Authors: Beth M. Beadle, Adrian Celaya, Laurence Edward Court, David Fuentes, Anna Lee, Tze Yee Lim, Dragan Mirkovic, Amy Moreno, Raymond Mumme, Tucker J. Netherton, Callistus M. Nguyen, Jaganathan A Parameshwaran, Jack Phan, Carlos Sjogreen, Sara L. Thrower, Congjun Wang, He C. Wang, Xin Wang
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, MD Anderson Cancer Center, MD Anderson, Rice University, Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Quality assurance of target volumes from radiotherapy clinical trials is a labor and resource intensive task. The purpose of this work is to quantify the accuracy of a tool that automatically...
Authors: Asma Amjad, Renae Conlin, Beth A. Erickson, William Hall, Eric S. Paulson, Christina M. Sarosiek
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin
Abstract Preview: Purpose: The adapt-to-shape (ATS) workflow on the MR-Linac involves manual contour edits followed by treatment plan reoptimization on daily pre-beam MRIs. A verification image is acquired after plan o...
Authors: Leigh A. Conroy, Thomas G Purdie, Christy Wong
Affiliation: Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To develop a novel machine learning (ML) algorithm to evaluate and rank breast radiation therapy (RT) treatment plans based on treatment complexity for prioritization in multidisciplinary pee...
Authors: Mehdi Amini, Minerva Becker, Simina Chiriac, Alexandre Cusin, Dimitrios Daskalou, Ghasem Hajianfar, Sophie Neveu, Marcella Pucci, Yazdan Salimi, Pascal Senn, Habib Zaidi
Affiliation: Geneva University Hospital, Division of Radiology, Diagnostic Department, Geneva University Hospitals, Service of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Geneva University Hospitals
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Personalized prediction of vestibular schwannoma (VS) tumour growth is crucial for guiding patient management decisions toward observation versus intervention. This study proposes an automate...
Authors: Steve Braunstein, Angela Jakary, Hui Lin, Bo Liu, Janine Lupo, Tiffany Ngan, Ke Sheng, Nate Tran
Affiliation: Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, Graduate Program in Bioengineering, University of California San Francisco-UC Berkeley, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Current RT clinical target volumes (CTVs) for Glioblastoma (GBM) employ 2cm isotropic expansions of gross tumor volumes. However, studies showed patients still experience progression beyond t...
Authors: Yuanhan Chen, Ziqiang Chen, Qi Cheng, Feng Ding, Rui Fang, Shengwen Guo, Li Hao, Qiang He, Haiquan Huang, Yu Kuang, Xinling Liang, Yuanjiang Liao, Guohui Liu, Chen Lu, Qingquan Luo, Jing Sun, Yanhua Wu, Zhen Xie, Qin Zhang, Lang Zhou
Affiliation: South China University of Technology, Dongguan people's hospital, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, People’s Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangdong Easy Life Information Technology Co., Ltd, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine), Medical Physics Program, University of Nevada, Second Hospital of Jilin University, Chongqing Ninth People's Hospital
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a global healthcare issue with a rapid onset and severe consequences. Repeated measurement of serum creatinine (SCr) levels, a clinical standard of care, is cruci...
Authors: Evan Calabrese, Hangjie Ji, Kyle J. Lafata, Casey Y. Lee, Eugene Vaios, Chunhao Wang, Lana Wang, Zhenyu Yang, Jingtong Zhao
Affiliation: Duke University, Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University, Duke Kunshan University, North Carolina State University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To develop a biologically guided deep learning (DL) model for predicting brain metastasis(BM) local control outcomes following stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). By integrating pre-SRS MR image...
Authors: Taylor A Beal, Kari J. Brewer Savannah, Kristy K. Brock, Alejandro Contreras, Natalie W Fowlkes, Megan Kalambo, Gregory P Reece, Erin P Snoddy, Tien T Tang
Affiliation: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Current anatomical and surgical research does not adequately detail the breast fascial system’s ligaments and connective tissues. Most available information stems from cadaver dissections, wh...
Authors: Rachael Blair, Les Butler, Lillian Dickson, Kyungmin Ham, Charles Hartman, Kenneth (Kip) Matthews, Corinne Vanya
Affiliation: Louisiana State University, University of Minnesota, Refined Imaging LLC, Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices
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To develop and evaluate an x-ray interferometry system (XIS) for low-dose, high-sensitivity diagnostic imaging of lung diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma...
Authors: Sahaja Acharya, Matthew Ladra, Junghoon Lee, Lina Mekki, Bohua Wan
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Department of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Cerebellar mutism syndrome (CMS) is the most frequently observed complication in children undergoing surgical resection of posterior fossa tumors. Previous work explored lesion to symptom map...
