 patients were collected for this...
Authors: Quan Chen, Xue Feng, Chunhui Han, Gaofeng Huang, Trevor Ketcherside, Yi Lao, Yun Rose Li, An Liu, Bo Liu, Kun Qing, William T. Watkins
Affiliation: Graduate Program in Bioengineering, University of California San Francisco-UC Berkeley, Department of Radiation Oncology, City of Hope National Medical Center, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Carina Medical LLC
Abstract Preview: Purpose: New treatment platforms such as Ethos (Varian Medical Systems) allow the introduction of multi-modal imaging into adaptive radiotherapy workflow to facilitate an up-to-date view of patientsâ ...
Authors: Zahra Ahmadi Ganjeh, Stefan Both, Peter Dendooven, Jeffrey Free, Brian Zapien Campos
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Particle Therapy Research Center (PARTREC), Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Positron emission tomography (PET) has been investigated for range monitoring in intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT), but real-time feedback been limited due to the focus on long-lived ...
Authors: Hua-Chieh Shao, Chenyang Shen, 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: Motion-resolved CBCT imaging, which reconstructs a dynamic sequence of CBCTs reflecting intra-scan motion (one CBCT per x-ray projection), is highly desired for regular/irregular motion chara...
Authors: Paul Boisseau, Eric S. Diffenderfer, Andrew Friberg, Wenbo Gu, Matthew Nichols, Kan Ota, Xiaokun Teng, Boon-Keng Kevin Teo, Lingshu Yin, Jennifer Wei Zou
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Pyramid Technical Consultants, Inc., University of Pennsylvania
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Traditional quality assurance procedures for proton pencil beam energies involve water tank setups or multiple solid water phantoms and are time-consuming. This study demonstrates that an inn...
Authors: Simon Brundage, Jiajin Fan, Ulrich Langner, Qiongge Li, Jian Liu, Wei Nie, Edwin Quashie, Xiaofeng Zhu
Affiliation: Brown University Health, Hofstra University Medical Physics Program, Inova Hospital, Inova Schar Cancer Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology
Abstract Preview: Purpose:
Managing departmental policies, clinical protocols, QA procedures, workflows, and troubleshooting documentation is critical in radiation oncology. A Microsoft-based wiki platform was devel...
Authors: E Courtney Henry, Srinivas Cheenu Kappadath, Armeen Mahvash
Affiliation: UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose:
Characterization of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tumor responses for single-arm single-center prospective 90Y-radioembolization clinical trial (n=40) that used patient-specific voxel-dos...
Authors: Serdar Charyyev, Kaan Dere, Edgar Gelover, Mohammad Khurram Khan, Liyong Lin, Mark McDonald, Cristina Oancea, Alexander Stanforth, Sibo Tian, Suk Whan (Paul) Yoon, Mingyao Zhu
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Stanford University, Emory University, Department of Radiation Oncology and Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Advacam
Abstract Preview: Purpose: The conventional implementation of proton spatially fractionated radiotherapy (SFRT) utilizes physical collimators with apertures to generate minibeams, creating alternating regions of high-d...
Authors: Brian Burger, Carri K. Glide-Hurst, John W. Hayes, Carson Hoffman, Minglei Kang, Jessica R. Miller, Jordan M. Slagowski, Yuhao Yan
Affiliation: Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Departments of Human Oncology and Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Leo Cancer Care
Abstract Preview: Purpose: The combination of upright CT and patient positioner for particle therapy present tremendous potential for high precision IGRT and online adaptive radiation therapy (ART), where reliable CT p...
Authors: Gulakhshan M Hamad, Sina Mossahebi, Yannick P. Poirier, Amit Sawant
Affiliation: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Maryland University Baltimore
Abstract Preview: Purpose:
The combination of ultra-high dose rate (UHDR) proton therapy, known for normal tissue sparing, with spatially-fractionated radiotherapy (SFRT), promising enhanced tumor control and tissue...
Authors: Ahmet S. Ayan, Austin M. Faught, Eunsin Lee, Julia Pakela
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Ohio State University, The Ohio State University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To present commissioning of a fixed beamline ultra-high dose rate proton pencil beam scanning system, the worldâs first multi-room Varian ProBeam360â°
Methods: The fixed beamline pencil bea...
