Authors: Jamieson Baker, Emel Calugaru, Yijian Cao, Jenghwa Chang, Jessica Jung, Jian Liu, Cindy Pham, Anurag Sharma, John Starner, Ching-Ling Teng, Michael A. Trager, Gabriella Wernicke
Affiliation: Northwell, Northwell Health, Radiation Medicine, Northwell Health, Hofstra University Medical Physics Program
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Our hospital network has options to treat recurrent glioblastoma (GBM) with surgically targeted Cesium-131 brachytherapy, external beam stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) with Varian TrueBeam, H...
Authors: Edward D. Brandner, Weihua Fu, M. Saiful Huq, Ronald John Lalonde, Kiran Mehta, Hima Bindu Musunuru, Yongqian Zhang
Affiliation: UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC Hillman CancerCenter
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Treatment of diffuse and extensive involvement of the skull by malignancy presents a difficult challenge for radiation therapy. This study reports preliminary experience of a modified volumet...
Authors: Courtney R. Buckey, Jay W. Burmeister, Minsong Cao, Grace Chang, Yu Kuang, Yixiang Liao, Yi Rong, Dandan Zheng
Affiliation: Mayo Clinic, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Karmanos Cancer Center, Gershenson ROC, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Physics Program, University of Nevada, Rush University Medical Center, University of Rochester
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Investigate the adequacy of training for therapeutic medical physics residents in select special procedures.
Methods: After a review of existing literature, a multi-institutional group dev...
Authors: Yanique N. Dunn, Marissa Joyce Vaccarelli
Affiliation: Northwell, Hofstra University Medical Physics Program
Abstract Preview: Purpose: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC) Event Notification Reports provide detailed information on nuclear-related events, including medical and non-medical incidents. This study evalu...
Authors: Robert K Chin, Klea Hoxha, Erika Jank, Jesus Juarez, Eulanca Yuka Liu, Dylan P. O'Connell, X. Sharon Qi, Ricky R Savjani
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles, University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA Radiation Oncology
Abstract Preview: Purpose:
Daily cone beam CT (CBCT) images are acquired prior to each radiotherapy treatment for verifying patient positioning. HyperSight is an advanced imaging solution that replaces standard CBCT...
Authors: Aman Anand, Jonathan B. Ashman, Martin Bues, Brady S. Laughlin, Lisa McGee, Justin Pettit, Fan Yang, Libing Zhu
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology Mayo Clinic, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Mayo Clinic
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Proton therapy (PT) offers significant clinical and economic benefits across various cancers, whereas it also has faced skepticism due to its historically high costs and perceived overuse in ...
Authors: Sijuan Huang, Zi LIU, Jing MA, Xin Yang
Affiliation: Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine; Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Diagnosis and Therapy, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510060, China
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To reduce the pressure of manual review of abnormal situations in manually/automatically delineated regions of interest (ROI), improve its accuracy and basis.
Methods: 220 radiotherapy pat...
Authors: Amy Tien Yee Chang, Chi Wai Cheung, Tin Lok Chiu, Chen-Yu Huang, Chi Wa Kong, Pei-Xiong Li, Pak Hang Nam, Bin Yang, Siu Ki Yu
Affiliation: Comprehensive Oncology Centre, Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, Medical Physics Department, Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital
Abstract Preview: Purpose: This study introduces BrachyPlanCheck, an independent Monte Carlo (MC)-based dose calculation tool for 192Ir brachytherapy retrospective study or algorithm commissioning.
Methods: BrachyPl...
Authors: Madeleine Arbogast, David Dorndos, Denise E Foltz, Justin Fraser, Damodar Pokhrel, William St Clair
Affiliation: University of Kentucky, Department of Radiation Medicine, University of Kentucky, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Kentucky, Radiation Medicine
Abstract Preview: Purpose: For stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) treatments of intracranial arteriovenous malformations (AVM) and fistulas (AVF), same-day Leksell Gamma Knife (GK) is the preferred modality. Long-term cli...
