Authors: Sreejesh MS, Subramani Vellaiyan
Affiliation: Kuwait Cancer Control Center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Bibliometric analysis is a powerful statistical tool for evaluating scientific literature and identifying research trends through the quantitative assessment of scholarly output. This study a...
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: Shahed Badiyan, Tsuicheng D. Chiu, Viktor M. Iakovenko, Steve Jiang, Christopher Kabat, Mu-Han Lin, Roberto Pellegrini, Arnold Pompos, Edoardo Salmeri, David Sher, Sruthi Sivabhaskar, Justin D. Visak
Affiliation: Medical Artificial Intelligence and Automation (MAIA) Lab & Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, Global Clinical Science, Elekta AB, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: Adaptive treatment planning requires robust strategies to enable streamlined on-couch processes, creating a significant barrier for planners transitioning from conventional to adaptive planni...
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: Shatha Al Afifi, Hana Baroudi, Leonard Che Fru, Laurence Edward Court, Suzanne B. Evans, Kent A. Gifford, Adam D. Melancon, Melissa P. Mitchell, Issa Mohamad, Patricia Murina, Manickam Muruganandham, Tucker J. Netherton, Callistus M. Nguyen, Joshua S. Niedzielski, Deborah L. Schofield, Simona Shaitelman, Willie Shaw, Sanjay S. Shete, Adam Shulman, Brendon Smith, Sheeba Thengumpallil, Carlos Daniel Venencia, Conny Vrieling
Affiliation: University of Cape Town, MD Anderson Cancer Center, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of the Free State, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, King Hussein Cancer Center, Instituto Zunino - Fundacion Marie Curie, Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Dra., Hirslanden Clinique des Grangettes, Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale University, The University of Texas, MD Anderson, Houston TX
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Automated contouring and planning tools are usually trained on single-institution datasets, seldom tested across diverse patient populations. This introduces a risk of population bias, res...
Authors: Hacene Azizi, Abderaouf Behouch, Nabil Maalej, Aamir Raja, Mohamed Lamine Seghier
Affiliation: Khalifa University Biomedical Engineering & Biotechnology, Laboratory of dosing, analysis and characterization in high resolution, Ferhat Abbas Setif 1 University, Khalifa University Physics Department, Khalifa University
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To ensure accurate alignment of cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) and computed tomography (CT) images for image-guided radiotherapy, this study evaluates a foundation model guidance fra...
Authors: Madhava Aryal, James M. Balter, Yue Cao, Daniel T Chang, Kyle Cuneo, Joseph R. Evans, Theodore Lawrence, John Rice, Randall K. Ten Haken, Lise Wei
Affiliation: University of Michigan, Department of Radiation Oncology University of Michigan
Abstract Preview: Purpose: This study aims to identify predictors of global liver function change measured by albumin-bilirubin (ALBI) score following stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) in hepatocellular carcin...
Authors: Mary Gronberg, Kelly Kisling, Ana Maria Marques da Silva
Affiliation: University of California, San Diego, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To evaluate the current status of online teaching in medical physics and identify effective active learning strategies for global medical physics education.
Methods: A scoping review was c...
Authors: Samuel Kadoury, Redha Touati
Affiliation: Polytechnique Montréal
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Generating synthetic CT images from MR acquisitions for radiotherapy planning allows to integrate soft tissue contrast alongside density information stemming from CT, thus improving tumor ...
Authors: Serhii Brovchuk, Viktor M. Iakovenko, Nataliya Kovalchuk, Yuliia Lozko, Zoia Shepil, Natalka Suchowerska, Ruslan Zelinskyi
Affiliation: Kyiv Regional Oncology Dispensary, Stanford University, O.O. Shalimov National Institute of Surgery and Transplantology, School of Physics, The University of Sydney, Medical Physics Department, Medical center of Yuriy Spizhenko, Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Stanford Cancer Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: The full-scale russian invasion of Ukraine has caused the largest humanitarian disaster in Europe since World War II. This study identifies gaps in RT services caused by the war and outlines ...