Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology, 2023 Background and purpose: Radiotherapy (RT) treatment planning is as a standard based on a computed tomography (CT) scan obtained at the planning stage (pCT), while most of the decisions whether to treat by RT are based on diagnostic CT scans (dCT).
Suvi Larjavaara +4 more
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Rectal dosimetry in intracavitary applications of cervix carcinoma: Comparison of two methods [PDF]
Archive of Oncology, 2002 BACKGROUND: Brachytherapy of cervix carcinoma often results in high doses to surrounding structures, such as rectum and bladder. Therefore, these organs should be closely monitored.
Baucal Milutin +2 more
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Frontiers in Oncology, 2022 PurposeThere are several means of synthetic computed tomography (sCT) generation for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-only planning; however, much of the research omits large pelvic treatment regions and female anatomical specific methods.
Laura M. O’Connor +9 more
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On Prediction of Cardio-Pulmonary Complications during Hypofractionated versus Conventional Fractionated Regimens of Left Breast Radiation Therapy Using Monte Carlo and Collapsed Cone Convolution Based Algorithms [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Medical Physics, 2023 Introduction: Due to the challenge of choosing the optimal treatment regimen as well as the accurate dose calculation algorithm (DCA), this study aimed to evaluate the DCAs to compare the conventional fractionation radiotherapy (CFRT) and ...
Sepideh Omidvar +2 more
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Impact of treatment planning target volumen (PTV) size on radiation induced diarrhoea following selenium supplementation in gynecologic radiation oncology - a subgroup analysis of a multicenter, phase III trial [PDF]
, 2013 Background: In a previous analysis (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 70:828-835,2010), we assessed whether an adjuvant supplementation with selenium (Se) improves Se status and reduces the radiation-induced side-effects of patients treated by adjuvant ...
Adamietz, Irenäus A. +14 more
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A multi-centre analytical study of small field output factor calculations in radiotherapy
Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology, 2018 An audit methodology was developed and applied for output factor (OF) calculations in radiotherapy. The auditees were asked to calculate OFs for field sizes from 10 × 10 cm2 to 2 × 2 cm2.
Krzysztof Chełmiński, Wojciech Bulski
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Dose distribution verification for GZP6 sources: A comparison of Monte Carlo, radiochromic film, and GZP6 treatment planning system [PDF]
Archive of Oncology, 2012 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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Optimal postoperative radiotherapy treatment of orbital rhabdomyosarcoma [PDF]
Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2013 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]
Iranian Journal of Medical Physics, 2020 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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3D computerized model for measuring strain and displacement of the brachial plexus following placement of reverse shoulder prosthesis [PDF]
, 2008 The aim of the present study was to develop a method for three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of the brachial plexus to study its morphology and to calculate strain and displacement in relation to changed nerve position.
Audenaert, Emmanuel +5 more
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