Authors: Junsheng Cao, Luis A. Maduro Bustos, Khushdeep Singh
Affiliation: Overlook Medical Center, Atlantic Health System at Morristown Medical Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To evaluate the agreement between the Sun Nuclear Multi-Met Winston Lutz test (WL) and Varianâs Machine Performance Check (MPC) in assessing isocenter alignment, couch, and collimator rotatio...
Authors: Derek Tang, Susu Yan
Affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To evaluate the performance of a multi-task automated-segmentation and synthetic CT generation model (sCT) and investigate its application in an adaptive proton therapy workflow.
Methods: ...
Authors: Benjamin Haibe-Kains, Ruiyan Ni, Alexandra Rink
Affiliation: Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, University Health Network
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Accurate auto-segmentation for targets and organs-at-risk (OARs) using deep learning reduces the delineating time in radiotherapy. In high-dose-rate brachytherapy, specific clinical criteria ...
Authors: Mustafa Bashir, Diana Kadi, Kyle J. Lafata, Jacob A. Macdonald, Mark Martin, Yuqi Wang, Marilyn Yamamoto
Affiliation: Duke University, Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Duke University, Department of Radiology, Duke Unversity
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To develop a high-throughput, automated-data-interrogation pipeline for integrating imaging and clinical information to identify key determinants of liver volume (LV), enabling population-sca...
Authors: Morgan A. Daly, David J. Goodenough, Andrew M. Hernandez, John M. Hoffman, Joshua Levy, Michael F. McNitt-Gray, Ali Uneri, Bino Varghese
Affiliation: University of California, George Washington University, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Johns Hopkins Univ, University of Southern California, The Phantom Laboratory
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Quantitative imaging is affected by CT acquisition and reconstruction conditions, limiting robustness in multi-site or -scanner studies. This work aimed to develop a dataset that will enable ...
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: Kaile Li
Affiliation: Alexander T. Augusta Miliary Medical Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To develop a experimental method in observation of beam profile transfer model in intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT).
Methods: A picket fence plan was generated in Eclipse treatment p...
Authors: Wenchao Cao, Yingxuan Chen, Haisong Liu, Wenyin Shi, Wentao Wang, Lydia J. Wilson, Zhenghao Xiao
Affiliation: Thomas Jefferson University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Multi-target stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) planning poses challenges due to complex geometries, small target volumes, and steep dose gradients. Achieving a balance between target coverage a...
Authors: Ming Chao, Hao Guo, Tenzin Kunkyab, Yang Lei, Tian Liu, Kenneth Rosenzweig, Robert Samstein, James Tam, Junyi Xia, Jiahan Zhang
Affiliation: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Abstract Preview: Purpose:
The aim of the study is to develop a trade-off prediction model to efficiently guide the treatment planning process for patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Metho...
Authors: Rafe A. McBeth, Ayoola Okuribido, Rodney D. Wiersma
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania, UCLA
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To develop a method for standardizing data collected during quality assurance checks across institutions using language models.
Background: QA procedures and data management can vary widel...
Authors: Rafe A. McBeth, Ayoola Okuribido, Rodney D. Wiersma
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania, UCLA
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To develop a method for standardizing data collected during quality assurance checks across institutions using language models.
Background: QA procedures and data management can vary widel...
Authors: John Kildea, Odette Rios-Ibacache, Amal Zouaq
Affiliation: McGill University, Polytechnique Montréal
Abstract Preview: Purpose:
Even though Electronic medical records (EHRs) are now in widespread use in healthcare, and Artificial Intelligence tools incorporating radiomics are used to identify tumors in medical imag...
Authors: Pierre Gardair, Johnathan E Leeman, Claire Keun Sun Park, Atchar Sudhyadhom
Affiliation: Brigham and Womenâs Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Womenâs Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School,, Brigham and Womenâs Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Medical School
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Dose is a poor surrogate for radiobiological damage but no in vivo technology exists to directly measure damage such as DNA strand breaks and free radical generation (FRG). Recent advances in...
Authors: David J. Carlson, Huixiao Chen, Tianqi Chen, Jun Hou, Chi Liu, Qiong Liu, Henry S. Park, Huidong Xie
Affiliation: Yale University, Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine
Abstract Preview: Purpose:
The RefleXionÂź X1 Biology-guided radiotherapy (BgRT) system consists of dual PET detectors, a 6MV linear accelerator (linac), a 64-leaf collimator, an MVD detector, and a CT scanner mounte...
