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Optimization of the planning process with an in-house treatment information, management, and planning system

Radiation Medicine and Protection, 2022
Objective: To describe the major categories of components of an in-house treatment information, management, and planning system (TIMPS®) that were designed and built to optimize the planning process.
Michael F. Moyers, James Lin, Jie Li, Hongliang Chen, Zhuangming Shen   +4 more
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Registration error of the liver CT using deformable image registration of MIM Maestro and Velocity AI

BMC Medical Imaging, 2017
Background Understanding the irradiated area and dose correctly is important for the reirradiation of organs that deform after irradiation, such as the liver.
Nobuyoshi Fukumitsu, Kazunori Nitta, Toshiyuki Terunuma, Toshiyuki Okumura, Haruko Numajiri, Yoshiko Oshiro, Kayoko Ohnishi, Masashi Mizumoto, Teruhito Aihara, Hitoshi Ishikawa, Koji Tsuboi, Hideyuki Sakurai   +11 more
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Applications of various range shifters for proton pencil beam scanning radiotherapy

Radiation Oncology, 2021
Background A range pull-back device, such as a machine-related range shifter (MRS) or a universal patient-related range shifter (UPRS), is needed in pencil beam scanning technique to treat shallow tumors.
Haibo Lin, Chengyu Shi, Sheng Huang, Jiajian Shen, Minglei Kang, Qing Chen, Huifang Zhai, James McDonough, Zelig Tochner, Curtiland Deville, Charles B. Simone, Stefan Both   +11 more
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Technical assessment of the NDI Polaris Vega optical tracking system

Radiation Oncology, 2021
The Polaris product line from Northern Digital Inc. is well known for accurate optical tracking measurements in research and medical environments. The Spectra position sensor, to date often found in image guided radiotherapy suites, has however reached ...
Giovanni Fattori, Antony John Lomax, Damien Charles Weber, Sairos Safai   +3 more
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Prioritization of Proton Patients in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Recommendations from The New York Proton Center [PDF]

International Journal of Particle Therapy, 2020
It has been well documented from the early days of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID19) pandemic that patients with a diagnosis of cancer are not only at higher risks of contracting a COVID-19 infection but also at higher risks of suffering severe, and ...
Arpit M. Chhabra, J. Isabelle Choi, Shaakir Hasan, Robert H. Press, Charles B. Simone   +4 more
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Comparison of pencil beam and Monte Carlo calculations with ion chamber array measurements for patient-specific quality assurance

Radiation Medicine and Protection, 2022
Objective: To determine under what conditions and criteria comparisons between calculations made with the current clinical treatment planning system (Syngo) and an in-house built TPS (TIMPS) would allow skipping of in-beam portal-specific measurements ...
Yu Deng, Zhi Chen, Qianxia Wang, Pablo Yepes, Zhuangming Shen, Hongliang Chen, Jie Li, Michael F. Moyers   +7 more
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Longitudinal Quantitative Analysis of Radiation Oncology Staff Illness in a New York City Center during COVID-19: The Impact of New Guidelines on Operations and Employee Health [PDF]

International Journal of Particle Therapy, 2020
Purpose: The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) forced radiation oncology clinics to overhaul operational policies, but the effect on employee safety has not, to our knowledge, been reported.
Shaakir Hasan, DO, Robert H. Press, MD, Arpit Chhabra, MD, J. Isabelle Choi, MD, Charles B. Simone II, MD   +4 more
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Deep learning method for prediction of patient-specific dose distribution in breast cancer

Radiation Oncology, 2021
Background Patient-specific dose prediction improves the efficiency and quality of radiation treatment planning and reduces the time required to find the optimal plan. In this study, a patient-specific dose prediction model was developed for a left-sided
Sang Hee Ahn, EunSook Kim, Chankyu Kim, Wonjoong Cheon, Myeongsoo Kim, Se Byeong Lee, Young Kyung Lim, Haksoo Kim, Dongho Shin, Dae Yong Kim, Jong Hwi Jeong   +10 more
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Exploring the experience of meaning-centered group psychotherapy among Chinese cancer patients during active treatment: a descriptive qualitative study

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023
ObjectiveMeaninglessness poses a significant psychological challenge for cancer patients, negatively affecting their quality of life and increasing the risk of suicide.
Shuman Wang, Shuman Wang, Shuman Wang, Mimi Zheng, Mimi Zheng, Mimi Zheng, Yu Zhu, Yu Zhu, Yu Zhu, Lijuan Zhang, Lijuan Zhang, Lijuan Zhang, Xiaoru Li, Xiaoru Li, Xiaoru Li, Hongwei Wan, Hongwei Wan, Hongwei Wan   +17 more
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Paramaterizations of inclusive cross sections for pion production in proton-proton collisions. II. Comparison to new data [PDF]

, 2007
A set of new, precise data have recently been made available by the NA49 collaboration for charged pion production in proton-proton and proton-Carbon reactions at 158 GeV.
B. P. Roe, C. Y. Wong, D. H. Perkins, J. W. Wilson, John W. Norbury, K. Kleinknecht, Lawrence W. Townsend, M. S. Longair, M. V. S. Rao, P. Sokolsky, P. D. B. Collins, R. Fernow, R. Hagedorn, S. Nagamiya, T. K. Gaisser   +14 more
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