Authors: Brett Bocian, Nesrin Dogan, John C. Ford, Alan Pollack, Ryder Marshall Schmidt, Junwei Shi, Jorge D Vega
Affiliation: University of Miami, University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: X-ray fluorescence computed tomography (XFCT) is an emerging molecular imaging modality gaining attention in cancer theranostics with high-Z metal nanoparticles (MNPs). While XFCT has been de...
Authors: Si-Wa Chan, Yuan-Yu Lee, Zhi-Ying Li, Jia-Wei Liao, Hui-Yu Cathy Tsai
Affiliation: Department of Radiology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Science, National Tsing Hua University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Dense breast tissue reduces the sensitivity of mammography, posing diagnostic challenges, especially for Asian women with high breast density (up to 50%). Current single-modality techniques o...
Authors: Jorge Naoki Dominguez Kondo, Qihui Lyu
Affiliation: University of California San Francisco, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco
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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: Yunfei Dong, Dongyang Guo, Zhenyu Yang, Fang-Fang Yin, Zeyu Zhang
Affiliation: Duke University, Duke Kunshan University, Medical Physics Graduate Program, Duke Kunshan University
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To develop a Biomechanically Guided Deep Learning Registration Network (BG-DRNet) that improves both accuracy and physiological plausibility in liver image registration. While cone-beam CT...
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: Ananta Raj Chalise, Matthias K Gobbert, Zhuoran Jiang, Sina Mossahebi, Stephen W. Peterson, Jerimy C. Polf, Lei Ren, Ehsan Shakeri, Vijay Raj Sharma, Jie Zhang
Affiliation: University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore County, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Stanford University, University of Maryland, School of Medine, Department of Physics, University of Cape Town, M3D, Inc
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Prompt gamma (PG) imaging is a promising modality for proton dose verification. Currently, there is a lack of effective tool to investigate the PG emission during proton therapy and optimize ...
Authors: Yuzhen Ding, Hongying Feng, Jason Michael Holmes, Baoxin Li, Wei Liu, Daniel Ma, Lisa McGee, Samir H. Patel, Jean Claude M. Rwigema, Sujay A. Vora
Affiliation: Arizona State University, Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Mayo Clinic
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Intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT) is a preferred treatment modality for head and neck (H&N) cancer patients, offering precise tumor targeting while sparing surrounding organs at ri...
Authors: James Brugarolas, Meixu Chen, Raquibul Hannan, Payal Kapur, Jing Wang, Kai Wang
Affiliation: Medical Artificial Intelligence and Automation (MAIA) Lab, Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Maryland Medical Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Accurate prognosis of clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is essential for guiding personalized treatment planning. In this study, we present a multi-modal ensemble model (MMEM) that inte...
Authors: Enhui Chang, Yunfei Dong, Yifei Hao, Chengliang Jin, Shengsheng Lai, Yi Long, Mengni Wu, Yulu Wu, Ruimeng Yang, Zhenyu Yang, Yue Yuan, Lei Zhang, Wanli Zhang, Yaogong Zhang
Affiliation: Duke Kunshan University, Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Medical Physics Graduate Program, Duke Kunshan University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Macrotrabecular-Massive Hepatocellular Carcinoma (MTM-HCC) is one type of liver cancer showed minimum image signature for accurate non-invasive diagnosis. This study aims to develop and evalu...
Authors: Xinhua Li, Jie Zhang, Yifang (Jimmy) Zhou
Affiliation: University of Kentucky, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Fat volume fraction (FVF) is an important biomarker for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. CT can be a good modality for FVF assessment if the accuracy is adequate. We aimed to study the impa...
Authors: Qihui Lyu, Javier Caravaca Rodriguez, Youngho Seo, Ke Sheng, Jingjie Yu
Affiliation: University of California San Francisco, University of California, San Francisco, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco
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Simultaneous broad-energy imaging is critical for many theragnostic applications, but the current Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) can only image low energy photons with ...