Authors: Aliasghar Rohani, Rui Zhang
Affiliation: Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Department of Radiation Oncology, Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the impact of simultaneous optimization of multi-photon beam energy and fluence on IMRT and VMAT treatment planning.
Methods: An Elekta linear accelerator (lin...
Authors: Sean P. Boyer, Shae Gans, Mingcheng Gao, Draik B. Hecksel, Mark Pankuch
Affiliation: Northwestern Medicine Proton Center, Northwestern Medicine Chicago Proton Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Protons deposit a large portion of their energy at the end of their range in a region known as the Bragg peak, which may increase the relative biological effective (RBE) dose in this region. ...
Authors: Angel Gomez, Titania Juang, Grace Gwe-Ya Kim, Boyu Meng
Affiliation: UC San Diego, UCSD, University of California San Diego
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Single-Isocenter Multiple Targets (SIMT) Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) is widely used for its precision and effectiveness. However, standardized quality assurance (QA) protocols for SIMT SR...
Authors: Muhammad Ramish Ashraf, Girish Bal, Daniel Pham, Murat Surucu
Affiliation: RefleXion Medical, Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To determine minimum target size and FDG contrast thresholds for reliable Biology-guided Radiation Therapy (BgRT) delivery using a systematic phantom study.
Methods: A custom 3D-printed ph...
Authors: Emel Calugaru, Jenghwa Chang, Sean T Grace, Nicholas Harvey, Jessica Jung, Ching-Ling Teng
Affiliation: Northwell, Hofstra University, Hofstra University Medical Physics Program
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To evaluate the consistency of MRI distortion corrections across Northwell Health system and evaluate the necessity and importance of distortion QA for MRIs used for stereotactic radiosurgery...
Authors: Yunzhi Ma, Ling Zhuang
Affiliation: Northwestern Medicine
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Multiple layers of brass mesh bolus (RPD, Inc., Albertville, MN) may be needed to provide better body conformity and sufficient dose build up on patient surface during electron treatment. Thi...
Authors: Girish Bal, David J. Carlson, Huixiao Chen, Zhe (Jay) Chen, Emily A. Draeger, Dae Yup Han, Henry S. Park
Affiliation: RefleXion Medical, Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine
Abstract Preview: Purpose: This study explores the feasibility, accuracy, and dosimetric performance of hybrid biology-guided radiotherapy (BgRT) combined with image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) for delivering sequential...
Authors: Niels Bassler, Jonathan Bortfeldt, Davide Boscaini, Francesco Evangelista, Guyue Hu, Ze Huang, Margarita Kozak, Julie Lascaud, Giulio Lovatti, Eero Lönnqvist, Jasper Nijkamp, Munetaka Nitta, Prasannakumar Palaniappan, Katia Parodi, Marco Pinto, Per R. Poulsen, Marco Riboldi, Babak Sharifi, Brita Singers SÞrensen, Peter Thirolf
Affiliation: Department of Medical Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-UniversitĂ€t MĂŒnchen (LMU Munich), Ludwig-Maximilians UniversitĂ€t, Danish Centre for Particle Therapy, Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Medical Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-UniversitĂ€t (LMU) MĂŒnchen, Department of Experimental Clinical Oncology, Aarhus University, Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To perform the first in vivo application of a novel small animal radiation research platform combining on-board image-guidance with multi-field intensity modulated spot scanning delivery [1] ...
Authors: Ling Chen, Alexei V. Trofimov, Yi Wang, Dufan Wu
Affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital, MGH
Abstract Preview: Purpose:
Selecting gaze angles of the eye is an important part of set-up of proton therapy for ocular tumors, ensuring that the treatment beam could irradiate the tumor while maximally sparing impo...
Authors: Enhui Chang, Yunfei Dong, Yifei Hao, Chengliang Jin, Shengsheng Lai, Yi Long, Mengni Wu, Yulu Wu, Ruimeng Yang, Zhenyu Yang, Yue Yuan, Lei Zhang, Wanli Zhang, Yaogong Zhang
Affiliation: Duke Kunshan University, Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Medical Physics Graduate Program, Duke Kunshan University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Macrotrabecular-Massive Hepatocellular Carcinoma (MTM-HCC) is one type of liver cancer showed minimum image signature for accurate non-invasive diagnosis. This study aims to develop and evalu...