Authors: E Courtney Henry, Srinivas Cheenu Kappadath, Armeen Mahvash
Affiliation: UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
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Characterization of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tumor responses for single-arm single-center prospective 90Y-radioembolization clinical trial (n=40) that used patient-specific voxel-dos...
Authors: Sam Armstrong, Jamison Louis Brooks, Nicole Johnson, Douglas John Moseley, Cassie Sonnicksen, Erik J. Tryggestad
Affiliation: Mayo Clinic
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To evaluate the feasibility of a shallow learning-based quality assurance (QA) tool designed to assist human reviewers in assessing organ-at-risk (OAR) contours for head and neck radiotherapy...
Authors: Robert H Hadfield, Madelyn Johnson, Baozhu Lu, Hongjing Sun, Vikas Vikas, Brian C. Wilson, Weibing Yang, Timothy C. Zhu
Affiliation: University of Glasgow, University of Toronto, University of Pennsylvania
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Multispectral Singlet Oxygen Luminescent Dosimetry (MSOLD) has been developed as a real-time in vivo dosimetry technique for Photodynamic Therapy (PDT). This study investigates the feasibi...
Authors: Abdusalam Abdukerim
Affiliation: Institute for Medical Imaging Technology, Ruijin Hospital
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Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is the gold-standard non-invasive test for coronary artery disease (CAD), but iodine contrast agents (ICA) pose limitations in specific popu...
Authors: Robbie Beckert, Austen N. Curcuru, Farnoush Forghani, Yi Huang, Geoffrey D. Hugo, Hyun Kim, Eric Laugeman, Luke Christian Marut, Thomas R. Mazur, Allen Mo, Emily Sigmund
Affiliation: Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, WashU Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Wash U Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Adaptive SBRT is resource intensive, requiring additional personnel for online planning, and should be reserved for cases where it is most beneficial. The purpose of this research is to creat...
Authors: William F.B Igoniye, Belema Manuel, Christopher F. Njeh, O Ray-offor
Affiliation: Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital
Abstract Preview: Purpose: The accurate and efficient categorization of brain tumors is essential for effective treatment planning and improved patient outcomes. Current MRI-based diagnostic methods are time-intensive ...
Authors: Huiming Dong, Jonathan Pham, X. Sharon Qi, Ann Raldow
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles
Abstract Preview: Purpose: The study aimed to investigate longitudinal apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) as an early biomarker of treatment response in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) undergoing ...
Authors: Wei Wei, Yading Yuan
Affiliation: Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Department of Radiation Oncology
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To investigate an uncertainty modeling method to improve the performance of cancer classification with the ability to produce uncertainty score.
Methods: Deep learning has achieved state-o...
Authors: Ameer Elaimy, Theodore Lawrence, Charles S. Mayo, Seyyedeh Azar Oliaei Motlagh, Benjamin S. Rosen
Affiliation: University of Michigan
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To analyze the impact of clinical features on short-term survival, toxicity, and poor outcomes in HCC patients treated with SBRT,using automated data aggregation and enhanced algorithms with ...
Authors: Jeffrey D. Bradley, Steven J. Feigenberg, Cole Friedes, Yin Gao, Xun Jia, Kevin Teo, Lingshu Yin, Jennifer Wei Zou
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Understanding how physicians evaluate plans is critical for automatic planning and ensuring consistent, high-quality care. While deep-learning models excel in complex decision-making, the lac...
Authors: Adnan Jafar, Xun Jia, Michael B. Roumeliotis
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: HDR brachytherapy (HDRBT) treatment planning is challenging due to the need for high-quality plans under time pressure, considering anatomy and applicator geometry. This study proposes an exp...
Authors: Melissa Bronson, Elizabeth L. Covington, Robert T. Dess, Joseph R. Evans, William C. Jackson, Charles S. Mayo, Michelle L. Mierzwa, Benjamin S. Rosen, VG Vinod Vydiswaran, Grant Weyburne, Zheng Zhang, Henry Zocher
Affiliation: PCORnet®, The National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network, University of Michigan
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Diagnosis and staging are an integral part of cancer care, but this information is often scattered across various electronic medical records. The fragmentation increases overall documentation...
Authors: Claire Keun Sun Park, Atchar Sudhyadhom, Veena Venkatachalam, Noah Warner
Affiliation: Harvard–MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School,, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Modern radiotherapy achieves sub-millimeter spatial accuracy but fails to account for patient- and spatially-specific variations in biological response. Free radical generation (FRG), particu...
Authors: James M. Lamb, Dishane Chand Luximon, Jack Neylon, Rachel Petragallo, Moritz Ritter, Timothy Ritter
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles, ETH Zurich, VCU Health System, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Colorado
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Anomalies in cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) radiotherapy image guidance can signal treatment deviations. Repetitive review of setup image registrations by humans is inefficient, prone t...
