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A Combination of Radiomics and Dosiomics for Gross Tumor Volume Regression in Personalized Ultra-Fractionated Stereotactic Adaptive Radiotherapy (PULSAR)

Authors: Hao Peng, Yajun Yu

Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Medical Artificial Intelligence and Automation (MAIA) Lab, Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center

Abstract Preview: Purpose: Personalized ultra-fractionated stereotactic adaptive radiotherapy (PULSAR) is a novel ablative radiation dosing scheme developed by our institution. This study aims to establish a regression...

A Novel Margin-Based Focal Distance Loss for Lesion Segmentation in Medical Imaging

Authors: Weiguo Lu, Hua-Chieh Shao, Guoping Xu, You Zhang

Affiliation: Medical Artificial Intelligence and Automation (MAIA) Lab, Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Medical Artificial Intelligence and Automation (MAIA) Laboratory, Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center

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Neural network-based lesion segmentation remains a significant challenge due to the low contrast between lesions and surrounding tissues (high ambiguity) and the variability of lesion shap...

A Practical Experimental Software Validation Method for Voxel-Based Personalised Dosimetry in Radiopharmaceutical Therapy

Authors: Thomas Gee, Sofia Michopoulou, Amit Nautiyal

Affiliation: University Hospital Southampton

Abstract Preview: Purpose: Dosimetry software that is accessible to departments offers new opportunities to improve patient-specific dosimetry. Prior to clinical decision-making, it is essential to validate dosimetry s...

Automated Treatment Planning for Linac-Based Stereotactic Radiosurgery of Intraocular Malignancies Via Hyperarc Knowledge-Based Planning

Authors: Chase Cochran, Shane McCarthy, Damodar Pokhrel, William St Clair

Affiliation: University of Kentucky, Department of Radiation Medicine, University of Kentucky, Radiation Medicine

Abstract Preview: Purpose: Manually generating intraocular stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) plans involves significant challenges, including lengthy planning times and inter-planner variability. Knowledge-based SRS plan...

BEST IN PHYSICS MULTI-DISCIPLINARY: Building a Cross-Modality Model to Integrate Bio-Clinical Features, Anatomical MRI, and White-Matter Pathlength Mapping for Personalized Glioblastoma RT Planning

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...

Bayesian Mixture Modelling of Apparent Diffusion Coefficients from Whole-Body MRI Reveals Significant Changes in Metastatic Lesions Treated with Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Compared to Untreated Controls

Authors: Giacomo Avesani, Matthew D Blackledge, Silvia Bottazzi, Alison Tree, Nina Tunariu

Affiliation: Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Institute of Cancer Research, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Abstract Preview: Purpose: To evaluate changes in median apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) within metastatic oligoprogressing lesions from prostate cancer treated with stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) and compa...

Cerebellar Mutism Syndrome Prediction with 3D Residual Convolutional Neural Network

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...

Combining Patch-Based CNN Models with Hierarchical Shapley Explanations for Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Authors: Xuelian Chen, John Ginn, Zhuhong Li, Kaizhong Shi, Chunhao Wang, Jianliang Wang, Chuan Wu, Zhenyu Yang, Fang-Fang Yin, Jingtong Zhao

Affiliation: The First People's Hospital of Kunshan, Duke University, Medical Physics Graduate Program, Duke Kunshan University, Duke Kunshan University, Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke Kunshan University

Abstract Preview: Purpose: Developing deep learning-based models for accurate automated breast cancer diagnosis from mammography presents significant challenges due to the small size and subtle nature of breast lesions...

Commissioning of an AI-Assisted Tool for Enhancing Post-Radiosurgery Follow-up in Multiple Brain Metastases Patients

Authors: Rex Carden, Carlos E. Cardenas, Ho-hsin Rita Chang, John B Fiveash, Heinzman A. Katherine, Yogesh Kumar, Gaurav Nitin Rathi, Richard A. Popple, Kayla Lewis Steed

Affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham

Abstract Preview: Purpose: Brain metastases (BMs) often require multiple radiotherapy (RT) courses as new lesions appear. Comparing follow-up imaging with prior RT plans is time-intensive. We developed an AI tool that ...