Authors: Xun Jia, Heng Li, Wen Li, Devin Miles, Daniel Sforza, Lingshu Yin, Yuncheng Zhong
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: FLASH therapy holds great potential to revolutionize radiotherapy by minimizing toxicities of normal tissues. The extraordinarily high dose rate of FLASH proton beam makes precise delivery to...
Authors: Yufeng Cao, Luigi Marchionni, William Silva Mendes, Cem Onal, Lei Ren, Amit Sawant, Nicole L Simone, Philip Sutera, Phuoc Tran
Affiliation: University of Maryland School of Medicine, 9Department of Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University, Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Maryland University Baltimore, 8Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine
Abstract Preview: Purpose: This study aims to predict 2-yr Metastasis-free survival (MFS) for oligometastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer (omCSPC) patients treated by metastasis-directed therapy (MDT) by devel...
Authors: Ramin Abolfath, Alexander Baikalov, Stefan Bartzsch, Nolan M. Esplen, Alan Eduardo Lopez Hernandez, Emil Schueler
Affiliation: MD Anderson Cancer Center, PI Experimental Medical Physics, Institute of Radiation Medicine (IRM), Helmholtz Munich, Germany, Howard University, Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: FLASH radiation therapy (FLASH-RT) leverages ultra-high dose rates (UHDR) to spare normal tissue as compared to conventional (CONV)-RT while preserving tumor control; this is termed the FLASH...
Authors: Nicole C. Detorie, Steven M. Kirsner, Remy Y. Manigold
Affiliation: Scripps Cancer Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose:
Dosimetric Leaf Gap (DLG) is an important factor in obtaining the proper beam model in the Eclipse treatment planning system. The purpose of this study was to investigate the dosimetric im...
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
Abstract Preview: Purpose:
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: Yan Dai, Jie Deng, Christopher Kabat, Weiguo Lu, Ying Zhang, Hengrui Zhao
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, Medical Artificial Intelligence and Automation (MAIA) Lab & Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose:
MRI-guided adaptive radiotherapy (MRgART) using MR-LINAC systems offers significant advantages for liver cancer, enabling superior tumor delineation and online plan adaptation. However, ma...
Authors: NadÚge Anizan, Jean-Noël Badel, Thomas Baudier, David Broggio, Désirée Deandreis, Ludovic Ferrer, Didier Franck, Camilo Garcia, Jean Gasteuil, Anne-Laure Giraudet, Olivier Humbert, Laetitia Imbert, Malick Koulibaly, Stéphanie Lamart, Sébastien Leygnac, Alexandre Pignard, Caroline Rousseau, Guido Rovera, David Sarrut, Paul Schwartz, Nicolas Varmenot
Affiliation: Institut de CancĂ©rologie de lâOuest, Service de MĂ©decine NuclĂ©aire, Gustave Roussy, Service de Physique MĂ©dicale, Institut BergoniĂ©, Service de Physique MĂ©dicale, CHRU de Nancy Brabois, Service de MĂ©decine NuclĂ©aire, Centre de lutte contre le cancer LĂ©on BĂ©rard, UniversitĂ© de Lyon, Centre Antoine Lacassagne, Service de MĂ©decine NuclĂ©aire, UniversitĂ© Nice CĂŽte dâAzur, Centre Antoine Lacassagne, Service de MĂ©decine NuclĂ©aire, Gustave Roussy, Service de MĂ©decine NuclĂ©aire, Institut de CancĂ©rologie de lâOuest, Service de Physique MĂ©dicale, Service de MĂ©decine NuclĂ©aire, AutoritĂ© de SĂ»retĂ© NuclĂ©aire et de Radioprotection (ASNR), PSE-SANTE/SDOS/LEDI, AutoritĂ© de SĂ»retĂ© NuclĂ©aire et de Radioprotection (ASNR), PSE-SANTE/SDOS, CREATIS CNRS UMR 5220; INSERM U 1044; UniversitĂ© de Lyon; INSAâLyon, CREATIS CNRS UMR 5220; INSERM U 1044; UniversitĂ© de Lyon; INSAâLyon; Centre de lutte contre le cancer LĂ©on BĂ©rard, Institut BergoniĂ©, Service de MĂ©decine NuclĂ©aire
Abstract Preview: Purpose: The main objective of the Lu-PSMA-Dose study, sponsored by ASNR, is to estimate retrospectively the individual absorbed dose delivered to patients treated with 177Lu-PSMA for metastatic castr...