Authors: Ibtisam Almajnooni, Elisabeth Weiss, Lulin Yuan
Affiliation: Virginia Commonwealth University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: We developed a deep learning neural network (DLNN) to predict the risk of radiation-induced esophagitis (RE) during lung cancer radiation therapy based on the spatial dose distribution, for t...
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: Omar Awad, Alfredo Enrique Echeverria, Issam M. El Naqa, Daniel Allan Hamstra, Yiding Han, Ryan Lafratta, Abdallah Sherif Radwan Mohamed, Piyush Pathak, Zaid Ali Siddiqui, Baozhou Sun, Vincent Ugarte
Affiliation: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Harris Health, Baylor College of Medicine
Abstract Preview: Purpose:
Accurate detection and segmentation of brain metastases are critical for diagnosis, treatment planning, and follow-up imaging but are challenging due to labor-intensive manual assessments ...
Authors: Ryan Alden, Tithi Biswas, Kaushik Halder, Felix Maria-Joseph, Michael Mix, Rihan Podder, Tarun Kanti Podder
Affiliation: SUNY Upstate Medical University, IIT-Roorkee, University of Florida
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Early-stage NSCLC patients undergoing SBRT often die due to intercurrent illnesses. However, prediction of overall survival (OS) remains crucial due to the risk of disease recurrence. This st...
Authors: Xuezhen Feng, Li-Sheng Geng, Haoze Li, Xi Liu, Tianyu Xiong, Ruijie Yang
Affiliation: Department of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, School of Physics, Beihang University, School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of South China, Department of Radiation Oncology, Peking University Third Hospital
Abstract Preview: Purpose: This study aimed to develop a deep learning-based algorithm for automatically delineate gross tumor volume (GTV) for lung cancer patients, alleviating the workload of radiologists and improvi...
Authors: Maya Ataya, Clint Bahler, Ramotallah Dami Jubril, Michael Koch, Oluwaseyi Oderinde, Mark Tann
Affiliation: Purdue University, epartment of Urology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Urology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine
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To investigate racial differences in the detection of biochemical recurrence (BCR) using 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT, known for its improved sensitivity and specificity in patients after radical p...
Authors: Ryan Alden, Tithi Biswas, Kaushik Halder, Felix Maria-Joseph, Michael Mix, Rihan Podder, Tarun Kanti Podder
Affiliation: SUNY Upstate Medical University, IIT-Roorkee, University of Florida
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Radiomics feature-based model for predicting distant recurrence can potentially provide critical insight for clinical decision-making and assistance in treatment strategies. This study focuse...
Authors: John Byun, Steven D Chang, Mingli Chen, Cynthia Chuang, Xuejun Gu, Melanie Hayden Gephart, Yusuke Hori, Hao Jiang, Mahdieh Kazemimoghadam, Fred Lam, Gordon Li, Lianli Liu, Weiguo Lu, David Park, Erqi Pollom, Elham Rahimy, Deyaaldeen Abu Reesh, Scott Soltys, Gregory Szalkowski, Lei Wang, Qingying Wang, Zi Yang, Xianghua Ye, Kangning Zhang
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Medical Artificial Intelligence and Automation (MAIA) Lab, Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Accurate prediction of pain relief is crucial in determining the clinical effectiveness of Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) regimen for spine metastases. We propose a deep-learning frame...
Authors: Liyuan Chen, Meixu Chen, Bowen Jing, Sepeadeh Radpour, Erich Josef Schmitz, David Sher, Jing Wang
Affiliation: Medical Artificial Intelligence and Automation (MAIA) Lab, Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Medical Artificial Intelligence and Automation (MAIA) Laboratory, Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Prospective clinical trials have shown that involved nodal radiation therapy (INRT) can substantially improve patients’ quality of life without increasing the risk of elective nodal failure. ...
Authors: Huang Chi-Shiuan, Wu Chih-Chun, Hui-Yu Cathy Tsai, Chen Yan-Han, Chen Yi-Wei, Pan Yi-Ying
Affiliation: Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Science, National Tsing Hua University, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Tri-Service General Hospital
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This study aims to develop and validate a machine learning (ML) model based on MRI-derived radiomic features to predict progressive disease (PD) in glioblastoma (GBM) patients four months ...
Authors: Waleed Mutlaq Almutairi, Ke Colin Huang, Vishwas Mukundan, Christopher F. Njeh, Oluwaseyi Oderinde, Yong Yue
Affiliation: Purdue University, Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology, Advanced Molecular Imaging in Radiotherapy (AdMIRe) Research Laboratory, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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This study aimed to develop a machine learning (ML) model for early prediction of chemoradiotherapy (CRT) response in order to enhance personalized treatment selection for oral or orophary...