Authors: Yoshihiko Hoshino, Kenji Hotta, Taeko Matsuura, Ai Nakaoka, Hidenobu Tachibana
Affiliation: Hokkaido University, Department of Radiology, Gunma University Hospital, Radiation Safety and Quality Assurance Division, National Cancer Center Hospital East
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Gel dosimeters enable three-dimensional dose measurements, but no reports have evaluated the fundamental performance of VIPER-type gel dosimeters in proton beam measurements. Therefore, we ev...
Authors: Robert Berry, John Buatti, Nathan Burger, Ryan T. Flynn, Greg Johns, Maksim Kravchenko, Sergey Kutsaev, Yen-Po Lee, Marcos Ruelas, Joel J. St-Aubin, Timothy J. Waldron
Affiliation: RadiaBeam Technologies, University of Iowa
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To report the factory acceptance tests of a preclinical linear accelerator, the FLEX-9 electron FLASH linac from RadiaBeam Technologies.
Methods: The FLEX-9 FLASH electron linac is designe...
Authors: Stephen M. Avery, Izabella L. Barreto, Oi-Wai Chau, Cesar Della Biancia, Beata Gontova Bernat, Amanda M. Jackson, Rao Khan, Eugene P. Lief, Osama R. Mawlawi, Wilfred F. Ngwa, Christopher F. Njeh, Peter Allan Sandwall, William Swanson, Joseph Weygand, Afua A. Yorke
Affiliation: Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, VA Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University, Mayo Clinic, Champion Cancer Center, Howard University, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology and Applied Science, Dartmouth Health, University of Washington, University of Florida College of Medicine, Washington University in St Louis, Emory University, University of Pennsylvania, OhioHealth, Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To assess needs of medical physicists working in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs)
Methods: A survey was developed by AAPM’s Global Needs Assessment Committee (GNAC) in partnership w...
Authors: Manuel M. Arreola, Izabella L. Barreto, Amanda Schwarz
Affiliation: University of Florida, University of Florida College of Medicine
Abstract Preview: Purpose: In 2020, a medical physics undergraduate internship program was developed to attract competitive students to the field of medical physics.
Methods: The program offered a unique, immersive ...
Authors: Manuel M. Arreola, Hugh Davis, Daniella Fabri, Emily L. Marshall, BC Schwarz
Affiliation: University of Florida
Abstract Preview: Purpose:
This study aims to map procedure names, descriptions, and CPT codes from a Hybrid Angio-CT room to the American College of Radiology (ACR) Common Lexicon. This mapping will support expedit...
Authors: Karam Ayoub, Aaron B Hesselson, Ronald C McGarry, Joshua Misa, Damodar Pokhrel
Affiliation: University of Kentucky, Department of Radiation Medicine, University of Kentucky, Department of Cardiology
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Noninvasive stereotactic body radiosurgery (SBRS) is emerging treatment option for advanced heart failure patients with refractory-ventricular tachycardia (rVT) who experienced recurrent impl...
Authors: Kyle J Myers
Affiliation: Puente Solutions LLC
Abstract Preview: N/A...
Authors: Ara Alexandrian, Jessica Ashford, Jean-Guy Belliveau, Allison Dalton, Nathan Dobranski, Krystal M. Kirby, Garrett M. Pitcher, David E. Solis, Hamlet Spears, Angela M. Stam, Sotirios Stathakis, Jason Stevens, Rodney J. Sullivan, Sean Xavier Sullivan, Natalie N. Viscariello
Affiliation: Louisiana State University, Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To improve retrospective risk analysis in radiation oncology by leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) to extract richly annotated data from unstructured clinical incident reports.
Method...
Authors: Michael B. Altman, Sharbacha Edward, Jose L. Garcia Ramirez, Anamaria Guta, Elizabeth Gaines Jeong, Justin K. Mikell, Phillip D. H. Wall, Jacqueline Esthappan Zoberi
Affiliation: Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Washington University School of Medicine, WashU Medicine
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Modern HDR remote afterloaders (RAL) are equipped with enhanced safety features for accurate source positioning. However, little guidance is provided on the use of these features. We have cli...