Authors: Silvia Calusi, Lucia Cavigli, Alberto Dalla Mora, Laura Di Sieno, Giacomo Insero, Riccardo Lisci, Livia Marrazzo, Cosimo Nardi, Stefania Pallotta, Andrea Profili, Fulvio Ratto, Giovanni Romano, Michaela Servi, Immacolata Vanore, Yary Volpe
Affiliation: Italian National Research Council IFAC-CNR, Institute of Applied Physics, Department of Physics, Politecnico di Milano, Department of Agricultural Food and Forestry System, University of Florence, Medical Physics Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Florence, Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences âMario Serioâ, University of Florence
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To develop a multi-purpose lung phantom prototype to replicate respiratory dynamics and morphological features observed in clinical radiological (CT and MR) imaging of lung parenchyma.
Met...
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: Michael M Folkerts, Miriam Krieger, Pierre Lansonneur, Gerard Paquet, Petar Penchev, Christoph Schuy, Yuri Simeonov, Uli Weber, Klemens Zink
Affiliation: GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung, Institute of Medical Physics and Radiation Protection (IMPS), University of Applied Sciences, Varian Medical Systems
Abstract Preview: Purpose:
Ultra-high dose-rate proton irradiation may spare the healthy tissue (FLASH-effect). The 3D-range-modulator (3D-RM) method reduces the treatment time compared to conventional IMPT and can ...
Authors: Stephen R. Bowen, Chunyan Duan, Daniel S. Hippe, Qiantuo Liu, Jiajie Wang, Shouyi Wang, Faisal Yaseen, Han Zhou
Affiliation: Tongji University, University of Washington, Department of Radiation Oncology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, University of Washington, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, University of Texas at Arlington
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Predicting the effects of the spatial-temporal tumor response to chemoradiation can assist in adjusting radiation dose and support clinical decision-making in radiotherapy. A multi-instance l...
Authors: Tess Armstrong, Nema Bassiri, Alonso N. Gutierrez, Michael Kasper, Natalia Lutsik, Eric Mellon, Kathryn E. Mittauer, Siamak P. Nejad-Davarani, Shyam Pokharel, Suresh Rana, Hui Wang, Joseph Weygand
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology and Applied Science, Dartmouth Health, Miami Cancer Institute, Baptist Health South Florida, ViewRay, Inc., Miami Cancer Institute, Lynn Cancer Institute, Boca Raton Regional Hospital, Baptist Health South Florida, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Miami
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Radiation treatments on the MR-linac (MRL) enable daily acquisition of anatomical and physiological images for adaptive treatment planning. The apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) estimated ...
Authors: Caroline Cheney, Nicole M. Lafata, Zaiyang Long, Dustin W. Lynch, Erin B. Macdonald, Andy Madore, Douglas E. Pfeiffer, Colin Schaeffer, Alexander W. Scott
Affiliation: Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, UVA Health, Duke University Health System, Mayo Clinic, Henry Ford Health, Boulder Community Health, Varian, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: This work evaluates the significance of performing established radiography automatic exposure control (AEC) tests by comparing testing methodology, outcomes, and failure rates across multiple...
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
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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: Steve B. Jiang, Mu-Han Lin, Yu-Chen Lin, Austen Matthew Maniscalco, Dan Nguyen, David Sher, Xinran Zhong
Affiliation: Medical Artificial Intelligence and Automation (MAIA) Lab & Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Medical Artificial Intelligence and Automation (MAIA) Lab, Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, UT Dallas
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Sequential boost radiotherapy (RT) poses a challenge in allocating dose across multiple plans while protecting organs at risk (OARs). Clinicians must decide whether OAR sparing should occu...
Authors: Samuel L. Brady, Shruti Hegde, Alexander Knapp, Usman Mahmood, Joseph G. Meier, Elanchezhian Somasundaram, Zachary Taylor
Affiliation: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Ctr, Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Med Ctr
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To assess how two benchmark multi-organ CT segmentation models respond to varying image noise levels.
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This study utilized the pediatric CT dataset from The Cancer Imaging Ar...