Authors: Vasiliki Chatzipavlidou, Ilias Gatos, George C. Kagadis, Theodoros Kalathas, Paraskevi Katsakiori, Anna Makridou, Dimitris N. Mihailidis, Nikos Papathanasiou, Ioanna Stamouli, Stavros Tsantis
Affiliation: Theageneio Hospital, University of Pennsylvania, University of Patras
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To compare the performance of multiple deep learning (DL) networks, including DenseNet201, InceptionV3, MobileNetV3, EfficientNetB2, NASNetMobile, VGG19, ResNet50, and Xception, in classifyin...
Authors: Yifei Hao, Chengliang Jin, Wenxuan Li, Bing Luo, Tao Peng, Yulu Wu, Fang-Fang Yin, Yue Yuan, Lei Zhang, Ruojun Zhou
Affiliation: School of Future Science and Engineering, Soochow University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Program, Duke Kunshan University, Medical Physics Graduate Program, Duke Kunshan University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Federated learning is a patient privacy-protecting technique that has recently been applied in the medical field. This study aims to evaluate the performance of several deep learning networks...
Authors: Qianxi Ni, Qionghui Zhou
Affiliation: The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University/Hunan Cancer Hospital, the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University
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This study aims to develop and evaluate interpretable machine learning models that use radiomic and dosimetric features to predict HT in advanced cervical cancer patients.
Methods:
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Authors: Douglas John Moseley, David M. Routman, Satomi Shiraishi, Donald C Smith, Mark R. Waddle
Affiliation: University of Denver, Mayo Clinic
Abstract Preview: Purpose: About 6% of patients treated for the first time in our department have received radiotherapy previously at an outside institution. We aim to provide an automatic quality assurance of identify...
Authors: Fre'Etta Brooks, Catharine H Clark, Patricia Diez, Peter B. Greer, Hideaki Hirashima, Rebecca M. Howell, Mohammad Hussein, Stephen F. Kry, Joerg Lehmann, Jessica Lye, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Christopher L. Nelson, Rushil Patel, Christine Peterson, Julianne M. Pollard-Larkin
Affiliation: Kyoto University, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Radiotherapy Trials Quality Assurance Group, Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering, University College London, Metrology for Medical Physics, National Physical Laboratory, Austin Health, University of Washington Medical Center, University of Newcastle
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To assess the consistency of end-to-end dosimetry audits currently used by different international clinical trial QA organizations with the goal of harmonizing audits and reducing audit overl...
Authors: Rituparna Basak, Maede Boroji, Renee F Cattell, Vahid Danesh, Imin Kao, Kartik Mani, Xin Qian, Samuel Ryu, Tiezhi Zhang
Affiliation: Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook University, Washington University in St. Louis, Stony Brook University Hospital
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Fundamental qualitative characteristics physicians use to differentiate skin lesion subtypes include asymmetry, border irregularity, and color. Radiomic features have potential to quantify th...
Authors: Rajeev K. Badkul, Ronald C Chen, Ying Hou, Harold Li, Chaoqiong Ma, Jufri Setianegara
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Kansas Medical Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose:
Postimplant urinary toxicity is common in prostate low-dose-rate (LDR) brachytherapy. We developed a machine learning (ML) model to explore the correlation between spatial dose distributio...
Authors: Liyuan Chen, Sepeadeh Radpour, David Sher, Jing Wang
Affiliation: Medical Artificial Intelligence and Automation (MAIA) Lab, Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Accurate lymph node malignancy prediction is pivotal in optimizing radiation treatment strategies for head and neck (HN) cancer patients. While conventional radiomics models leverage intensit...
Authors: Ke Lu, Chunhao Wang, Ruoxu Xia, Zhenyu Yang, Fang-Fang Yin, Chulong Zhang, Lei Zhang, Rihui Zhang, Jingtong Zhao, Haiming Zhu
Affiliation: Duke University, Duke Kunshan University, Medical Physics Graduate Program, Duke Kunshan University, The First People's Hospital of Kunshan
Abstract Preview: Purpose: The human brain’s spherical geometry offers unique opportunities for improving the segmentation of tiny and irregular anatomical structures. We hypothesize that representing the brain in sphe...
Authors: Guillermo Daniel Alvarez, Daniel Fino, Rocio Luz Gilli, Dorian Alexander Romero
Affiliation: School Foundation of Nuclear Medicine, INTECNUS Foundation, Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy Center of Southern Patagonia
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To evaluate the anatomical, functional, and molecular information from PET/MR images with F18-PSMA to identify intraprostatic lesions and delineate a boost in stereotactic body radiotherapy (...