Authors: Justus Adamson, John Ginn, Yongbok Kim, Ke Lu, Trey Mullikin, Xiwen Shu, Chunhao Wang, Zhenyu Yang, Jingtong Zhao
Affiliation: Duke University, Duke Kunshan University
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To develop a knowledge-based deep model for synthetic CT (sCT) generation from a single MR volume in frameless radiosurgery (SRS), eliminating the need for CT simulation prior to the SRS d...
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: Ming Dong, Carri K. Glide-Hurst, Qisheng He, Anudeep Kumar, Alex Singleton Kuo, Joshua Pan, Chase Ruff, Nicholas R. Summerfield
Affiliation: Department of Computer Science, Wayne State University, Departments of Human Oncology and Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Recent evidence highlights the importance of incorporating cardiac substructures (CS) into treatment planning for thoracic cancers, however current segmentation methods are limited to a singl...
Authors: Ming Chao, Thomas Chum, Tenzin Kunkyab, Yang Lei, Tian Liu, Richard G Stock, Hasan Wazir, Junyi Xia, Jiahan Zhang
Affiliation: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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This study aims to develop effective strategies for multi-organ segmentation of pelvic cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) images based on transformer models to facilitate adaptive radiat...
Authors: Shreyas Anil, Jason Chan, Arushi Gulati, Yannet Interian, Hui Lin, Benedict Neo, Andrea Park, Bhumika Srinivas
Affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of California San Francisco, Department of Data Science, University of San Francisco, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Hospital readmission prediction models often rely on structured Electronic Health Record (EHR) data, overlooking critical insights from unstructured clinical notes. This study presents a mult...
Authors: Estelle Batin, Michael A. Carlson, Nilendu Gupta, Zachary X. Richards, Diana Shvydka
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: With an increase in world-wide proton treatment availability, patients sometimes are transferred between proton and photon modalities. Among the main reasons for modality shifts are proton be...
Authors: Stephen M Corner, Daiki Hara, Jiasen Ma, Robert W Mutter, Mark D. Pepin, Nicholas B. Remmes, Hok Seum Wan Chan Tseung
Affiliation: Mayo Clinic - Rochester
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Proton minibeam radiotherapy (pMBRT) is a form of spatially fractionated radiation therapy leveraging submillimeter beams to improve the therapeutic ratio. We report on collimator design, com...
Authors: Xiangli Cui, Wanli Huo, Jie Li, Lingling Liu, Tao Ma, Yuanyuan Wang
Affiliation: Institute of Health and Medical Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Hefei Ion Medical Center, Hefei Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Zhejiang-New Zealand Joint Vision-Based Intelligent Metrology Laboratory, College of Information Engineering, China Jiliang University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: In practice, treatment planning systems (TPS) of proton therapy require a CT calibration curve, which relates Hounsfield units (HU) to relative stopping power (RSP). Single-energy CT as a sta...
Authors: Jeremy S. Bredfeldt, Benito De Celis Alonso, Braian Adair Maldonado Luna, Kevin M. Moerman, Gerardo Uriel Perez Rojas, René Eduardo Rodríguez-Pérez, Kamal Singhrao
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Galway, Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Online adaptive radiotherapy replanning for single-isocenter bone cancer metastasis treatment reduces on-table treatment time and patient discomfort compared to the multi-isocenter standard-o...
Authors: Katrinus Keijnemans, Eric S. Paulson, An Tai
Affiliation: Department of Radiotherapy, University Medical Center Utrecht, Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Time-weighted mid-position images (MidPs), derived from four-dimensional computed tomography (4DCT) via deformable image registration (DIR), are frequently selected for treatment planning due...
Authors: Matthew C Abramowitz, Alan Dal Pra, Rodrigo Delgadillo, Nesrin Dogan, John C. Ford, Kyle R. Padgett, Levent Sensoy, Benjamin Spieler, Matthew T. Studenski, Jace Allen Walker
Affiliation: University of Miami, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Miami, University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami School of Medicine
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Toxicities that affect a patient’s quality-of-life due to prostate cancer (pCa) radiation therapy (RT) are receiving more attention as RT has become increasingly successful in treating pCA...