Authors: Keyi Bian, Marco Caballo, Wenxiu Guo, Haijie Li, Jiao Li, Aidi Liu, Yue Ma, Ioannis Sechopoulos, Yafei Wang, Yaopan Wu, Zhaoxiang Ye, Yuwei Zhang, Yueqiang Zhu, Daan van den Oever
Affiliation: Radboud University Medical Center, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute & Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To develop and validate a nomogram integrating intra- and peritumoral radiomics of contrast-enhanced cone-beam breast CT (CE-CBBCT) and clinicopathologic features for predicting fluorescence ...
Authors: Wenchao Cao, Yingxuan Chen, Haisong Liu, Richard A. Popple, Wenyin Shi, Rodney J. Sullivan, Wentao Wang, Lydia J. Wilson, Zhenghao Xiao
Affiliation: Thomas Jefferson University, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Objectively evaluating brain sparing as a plan-quality indicator for patients receiving stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) to multiple metastases (multi-met) is complicated by variability in tar...
Authors: Simona Cacciatore, Albert Du, Ryan T. Flynn, Alonso N. Gutierrez, Patrick M Hill, Daniel E. Hyer, Eric Jensen, Kaustubh A. Patwardhan, Julien Smeets, Blake R. Smith, Nhan Vu, Karsten K. Wake
Affiliation: University of Wisconsin, Miami Cancer Institute, Baptist Health South Florida, Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Ion Beam Applications (IBA), University of Iowa, Iowa Health Care
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To evaluate time reduction strategies for the Dynamic Collimation System (DCS) using an IBA (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium) proton therapy system. Delivery time for a multi-energy-layer patient s...
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: Ali Ajdari, Thomas R. Bortfeld, Zhongxing Liao, Mara Schubert, Katrin Teichert
Affiliation: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department Of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Fraunhofer ITWM
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Radiotherapy (RT) treatment planning often involves solving a multi-criteria optimization (MCO) problem. Conventionally, MCO considers a set of generic (population-wide) dosimetric criteria, ...
Authors: Saad Bin Saeed Ahmed, Marcos Feijoo, Wazir Muhammad, Charles Shang, Naseem Ud Din
Affiliation: South Florida Proton Therapy Institute, Miami Cancer Institute, Blue Physics LLC, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: This study introduces a novel approach for patient-specific quality assurance in proton beam therapy, utilizing new plastic scintillator detectors with high temporal resolutions to create det...
Authors: Eric Aliotta, Michalis Aristophanous, Joseph O. Deasy, Bill Diplas, Milan Grkovski, James Han, Vaios Hatzoglou, Jeho Jeong, Nancy Y Lee, Ramesh Paudyal, Nadeem Riaz, Heiko Schoder, Amita Shukla-Dave
Affiliation: Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To forecast radiotherapy treatment response for head and neck cancer (HNC) using multimodality imaging and personalized radiobiological modeling.
Methods: Multi-modality imaging data from ...
Authors: Gueorgui Gueorguiev, Kavya Thaniyarasu
Affiliation: University of Bologna, National Centre of Radiobiology and Radiation Protection
Abstract Preview: Purpose: This study investigates the clinical viability of double scattering proton therapy treatment planning for thoracic malignancies using single or multiple treatment fields. The aim of this stud...
Authors: Steve B. Jiang, Dan Nguyen, Chenyang Shen, Fan-Chi F. Su, Jiacheng Xie, Shunyu Yan, Daniel Yang, Ying Zhang, 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) Lab & 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: Fast dose verification is essential for the safety and efficiency of MR-guided adaptive radiotherapy (ART) as patients anxiously waiting on the treatment couch. Conventional tools often requi...
Authors: Steve B. Jiang, Austen Matthew Maniscalco, Dan Nguyen, Chenyang Shen, Jiacheng Xie, Shunyu Yan, Ying Zhang, 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) Lab & 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: Although treatment planning systems (TPSs) can handle dose calculation and plan optimization automatically, planning for radiotherapy still requires extensive efforts and expertise from a mul...
Authors: Yizheng Chen, Md Tauhidul Islam, Mingjie Li, Lei Xing
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University
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Biomedical image segmentation (BIS) is a cornerstone of medical physics, enabling accurate delineation of anatomical structures and abnormalities, which is critical for diagnosis, treatmen...
