Authors: Maria Jose Almada, Carlos Bohorquez, Maximiliano Musso, Rosa Petit, Carlos Daniel Venencia, Lucy D. Wolfsberger
Affiliation: LAP, Instituto Zunino - Fundacion Marie Curie
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PSQA is crucial in maintaining patient safety, typically depending on dosimetric measurements. However, advancements in computational technology have highlighted the growing significance o...
Authors: Eva Lee, R. Lee MacDonald, Alasdair Syme, Christopher G. Thomas
Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, QE2 Cancer Centre, Nova Scotia Health, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia Health
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Dynamic couch rotation in radiotherapy offers dosimetric benefits, however patient comfort remains a concern. This study investigates couch kinematics in trajectory-based radiotherapy plan...
Authors: Gweneth Andersen, Colleen M. Foote, David (Bo) McClatchy, Hannah McFarland
Affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To quantify the impact of MLC model differences and LINAC age on treatment plan evaluation by log file-based patient-specific QA (PSQA) through the lifetime of the machines.
Methods: 3D ga...
Authors: Oluyemi Bright Aboyewa, KyungPyo Hong, Daniel Kim
Affiliation: Department of Radiology, Northwestern University
Abstract Preview: Purpose: While non-Cartesian MRI is desirable for fast imaging with high spatial resolution and robustness to motion, it requires long post-processing times. Preconditioning with an adequate density c...
Authors: Stephen Araujo, Jing-Tzyh Alan Chiang, Cynthia E. Davis, Eri Haneda, Andrew Karellas, Thomas C Larsen, William Ross, Hsin Wu Tseng, Srinivasan Vedantham, Pengwei Wu
Affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Arizona, GE Aerospace Research, Department of Medical Imaging, The University of Arizona, GE HealthCare Technology & Innovation Center
Abstract Preview: Purpose: The purpose of this work is to describe the design and development of a newly developed upright-geometry dedicated breast CT system and to quantitatively and qualitatively evaluate its imagin...
Authors: Salim Balik, Eric Chang, Kristine Garcia, Andrew Islas, Lijun Ma, Zhilei Liu Shen, Elizabeth Zhang-Velten
Affiliation: Radiation Oncology, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Abstract Preview: Purpose: NRG protocols recommend simulating and treating head and neck (HN) cancer patients in a supine position for optimal setup reproducibility. However, certain patients cannot tolerate the supine...
Authors: Leon Dunn
Affiliation: IsoAnalytics Pty. Ltd.
Abstract Preview: Purpose: The purpose of this work is to present the development and results of an automated Varian Trajectory Log file processing software platform called Sentinel (IsoAnalytics Pty. Ltd.).
Methods...