Deep Learning-Based Ventricular Auto-Segmentation for Dosimetric Analysis in Intraventricular Tumor SRS

Authors: John Byun, Juan J Cardona, Steven D Chang, Cynthia Fu-Yu Chuang, Xuejun Gu, Yusuke Hori, Hao Jiang, Fred Lam, Lianli Liu, Weiguo Lu, David Park, Erqi Pollom, Elham Rahimy, Deyaaldeen Abu Reesh, Scott Soltys, Gregory Szalkowski, Lei Wang

Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford School of Medicine, 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

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Intraventricular tumors pose significant challenges in neurosurgery due to their complex location. Therefore, brain SRS could be a better treatment option. At our institution, some patient...

Development of Foundation Model for Analysis of Prostate Cancer with Mpmri

Authors: Ahmad Algohary, Adrian Breto, Quadre Emery, Radka Stoyanova

Affiliation: University of Miami, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Miami

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To develop a foundation model (U-Found) for multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) of the prostate by using self-supervised learning to prove the feasibility of a prostate-oriented foundation model u...

Dosimetric Feasibility of Dominant Intraprostatic Lesion Dose Escalation in HDR Prostate Brachytherapy

Authors: Abby E. Besemer, Carolyn Eckrich, John M. Floberg, Michael J. Lawless, Jessica R. Miller, Joseph B. Schulz, Jordan M. Slagowski, Autumn E. Walter-Denzin

Affiliation: University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Human Oncology, Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Abstract Preview: Purpose: The aim of this treatment planning study was to evaluate the feasibility of escalating dose with HDR prostate brachytherapy to imaging-identified intraprostatic macroscopic lesions while mode...

Evaluating 177Lu-PSMA-I&t Reconstruction Parameter Influences on Image Quality and Quantification

Authors: Martin Auerbach, Jeremie Calais, Johannes Czernin, Magnus Dahlbom, Zachary Ells, Adrien Holzgreve, Koichiro Kimura, Karam Masri, Catherine (Caffi) Meyer, David Sennung

Affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, UCLA, UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles

Abstract Preview: Purpose: Lutetium-177 PSMA SPECT/CT imaging offers the possibility of qualitative image analysis for tumor response assessment and quantitative image analysis for individualized dosimetry. However, th...

Evaluation of Hybrid Dynamic Conformal Arc Planning for SRS and SBRT Treatment

Authors: Pat Esposito, Ashley Klein, Carmine Verna, Ling Zhuang

Affiliation: Northwestern Medicine

Abstract Preview: Purpose: To evaluate dosimetric parameters and treatment delivery efficiency between volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) and hybrid dynamic conformal arc (HDCA) on SRS and SBRT planning through st...

First Phantom Testing of Biology-Guided Radiotherapy for Sequential Integrated Boost Radiotherapy

Authors: Girish Bal, David J. Carlson, Huixiao Chen, Zhe (Jay) Chen, Emily A. Draeger, Dae Yup Han, Henry S. Park

Affiliation: RefleXion Medical, Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine

Abstract Preview: Purpose: This study explores the feasibility, accuracy, and dosimetric performance of hybrid biology-guided radiotherapy (BgRT) combined with image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) for delivering sequential...

Gradient-Based Radiomics for Outcome Prediction and Decision-Making in Personalized Ultra-Fractionated Stereotactic Adaptive Radiotherapy (PULSAR): A Preliminary Study

Authors: Michael Dohopolski, Jiaqi Liu, Hao Peng, Robert Timmerman, Zabi Wardak, Haozhao Zhang

Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Medical Artificial Intelligence and Automation (MAIA) Lab, Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center

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This study introduces a gradient-based radiomics framework to enhance outcome prediction in Personalized Ultra-Fractionated Stereotactic Adaptive Radiotherapy (PULSAR) for brain metastases...