Authors: Laura Buchanan, Samantha G. Hedrick, Stephen L. Mahan, Isabella Pfeiffer, Chester R. Ramsey
Affiliation: Thompson Proton Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Linear energy transfer (LET) and variable relative biological effectiveness (RBE) evaluation are important steps in the future of proton therapy, moving beyond RBE=1.1 for all treatment plann...
Authors: William T. Hrinivich, Junghoon Lee, Lina Mekki
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) planning is a computationally expensive process. In this work, we propose a reinforcement learning (RL) framework to automatically optimize dose rate a...
Authors: Alexander Baikalov, Luke Connell, Nolan M. Esplen, Michele M. Kim, Stephen F. Kry, Emil Schueler, Hayden Scott, Ryan Sun, Paige A. Taylor, Uwe Titt
Affiliation: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: to develop an affordable, portable device for accurately measuring FLASH dose rates from protons, electrons, and photons. 4 detectors were utilized to measure the temporal structure of proton...
Authors: Yukio Fujita, Satoshi Ishikura, Fumiki Ito, Yujiro Nakajima, Takumi Sakamoto, Naoki Tohyama, Ryohei Yamauchi
Affiliation: Komazawa University Graduate School, St. Luke's International Hospital
Abstract Preview: Purpose: The aperture shape controller (ASC) is an Eclipse feature that increases muti-leaf collimator (MLC) aperture size. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of ASC settings on the robustness o...
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: 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: Ke Lu, Chunhao Wang, Ruoxu Xia, Zhenyu Yang, Fang-Fang Yin, Chulong Zhang, Lei Zhang, Rihui Zhang, Jingtong Zhao, Haiming Zhu
Affiliation: Duke University, Duke Kunshan University, Medical Physics Graduate Program, Duke Kunshan University, The First People's Hospital of Kunshan
Abstract Preview: Purpose: The human brainâs spherical geometry offers unique opportunities for improving the segmentation of tiny and irregular anatomical structures. We hypothesize that representing the brain in sphe...
Authors: Asma Amjad, Slade J. Klawikowski, Natalya V. Morrow, Haidy G. Nasief, Eric S. Paulson, An Tai, Hualiang Zhong
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Accurate and precise linac-based SRS commissioning can be very challenging. Thus, it is important to increase the confidence in the measurement at each step prior to end-to-end testing. The p...
Authors: David L. Barbee, Jose R. Teruel Antolin, Jinyu Xue
Affiliation: NYU Langone Health
Abstract Preview: Purpose: This work introduces a method of regional dose evaluation of normal brain tissue using local target-specific evaluation and compares to global dose evaluation for linac-based single-isocenter...
Authors: Alejandro Bertolet, Jorge Naoki Dominguez Kondo, Bruce A. Faddegon, Thongchai Masilela, Isaac Meyer, Victor V. Onecha, Harald Paganetti, Jose A. Ramos-Mendez, Jan PO Schuemann, Wook-Geun Shin
Affiliation: University of California San Francisco, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To present the results of 15 years of developments of the TOPAS TOol for PArticle Simulation framework, and to highlight recent and new developments.
Methods: Fundamental understanding...
Authors: Kevin Peter Risolo
Affiliation: University of Pennsylvania
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To quantify the improved efficiency of checking patient treatment plan MU by utilizing RadFormationâs ClearCalc script-based program.
Methods: A total of 58 patients planned for treatment ...
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
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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: Eric S. Diffenderfer, Lei Dong, Alejandro Garcia, Wenbo Gu, Michele M. Kim, Alexander Lin, Kai Mei, Peter B. Noël, Boon-Keng Kevin Teo, Lingshu Yin, Jennifer Wei Zou
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania
Abstract Preview: Purpose: We present a novel 3D-printed range-modulating devices with spatially modulated density for FLASH particle therapy. By varying density distributions, spread-out Bragg peaks(SOBPs) can be gene...
Authors: Duncan Henry Bohannon, Pretesh Patel, Sibo Tian, Yinan Wang, Xiaofeng Yang, Ahmal Jawad Zafar, Jun Zhou
Affiliation: Emory University, Department of Radiation Oncology and Winship Cancer Institute, Department of Radiation Oncology and Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University
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4D robust optimization, incorporating additional images (e.g., maximum inhale/exhale phases), is commonly used to account for target motion in proton treatment planning. However, the incre...