Authors: Wesley E. Bolch, Carlos G. Colon-Ortiz, Robert Joseph Dawson, Lazaro Fuentes Alfonso, Shreya P. Pathak, Julia D. Withrow
Affiliation: University of Florida
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To develop tetrahedral mesh-based tissue models within the breasts of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) adult female mesh-type reference computational phantom (AF...
Authors: Wesley E. Bolch, Chansoo Choi, Robert Joseph Dawson, Bangho Shin, Yitian Wang
Affiliation: University of Florida
Abstract Preview: Purpose: The skeleton plays a critical role in dosimetry, containing red bone marrow (RBM) and bone endosteum (BE), which are closely linked to radiation-induced leukemia and bone cancer. While severa...
Authors: Lotem Buchbinder Shadur, Shaheen Dewji, Martin Graffigna, Alejandro Rafael Martinez, Emmanuel Mate-Kole, Antonio McClain, Samuel Taylor, Jeffrey Wang
Affiliation: Student, Nuclear and Radiological Engineering and Medical Physics Programs, Georgia Institute of Technology
Abstract Preview: Purpose: DosInMe is an internal dosimetry visualization tool developed by the Radiological Engineering, Detection, and Dosimetry Laboratory at Georgia Tech to assist researchers and professionals in v...
Authors: Martin Auerbach, Jeremie Calais, Johannes Czernin, Magnus Dahlbom, Zachary Ells, Adrien Holzgreve, Koichiro Kimura, Karam Masri, Catherine (Caffi) Meyer, David Sennung
Affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, UCLA, UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Lutetium-177 PSMA SPECT/CT imaging offers the possibility of qualitative image analysis for tumor response assessment and quantitative image analysis for individualized dosimetry. However, th...
Authors: Cheng-En Hsieh, Shen-Hao Li, Hsin-Hon Lin, Shu-Wei Wu, An-Ci Yang
Affiliation: Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Chang Gung University, Proton and Radiation Therapy Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Proton and Radiation Therapy Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Linkou
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The aim of this study is to develop a framework of generating patient-specific phantom tailored for head and neck proton therapy. From these phantoms, digital reference objects based on th...
Authors: Wesley E. Bolch, Chansoo Choi, Chan Hyeong Kim, Suhyeon Kim, Bangho Shin, Yeon Soo Yeom
Affiliation: Hanyang University, University of Florida, 2) Department of Radiation Convergence Engineering, Yonsei University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Task Group 103 of International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) recently released new-generation adult and pediatric mesh-type reference computational phantoms (MRCPs) via ICRP P...
Authors: Ana Maria Barragan Montero, Damien Dasnoy, Sylvain Deffet, Valentine Dormal, Colin Gaban, Melanie Ghislaine, Valentin Hamaide, Guillaume Janssens, John A. Lee, Eliot Peeters, Danah Pross, Luciano Rivetti, Benjamin Roberfroid, Romain Schyns, Kevin Souris, Edmond S. Sterpin, Sophie Wuyckens
Affiliation: Ion Beam Applications SA, Hospital Riviera-Chablais, UCLouvain, Multitel, Université Catholique de Louvain, IBA, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Universite Catholique de Louvain
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Treatment planning systems (TPSs) are essential for simulating and optimizing radiotherapy treatments. However, clinical TPSs are expensive software commercialized by private companies and of...
Authors: Min Cheol Han, Soorim Han, Chan Hyeong Kim, Jin Sung Kim, Seok-Ho Lee, Gahee Son, Yongdo Yun
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Yonsei Cancer Center, Heavy Ion Therapy Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Department of Integrative Medicine, Yonsei Cancer Center, Heavy Ion Therapy Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine
Abstract Preview: Purpose: The stoichiometric calibration method proposed by Kanematsu et al. (2016) has been widely adopted for CT number to stopping-power ratio (SPR) conversion in carbon-ion radiotherapy. With the r...