Implementing ocular treatment with pencil beam scanning: the FHCC experience [PDF]
Background The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (FHCC) has developed a novel in-house method for ocular proton therapy by adapting a pencil beam scanning (PBS) beamline and using a commercial treatment planning system.
Jatinder Saini +8 more
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Pencil Beam Scanning Carbon Ion Radiotherapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma [PDF]
Wenna Zhang,1– 3 Xin Cai,1– 3 Jiayao Sun,2– 4 Weiwei Wang,2– 4 Jingfang Zhao,2– 4 Qing Zhang,1– 3 Guoliang Jiang,1– 3,5 Zheng Wang1– 3,5 1Department of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai Proton and Heavy Ion Center, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China ...
Zhang W +7 more
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Proton Therapy for Uveal Melanoma on a Pencil Beam Scanning Gantry [PDF]
Purpose: We present our experience treating ocular tumors in a standard pencil beam scanning (PBS) gantry room without apertures, which could broaden access to proton therapy for patients with ocular cancer globally.
Hang Qi, PhD +17 more
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Pencil beam scanning proton lattice radiotherapy: single-field versus multi-field optimization [PDF]
ObjectiveTo evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of single-field versus multi-field optimization in the clinical implementation of pencil beam scanning (PBS) proton lattice radiotherapy (LRT).MethodsLRT proton plans were created retrospectively for ...
Shouyi Wei +23 more
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Fast MCsquare-Based Independent Dose Verification Platform for Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Therapy
Purpose: To commission MCsquare (a multi-cores CPU-based dose calculation engine) for pencil beam scanning (PBS) proton therapy, integrate it into RayStation treatment plan system (TPS) to create a dedicated platform for fast independent dose ...
Chunbo Liu +8 more
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Range-compensated pencil beam scanning proton Arc therapy: a feasibility study [PDF]
Proton arc therapy is a conceptual treatment technique in proton therapy that delivers a scanned proton pencil beam simultaneously as the gantry is rotated around the patient, exploiting the geometric advantages of a continuous arc with the dosimetric ...
Blake R. Smith +3 more
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Reduced beam time and distal linear energy transfer with mini-ridge filters in pencil beam scanning proton therapy [PDF]
Background and purpose: Previous studies have demonstrated that mini-ridge filters (MRF) can reduce beam delivery time in pencil beam scanning (PBS) proton therapy, but the effect on plan quality has not been analyzed in detail.
Fionnbarr O’Grady +6 more
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A novel approach for proton therapy pencil beam scanning patient specific quality assurance using an integrated detector system and 3D dose reconstruction [PDF]
PurposeCurrent proton beam therapy patient-specific quality assurance (PSQA) methods rely on time-intensive phantom measurements or machine-reported parameters without independent verification. This work presents an integrated detector system for phantom-
Joseph J. Bateman +16 more
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Proton Radiotherapy for Patients With Oligometastatic Breast Cancer Involving the Sternum [PDF]
Introduction: A subset of metastatic breast cancer patients present with oligometastatic disease involving the sternum. Given the proximity to traditional target structures, a proton radiation field can be expanded to include this region, providing ...
Andrew Johnson, BS +3 more
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Patient-Specific Quality Assurance in Pencil Beam Scanning by 2-Dimensional Array [PDF]
Purpose: This study aimed to determine the characteristics of 2D ionization chamber array and the confidence limits of the gamma passing rate in pencil beam scanning proton therapy.
Nuttida Rawiwan, MSc +4 more
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