External radiotherapy of thyroid cancer [PDF]
Differentiated thyroid cancer comprises papillary, mixed papillary-follicular and follicular adenocarcinomas. They are mostly hormone-sensitive and respond to thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) suppression. The standard treatment is total thyroidectomy. I-
Pollinger, B., Dühmke, Eckhart
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Dose distribution verification for GZP6 sources: A comparison of Monte Carlo, radiochromic film, and GZP6 treatment planning system [PDF]
Background: Treatment planning systems (TPSs) are used for dose calculations in dose delivery by after loading brachytherapy machines. Such planning systems usually use simplified algorithms in their dose calculations.
Toossi Bahreyni Taghi Mohammad +4 more
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A review of computer-assisted assessment [PDF]
Pressure for better measurement of stated learning outcomes has resulted in a demand for more frequent assessment. The resources available are seen to be static or dwindling, but Information and Communications Technology is seen to increase productivity ...
Gráinne Conole +4 more
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Optimal postoperative radiotherapy treatment of orbital rhabdomyosarcoma [PDF]
Introduction. Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is the most common sarcoma of the soft tissue, mostly affecting the region of head and neck (orbit, paranasal sinus).
Petrović Borislava +6 more
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Validation of Motorized Wedge Effective Isodose Angle with a 2D Array Detector [PDF]
Introduction: Elekta Versa HD linear accelerator is equipped with a universal wedge filter which is a single large physical wedge driven by motors; in other words, motorized wedge. It provides a nominal wedge isodose angle of 60° for the field size of 30×
Jaimin Gamit +7 more
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A treatment planning study of combined carbon ion-beam plus photon intensity-modulated radiotherapy
Background and purpose: Combined photon intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and sequential dose-escalated carbon ion beam therapy (IBT) is a technically advanced treatment option for head and neck malignancies. We proposed and evaluated an integrated
Christopher Schuppert +5 more
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Radiotherapy treatment planning: Benefits of CT-MR image registration and fusion in tumor volume delineation [PDF]
Background/Aim. Development of imaging techniques, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and positron emission tomography (PET), made great impact on radiotherapy treatment planning by improving the localization of target volumes.
Đan Igor +4 more
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Background Respiratory motion management with breath hold for patients with hepatobiliary cancers remain a challenge in the precise positioning for radiotherapy.
Tzu-Jie Huang +4 more
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Quantification of geometric uncertainties in image guided radiotherapy [PDF]
The aim of this thesis is to determine if the geometric uncertainties that are introduced into the image guided radiotherapy (IGRT) process by Cone Beam CT (CBCT) based IGRT equipment are sufficiently small that they do not pose a significant risk of ...
Sykes, Jonathan
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Comparison of Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy and Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy in Postoperative High-Grade Glioma: A Dosimetric Comparison [PDF]
Introduction: We aimed to dosimetrically compare three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT) and volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) in terms of planning target volume (PTV) coverage, organ at risk (OAR) sparing, and conformity index (CI ...
Harikesh Singh +12 more
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