Integrated Catheter Position and Dwell Time Optimization for Focal Dose Escalation in Prostate HDR Brachytherapy

Authors: Bryan Bednarz, John M. Floberg, Joseph B. Schulz, Jordan M. Slagowski

Affiliation: Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Abstract Preview: Purpose: Catheter placement for high-dose-rate brachytherapy (HDR BT) is clinician dependent and potentially suboptimal for delivering simultaneous integrated boosts to intraprostatic gross tumor volu...

Integrating Radiomics and ADC Ratio for Multicenter Prostate Cancer Diagnosis: A Harmonized Machine Learning Approach

Authors: George Agrotis, Marios Myronakis, Dimitrios Samaras, Kyriaki Theodorou, Ioannis Tsougos, Vassilios Tzortzis, Maria Vakalopoulou, Alexandros Vamvakas, Aikaterini Vassiou, Marianna Vlychou

Affiliation: Medical Physics Department, Medical School, University of Thessaly, Department of Radiology, University of Thessaly, Netherland Cancer Institute, Department of Urology, University of Thessaly, CentraleSupelec, University Paris-Saclay

Abstract Preview: Purpose: Prostate cancer (PCa) diagnosis remains challenging due to discrepancies in Gleason Scoring (GS) and risks of overdiagnosis and underdiagnosis. Multiparametric MRI (mpMRI), including Apparent...

Investigating Racial Differences in 68ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT Imaging for Patients with Biochemical Recurrence after Radical Prostatectomy: Preliminary Findings

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...

Lesion Detection in Contrast Enhanced Cone Beam Breast CT with a Photon Counting Detector: A Monte Carlo Study

Authors: Ahad Ollah Ezzati, Xiaoyu Hu, Xun Jia, Youfang Lai, Kai Yang, Yuncheng Zhong

Affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Massachusetts General Hospital, Johns Hopkins University

Abstract Preview: Purpose: Contrast-enhanced breast cone-beam computed tomography (bCBCT) provides high-resolution, 3D imaging of breast tissues with improved differentiation between normal and abnormal tissues. Curren...

Novel 915 MHz Annular Phased Array Applicator for Hyperthermia Treatment of Brain Lesions

Authors: Jason Ellsworth, Mark Mishra, Jason K Molitoris, Lei Ren, Dario B. Rodrigues, Paul Turner, Graeme Woodworth

Affiliation: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Pyrexar Medical

Abstract Preview: Purpose: Hyperthermia therapy (HT) involves increasing tumor temperatures to 40-44°C and is a potent radio- and chemosensitizer for treating solid tumors. Current clinical strategies to heat deep-seat...

Patterns of Nanoparticle Uptake for Patients with Multiple Brain Metastases: Similarities and Differences to Standard Gbca

Authors: Stephanie Bennett, Ross I. Berbeco, Ning Jin, Sonal Josan, Justin Michael Sheetz, Atchar Sudhyadhom

Affiliation: Department of Radiation & Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago, University of Massachusetts - Lowell, Siemens Healthineers, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School,, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Abstract Preview: Purpose: AGuIX, a Gadolinium-based theranostic radiosensitizing nanoparticle, is currently under clinical evaluation in Europe and the US. Using patients from the double-blinded NanoBrainMets trial, u...

Personalized Dosimetric Workflow for 177Lu-PSMA Treatments Considering the Cross-Irradiation from Bone Metastases to Red Bone Marrow

Authors: Nadège Anizan, David Broggio, Désirée Deandreis, Didier Franck, Camilo Garcia, Stéphanie Lamart, Sébastien Leygnac, Alexandre Pignard

Affiliation: Gustave Roussy, Service de Physique Médicale, Institut Bergonié, Service de Physique Médicale, Gustave Roussy, Service de Médecine Nucléaire, Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire et de Radioprotection (ASNR), PSE-SANTE/SDOS/LEDI, Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire et de Radioprotection (ASNR), PSE-SANTE/SDOS

Abstract Preview: Purpose: This work aimed at developing an innovative workflow for 177Lu-PSMA personalized dosimetry to lesions and organs at risk (OAR) simultaneously, considering the cross-irradiation from bone meta...

