Authors: Jie Liu
Affiliation: Inova Health System
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The respiratory signal commonly acquired by using external surrogates or detecting the diaphragm position only represents the phase information and has poor correlation with the tumor moti...
Authors: Sung Woon Choi, Dong Wook Kim, Jin Sung Kim, Na Hye Kwon, Paulo Jorge Ribeiro Da Fonte
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Yonsei Cancer Center, Heavy Ion Therapy Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Coimbra Institute of Engineering, Polytechnic University of Coimbra
Abstract Preview: Purpose: In hadrontherapy, such as proton and carbon ion therapy, it is desirable, for quality assurance reasons, to have an online beam energy measurement independent from the machine parameters. Sin...
Authors: Cheewai Cheng, Indra J. Das, Jeffrey Yui Hei Wong, Poonam Yadav
Affiliation: Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Radiation treatment machine replacement brings chaos and urgency of timely completion of machine commissioning for every procedure used including TBI that are time consuming. Based on past ex...
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: Rodrigo Delgadillo, Nesrin Dogan, Benjamin J. Rich, Stuart E Samuels, Levent Sensoy
Affiliation: University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Daily Cone beam CT (CBCT) images may be useful in detecting early morphological changes during head and neck cancer radiotherapy. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of CBCT...
Authors: Jean Bourbeau, Jim Hogg, Miranda Kirby, Meghan Koo, Kalysta Makimoto, Wan Tan
Affiliation: Montreal Chest Institute of the Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Toronto Metropolitan University, Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, University of British Columbia
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations are burdensome to patients and healthcare systems. CT imaging-derived measures of emphysema and airway remodeling have been shown to...
Authors: Guang-Pei Chen, Mi Huang, Haidy G. Nasief, Eric S. Paulson
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Recently, kV imaging has been integrated into the Accuray Radixact platform, facilitating online adaptive and scan-plan-treat workflows with helical delivery in the near future. In order to s...
Authors: Alejandro Bertolet, Mislav Bobić, Carlos Huesa-Berral, Aileen O'Shea, Ralph Weissleder
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To develop a pipeline for estimating the absorbed dose to various organs from positron emission tomography (PET) combined with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We use this pipeline to evalua...
Authors: Lawrence F. Bronk, Fada Guan, Xun Jia, Youfang Lai, Miao Qi
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins University, Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are widely regarded as critical indicators of cellular response to ionizing radiation. This study aims to establish a direct, unbiased and universal correlatio...
Authors: Evan Calabrese, Scott R. Floyd, Kyle J. Lafata, Zachary J. Reitman, Eugene Vaios, Chunhao Wang, Lana Wang, Deshan Yang, Zhenyu Yang, Jingtong Zhao
Affiliation: Duke University, Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University, Duke Kunshan University
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This study proposes a novel neural ordinary differential equation (NODE) framework to distinguish post-SRS radionecrosis from recurrence in brain metastases (BMs). By integrating imaging f...
Authors: Isaac J. Bailey, Lindsay S. DeWeese, Anna M. Mench, Celeste Winters
Affiliation: Oregon Health & Science University, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Oregon Health & Science University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: The emergence and recent FDA approval of several new radiopharmaceutical therapies have increased demand for physicists to provide specialized support. However, these topics are not yet inclu...
Authors: Les Butler, Joyoni Dey, Conner B Dooley, Victoria L Fontenot, Kyungmin Ham, Hunter Cole Meyer
Affiliation: Louisiana State University, Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices, Linfield University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: X-ray interferometry is an emerging imaging modality with a wide variety of potential clinical applications, including lung and breast imaging. Small inaccuracies in grating position lead to ...