A Systematic Review on 3D-Printed Imaging and Dosimetry Phantoms in Radiation Therapy
Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment, 2019 Introduction: Additive manufacturing or 3-dimensional printing has become a widespread technology with many applications in medicine. We have conducted a systematic review of its application in radiation oncology with a particular emphasis on the ...
R. Tino +4 more
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Investigation of Collapsed-cone Algorithm Accuracy in Small Fields and Heterogeneous Environments [PDF]
Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering, 2021 Background: The use of small fields has increased by the emergence of advanced radiotherapy. Dose calculations of these fields are complex and challenging for many reasons such as lack of electrical equilibrium even in homogeneous environments, and this ...
Razieh Zaghian +4 more
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A Comprehensive Review on Design and Development of Human Breast Phantoms for Ultra-Wide Band Breast Cancer Imaging Systems [PDF]
, 2017 Microwave ultra-wide band UWB imaging system is a contemporary biomedical imaging technology for early detection of breast cancers. This imaging system requires the development of breast phantoms for experimental data analysis.
Khuda, Ikram E.
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Automatic phantom test pattern classification through transfer learning with deep neural networks [PDF]
, 2020 Imaging phantoms are test patterns used to measure image quality in computer tomography (CT) systems. A new phantom platform (Mercury Phantom, Gammex) provides test patterns for estimating the task transfer function (TTF) or noise power spectrum (NPF) and simulates different patient sizes.
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Medical Physics (Lancaster), 2018 Purpose Printing technology, capable of producing three‐dimensional (3D) objects, has evolved in recent years and provides potential for developing reproducible and sophisticated physical phantoms.
Valeria Filippou, C. Tsoumpas
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Application of the 4-D XCAT Phantoms in Biomedical Imaging and Beyond
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 2018 The four-dimensional (4-D) eXtended CArdiac-Torso (XCAT) series of phantoms was developed to provide accurate computerized models of the human anatomy and physiology.
W. Segars +5 more
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Assessment of image quality and dose calculation accuracy on kV CBCT, MV CBCT, and MV CT images for urgent palliative radiotherapy treatments. [PDF]
, 2016 A clinical workflow was developed for urgent palliative radiotherapy treatments that integrates patient simulation, planning, quality assurance, and treatment in one 30-minute session.
Barani, Igor +9 more
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Passive element enriched photoacoustic computed tomography (PER PACT) for simultaneous imaging of acoustic propagation properties and light absorption\ud [PDF]
, 2011 We present a ‘hybrid’ imaging approach which can image both light absorption properties and acoustic transmission properties of an object in a two-dimensional slice using a computed tomography (CT) photoacoustic imager.
Hespen, J.C.G. van +8 more
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Frontiers in Physics, 2019 An optical phantom model with stable oxygen saturation (StO2) and optical properties (OPs) is the key for quick and accurate calibration of spectral imaging devices.
V. N. Du Le +6 more
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3D printing 18F radioactive phantoms for PET imaging
EJNMMI Physics, 2021 Purpose Phantoms are routinely used in molecular imaging to assess scanner performance. However, traditional phantoms with fillable shapes do not replicate human anatomy.
Daniel Gillett +8 more
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