Phantom Assessment for Treating Large Tumors with Biology-Guided Radiotherapy (BgRT)

Authors: Jon Burns, Angela J Da Silva, Andrew Groll, Gopinath Kuduvalli, Manoj Narayanan, Jeffrey Schmall, Sanchit Sharma, Timothy Pok Chi Yeung

Affiliation: Reflexion Medical Inc,, RefleXion Medical

Abstract Preview: Purpose: Biology-guided radiotherapy uses positron emissions from FDG-avid tumor volumes to provide a of the planned prescribed dose with high accuracy. The purpose of this work is to characterize BgR...

Radiomics Changes in MR Images of Prostate and Dominant Intra-Prostate Lesions during SBRT on MR-Linac

Authors: David L. Barbee, David Byun, Ting Chen, Paulina E. Galavis, Siming Lu, Sarah Rosemary Morris, Hesheng Wang, Michael J Zelefsky

Affiliation: NYU Langone Health

Abstract Preview: Purpose: MR-Linac enables dose escalation in prostate SBRT on accurately defined dominant intra-prostate lesion (DIL) on daily MR images. This study aims to evaluate inter-fraction changes in the radi...

Retrospective Evaluation of Combined Photon SBRT and Radium-223 SPECT Based Radiopharmaceutical Therapy Tumor Dosimetry in Clinical Trial Patient Cases

Authors: David P. Adam, Allison Cartee, Eric C. Frey, Michael Ghaly, Bin He, Robert Francois Hobbs, Natalie Rose Kania, Ana Kiess, Ian Marsh, Bonnie N. C. President, Steven Rowe, George Sgouros, Phuoc Tran, Hao Wang

Affiliation: Johns Hopkins University, Radiopharmaceutical Imaging and Dosimetry, LLC (Rapid), 2The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University, Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Abstract Preview: Purpose: Advanced treatment paradigms combining SPECT/CT imageable, alpha emitting, radiopharmaceutical therapy (RPT) and stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) can provide the potential of dose escala...

Study of PSMA-PET/MR Biomarkers for Prostate Stereotactic Radiotherapy Planning

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 (...

To Establish Local Diagnostic Reference Levels (DRLs) for Head and Neck Computed Tomography (CT) Exams in Abuja, Nigeria, and to Investigate the Performance of Brain Metastasis (BM) and Brain Lesion (BL) Segmentation Techniques Using U-Net Models.

Authors: Nuraddeen Nasiru Garba, Kalpana M Kanal, Abdullahi Mohammed, Rabiu Nasiru, Muhammad SHAFIU Shehu, Daniel Vergara, Joseph Everett Wishart

Affiliation: AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, University of Washington

Abstract Preview: Purpose: To establish local Diagnostic Reference Levels (DRLs) for head and neck computed tomography (CT) exams in Abuja, Nigeria, and to investigate the performance of brain metastasis (BM) and brain...

Tumor Dose Escalation for Recurrent Head and Neck SRT Via a Hyperarc-Based Rapidplan Model

Authors: Shane McCarthy, Damodar Pokhrel, William St. Clair, Eddy S Yang

Affiliation: University of Kentucky, Department of Radiation Medicine

Abstract Preview: Purpose: Demonstrating the feasibility of dose escalation for stereotactic recurrent head and neck (RHN) cancers through the deployment of a Hyper-Arc Based RapidPlan (HARP) model through an Eclipse S...

Uncertainty Analysis of Hyperarc VMAT Plans for Stereotactic Radiosurgery Patients with Multiple Brain Metastases

Authors: Shifeng Chen, Yannick P. Poirier, Huijun Xu, Byong Yong Yi, Baoshe Zhang, Hong Zhang, Jinghao Zhou

Affiliation: University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland Shore Regional Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Capital Region Medical Center

Abstract Preview: Purpose: To thoroughly assess the resilience of HyperArc VMAT plans for multiple brain metastases (MBT) in relation to (i) high-definition MLC leaf positional inaccuracies and (ii) patient rotational ...