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: David Brizel, Kyle J. Lafata, Jian-Guo Liu, Yvonne M Mowery, Yvonne M Mowery, William Paul Segars, Jack B Stevens
Affiliation: Department of Physics, Duke University, Carl E. Ravin Advanced Imaging Laboratories and Center for Virtual Imaging Trials, Duke University Medical Center, Duke University, Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University, University of Pittsburgh
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To develop a technique to quantify tumor topology using a unifying mathematical framework that integrates texture and morphology and to evaluate its feasibility as a prognostic biomarker for ...
Authors: Jorge Naoki Dominguez Kondo, Qihui Lyu
Affiliation: University of California San Francisco, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco
Abstract Preview: Purpose:
Targeted alpha therapy (TAT) has emerged as a highly potent therapeutic method in oncology, but its development is limited by the lack of imaging methods to quantify its dosimetry. Convent...
Authors: Robert Fucetola, Jiayi Huang, Zhihua Liu, Chongliang Luo, Tong Zhu
Affiliation: Washington University School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine
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This prospective observational study investigates radiation-induced white matter (WM) injuries using longitudinal diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in patients with diffuse glioma following r...
Authors: Damien C. Mathew, Brandon Hai Nguyen, Satwik Pani, Yoichi Watanabe
Affiliation: Minnespolis Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Washington University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To formulate a computational algorithm to quantify the tumor movement from the motion data of landmarks on the brain surface. To estimate the magnitude of tumor movement when the head makes a...
Authors: J. Daniel Bourland, Christina K Cramer, Justin M. Napolitano, James D. Ververs
Affiliation: Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Abstract Preview: Purpose:
Brain metastases (BM) can be treated with linear accelerator (LINAC)-based stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). Treatment planning for this modality has evolved over time; treatment plans typi...
Authors: Timothy J Allen, Clara Ferreira
Affiliation: University of Minnesota, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Presurgical treatment planning for GammaTile cranial implants is limited to estimates of required tiles and provides no positioning information. Existing tools are intended for tile estimatio...
Authors: Chih-Chiang Chang, Chingyun Cheng, Ben Durkee, Minglei Kang, Elissa Khoudary, Yangguang Ma, Xuanqin Mou, YuFei Wang, Tengda Zhang, Wang Zhengda
Affiliation: Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Radiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, School of Software Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, School of information and communications engineering, Faculty of electronic and information engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Department of Medical Physics, Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Abstract Preview: Purpose: This study presents a voxel-based analysis method based on deformable image registration to accurately quantify respiratory-induced motion and deformation of both targets and organs at risk (...
Authors: Jiahao Chen, Yunwen Huang, Yidong Yang, Shanshan Zhang, Ning Zhao, Cheng Zheng
Affiliation: Department of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Department of Engineering and Applied Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, University of Science and Technology of China
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To develop a molecular image-guided radiotherapy technique for accurate and effective radiation treatment using quantitative fluorescence molecular tomography (FMT).
Methods: X-ray cone be...
Authors: Åsa K. Carlsson Tedgren, Taran Hellebust, Antonio Herreros, Jacob Johansen, Christian Kirisits, Panagiotis Papagiannis, Mark J. Rivard, Frank-Andre Siebert, Frank Verhaegen, Javier Vijande, Jan Wiersma, Marisol de Brabandere, Ruud van Leeuwen
Affiliation: UKSH, Campus Kiel, Klinik für Strahlentherapie (Radioonkologie), Department of Oncology, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital, Radiation Physics, Department of Medicine and Health (IMH), Linköping University, Radiation Oncology Department, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona, IDIBAPS, IFIC-UV, Radiation Oncology, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Department of Radiation Oncology, Radboud University Medical Center, Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Medical Physics Laboratory, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO), GROW – School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Department of Radiation Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: This study, which was carried out by the GEC-ESTRO BRAPHYQS working group, reports the increasing divergence between clinical reference air kerma rate (RAKR) measurements and vendor-provided ...
Authors: Thomas Furno, Arjen Winkel, Ramtin Zakikhani
Affiliation: Genesis Care USA, QLRAD, SMH
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To quantify the dosimetric impact of the newly introduced “Inframammary Fold (IMF) Breast WedgeTM ” device by QLRAD inc. in the region of the inframammary fold during breast radiotherapy.
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