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Volumetric decrease of pancreas after abdominal irradiation, it is time to consider pancreas as an organ at risk for radiotherapy planning

Radiation Oncology, 2018
Background Volumetric shrinkage of normal tissues such as salivary glands, kidneys, hippocampus are observed after radiotherapy. We aimed to assess the alterations in pancreatic volume of patients who received abdominal radiotherapy and define pancreas ...
Cengiz Gemici, Gokhan Yaprak, Sevim Ozdemir, Tamer Baysal, Ozgur Ozan Seseogullari, Hazan Ozyurt   +5 more
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First treatments for Lattice stereotactic body radiation therapy using magnetic resonance image guided radiation therapy

Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology, 2023
Two abdominal patients were treated with Lattice stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) using magnetic resonance guided radiation therapy (MRgRT). This is one of the first reported treatments of Lattice SBRT with the use of MRgRT.
Alex T. Price, Joshua P. Schiff, Tong Zhu, Thomas Mazur, James A. Kavanaugh, Borna Maraghechi, Olga Green, Hyun Kim, Matthew B. Spraker, Lauren E. Henke   +9 more
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Optimizing of the Tangential Technique and Supraclavicular Fields in 3 Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer

Journal of Medical Signals and Sensors, 2013
Radiotherapy plays an essential role in the management of breast cancer. Three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT) is applied based on 3D image information of anatomy of patients.
Keyvan Jabbari, Nazli Azarmahd, Shadi Babazade, Alireza Amouheidari   +3 more
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Automation and artificial intelligence in radiation therapy treatment planning

Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences
Automation and artificial intelligence (AI) is already possible for many radiation therapy planning and treatment processes with the aim of improving workflows and increasing efficiency in radiation oncology departments.
Scott Jones, Kenton Thompson, Brian Porter, Meegan Shepherd, Daniel Sapkaroski, Alexandra Grimshaw, Catriona Hargrave   +6 more
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Application of FDG-PET/CT in Radiation Oncology

Frontiers in Oncology, 2013
Positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT), which combines the advantages of high sensitivity and specificity of PET and high resolution of CT, is a unique tool for cancer management.
Jun eLi, Ying eXiao
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Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) in prostate cancer in the presence of hip prosthesis – is it a contraindication? A narrative review

BMC Urology
Hip replacement is a common orthopedic surgery in the aging population. With the rising incidence of prostate cancer, metallic hip prosthetics can cause considerable beam hardening and streak artifacts, leading to difficulty in identifying the target ...
Sheen Dube, Vibhay Pareek, Mansi Barthwal, Febin Antony, David Sasaki, Ryan Rivest   +5 more
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Evaluation of Radiation Treatment Planning Algorithms in IMRT and VMAT: A Comparative Dosimetric Study in Lung Equivalent Heterogeneous Medium. [PDF]

J Biomed Phys Eng, 2023
Mishra A, Pathak R, Raj Verma T, Srivastava AK, Prasad Mishra S, Mittal KK, Singh SK.   +6 more
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Do Radiation Oncology Residents Have a Preferred Radiation Treatment Planning Review Format? [PDF]

J Cancer Educ, 2023
Kriegler C, Al Balushi M, Zhu YM, Hill J, Beruar A, Ghosh S, Fairchild A, Severin D.   +7 more
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Recent advances in radiotherapy

BMC Medicine, 2010
Radiation therapy has come a long way from treatment planning based on orthogonal radiographs with large margins around tumours. Advances in imaging and radiation planning software have led to three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy and, further, to ...
Nutting CM, Bhide SA
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A Fully Automated Post-Surgical Brain Tumor Segmentation Model for Radiation Treatment Planning and Longitudinal Tracking. [PDF]

Cancers (Basel), 2023
Ramesh KK, Xu KM, Trivedi AG, Huang V, Sharghi VK, Kleinberg LR, Mellon EA, Shu HG, Shim H, Weinberg BD.   +9 more
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