Authors: Ishika Bhaumik, John M. Boone, Michael T Corwin, Eric S Diaz, Ahmadreza Ghasemiesfe, Andrew M. Hernandez, Sarah E. McKenney, Misagh Piran, Ali Uneri, Eric L White
Affiliation: UC Davis, UC Davis Health, University of California, Johns Hopkins Univ
Abstract Preview: Purpose: A new model CT scanner (Canon Aquilion One Insight) was recently installed at our institution, and it included a 3D Landmark (3DLM) scan for automatic scan planning, a new deep learning recon...
Authors: Steve Braunstein, Yannet Interian, Hui Lin, Bo Liu, Janine Lupo, Olivier Morin, Benedict Neo
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 Data Science, University of San Francisco, University of San Francisco
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Large Language Models (LLMs) demonstrate strong general text comprehension but remain limited in oncology due to insufficient contextual alignment. We pilot embedding alignment through radiol...
Authors: Louis Archambault, Luc Beaulieu, Alexis Horik, Sajjad Ahmad Khan
Affiliation: Département de Physique, de Génie Physique et D'optique, et Centre de Recherche sur le Cancer, Université Laval, Département de physique, de génie physique et d'optique, Université Laval
Abstract Preview: Purpose: This study presents a novel 2D scintillation dosimeter leveraging long scintillating fibers for quality assurance (QA) in radiotherapy. The primary goal is to optimize critical parameters suc...
Authors: Denisa R. Goia, M. Saiful Huq, Ronald John Lalonde, Fang Li, Noor Mail, Joseph Shields, Christopher Tyerech
Affiliation: UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, UPMC
Abstract Preview: Purpose: HyperSight is a new platform for image-guided radiation therapy, offering advanced reconstruction algorithms, a large field-of-view, and rapid acquisition times. To validate the performance o...
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: 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: Kota Hirose, Daisuke Kawahara, Jokichi Kawazoe, Yuji Murakami
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Synthesizing medical images can address the lack of or unscanned medical images, reducing scanner time and costs. However, paired image scarcity remains a challenge for image synthesis. We pr...
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: Xiaoyu Duan, Xinyu Hu, Runqiu Li, Xiang Li
Affiliation: Dukekunshan University, Medical Physics Graduate Program, Duke Kunshan University
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Accurate detection of small-sized microcalcifications (μCalcs) (< 500 µm) is critical for early breast cancer diagnosis, requiring optimal imaging systems and reconstruction algorithms. Ho...
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: Weigang Hu, Zhenhao Li, Jiazhou Wang, Xiaojie Yin, Zhen Zhang
Affiliation: Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
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This study aims to develop and validate a novel deep learning method to generate synthetic PET images for rectal cancer from MRI data. By incorporating metabolic information from the synth...
Authors: Girish Bal, Thomas I. Banks, Bin Cai, Neil Desai, Aurelie Garant, Orhan Oz, Elizeva Phillips, Rameshwar Prasad, Chenyang Shen, Robert Timmerman
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, RefleXion Medical
Abstract Preview: Purpose: This study reports findings from the first-in-human imaging-only trial evaluating the feasibility of using the novel PET tracer 68Ga-PSMA-11 (Illuccix) to guide external beam radiotherapy on ...
Authors: Nan Li, Shouping Xu, Gaolong Zhang, Xuerong Zhang
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, HeBei YiZhou proton center, School of Physics, Beihang University, National Cancer Center/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College
Abstract Preview: Purpose:
The 3D BRAVO sequence is an advanced magnetic resonance (MR) technique that allows for image reconstruction at any angle. It offers 1 mm gapless scanning and has a high signal-to-noise rat...
Authors: So Hyun Ahn, Chris Beltran, Byongsu Choi, Jeong Heon Kim, Jin Sung Kim, Bo Lu, Justin Chunjoo Park, Bongyong Song, Jun Tan
Affiliation: Mayo Clinic, Department of Radiation Oncology, Yonsei Cancer Center, Heavy Ion Therapy Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Ewha Medical Research Institute, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, UC San Diego, Yonsei University College of Medicine
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Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) is widely used in IGRT for patient positioning but suffers from low resolution and poor soft tissue contrast. Synthetic CT (sCT) generated from CBCT ad...
Authors: John M. Boone, Andrew M. Hernandez, Paul E. Kinahan, Michael F. McNitt-Gray, Jeffrey H. Siewerdsen, Ali Uneri
Affiliation: University of California, Johns Hopkins Univ, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of Washington, UC Davis Health
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Measuring image quality (IQ) in large clinical databases, such as the Medical Imaging and Data Resource Center (MIDRC), is challenging due to the inherent complexity of image content and the ...
Authors: James Ward, Anzi Zhao
Affiliation: Northwestern Medicine
Abstract Preview: Purpose: This study investigates the impact of tissue-equivalent attenuator materials, the region of interest (ROI) size, and the orientation of the attenuator positioning on the measured signal-to-no...
Authors: Nicholas Carlson, Joel J. St-Aubin
Affiliation: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, University of Iowa
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To establish baselines metrics and determine longitudinal accuracy and reproducibility of Diffusion-Weighted Imaging (DWI) and Apparent Diffusion Coefficient (ADC) values for a 1.5T Elekta Un...
Authors: Christopher S. Melhus, Elizabeth Meyer, Cassandra Stambaugh
Affiliation: Tufts Medical Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To investigate the clinical treatment planning parameters that impact patient-specific quality assurance (PSQA) passing rates for hippocampal avoidance whole brain (HAWB) treatment plans.
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Authors: Xiaohu Li, Jianjun Shen, Guozhi Zhang, Sihua Zhong, Jingjie Zhou
Affiliation: United Imaging Healthcare
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Visualization of carotid artery vessel wall on computed tomography angiography (CTA) imaging is challenging. This study aims to develop a novel post-processing technique, black-blood compu...
Authors: Jon Burns, Andrew Groll, Gopinath Kuduvalli, Thomas Laurence, Manoj Narayanan, Jeffrey Schmall, Sanchit Sharma
Affiliation: RefleXion Medical
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To simplify BgRT testing we have developed techniques that use 3D resin printed structures that can be filled with Ge-68 epoxy. This approach allows the development of highly complex, clinica...
Authors: Jie Hu, Nan Li, Chuanbin Xie, Shouping Xu, Xinlei Xu, Gaolong Zhang, Zhilei Zhang
Affiliation: School of Physics, Beihang University, National Cancer Center/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Department of Radiation Oncology, the First Medical Center of the People's Liberation Army General Hospital, National Cancer Center/ National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021, Peopleʼs Republic of China, Department of Radiation Oncology, School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing, 102206, Peopleʼs Republic of China
Abstract Preview: Purpose: This study aims to synthesize CT images for MRI-only radiation therapy using a deep learning approach that integrates information from the T1- and T2-weighted MRI sequence.
Methods: 97 hea...
Authors: Yi An, David J. Carlson, Zhe (Jay) Chen, Jun Deng, Dae Yup Han, Sameer Taneja
Affiliation: Yale School of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Spine Stereotactic radiosurgery (SSR) delivers a large radiation dose and utilizes narrow PTV margins, on the order of 1 mm, to avoid excess dose to the spinal cord. Because of this, intrafra...