Authors: Jie Deng, 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
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Based on a 3D pre-treatment MRI scan, we developed DREME-MR to jointly reconstruct the reference patient anatomy and a data-driven, patient-specific cardiorespiratory motion model. Via a moti...
Authors: Ramin Abolfath, Sedigheh Fardirad, Abbas Ghasemizad, Houda Kacem, Marie Catherine Vozenin
Affiliation: University of Guilan, Universite de Lausanne, University Hospital, Geneva, Howard University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Lower production of H2O2 in water is a hallmark of ultra-high dose rate (UHDR) compared to the conventional dose rate (CDR). The current computational models are in the opposite of the experi...
Authors: Carri K. Glide-Hurst, Thomas M Grist, Kevin M. Johnson, Prashant Nagpal, Tarun Naren, Chase Ruff, Oliver Wieben, Jiwei Zhao
Affiliation: Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Departments of Human Oncology and Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Cardiotoxicity is a devastating side effect for thoracic radiotherapy (RT). Currently, standard RT imaging is insufficient to decouple cardiorespiratory motion, limiting substructure-specific...
Authors: Hamid Abdollahi Nasehabad, Mehrangiz Amiri, Mohammad Reza Deevband, Faraz Kalantari, Milad Peer-Firozjaei, Ali Shabestani Monfared, Ehsan Tajikmansoury
Affiliation: Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics Department, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), Department of Radiobiology and Medical Physics, Babol University of Medical Sciences, 1. Department of Radiobiology and Medical Physics, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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Targeted radionuclide therapy (TRNT) with 213Bi- labeled radiopharmaceuticals is a promising approach in targeted alpha and beta therapy for cancer. This study aims to assess double-strand...
Authors: Matthew R. Hoerner, Maryam Naseri, Mena Shenouda
Affiliation: Yale University School of Medicine, Yale University
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Historically film has been the gold standard receptor for measurements of x-ray tube focal spot size. Flat Panel Digital Radiography Detectors (FPDRDs) have lower spatial resolution compar...
Authors: Xu Cao, Wesley S. Culberson, Aubrey Parks, Brian W Pogue, Matthew Reed, William Scott Thomas
Affiliation: University of Wisconsin: Madison, Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin - Madison, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin - Madison, UW-Madison
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Under Ultra-High Dose Rate (UHDR) irradiation, radical-radical interactions are likely enhanced due higher density production in time and space and this alters the cascade of reactions that s...
Authors: Xu Cao, Wesley S. Culberson, Aubrey Parks, Brian W Pogue, William Scott Thomas
Affiliation: Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin - Madison, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin - Madison, UW-Madison
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The hydrated electron is a critical reactive species generated during the radiolysis of water when ionizing radiation interacts with biological tissues. It plays a pivotal role in mediatin...
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: 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: Zakaria Aboulbanine, Greeshma A. Agasthya, Paul Inman, Anuj J. Kapadia, Anthony Hong Cheol Lim, Jayasai Ram Rajagopal
Affiliation: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Georgia Institute of Technology
Abstract Preview: Purpose: The fundamental concept of radiopharmaceutical therapy involves binding radioisotopes to molecules with a known biokinetic distribution, which ensures that the targeted organs receive higher ...
Authors: Yao Hao, Yuting Peng, Francisco Javier Reynoso, Tianyu Zhao, Xiandong Zhao
Affiliation: Varian, University of South Florida, Washington University School of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Ultra-high dose-rate (FLASH) dose rate (> 40 Gy/s) may result in a radio-protective effect in healthy tissue compared with conventional dose rate (CDR). This effect has been observed in vivo ...
Authors: Yujie Chi, Yao Hao, Xun Jia, Youfang Lai, Yuting Peng, Francisco Javier Reynoso, Lingshu Yin, Tianyu Zhao, Xiandong Zhao
Affiliation: Johns Hopkins University, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, University of South Florida
Abstract Preview: Purpose: FLASH radiation therapy has shown remarkable tissue sparing effects compared to radiation therapy at conventional dose rates (CDR). Yet, its mechanism remains unclear. Radical production modu...