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Semi‐automated hippocampal avoidance whole‐brain radiotherapy planning

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Hippocampal avoidance whole‐brain radiotherapy (HA‐WBRT) is designed to spare cognitive function by reducing radiation dose to the hippocampus during the treatment of brain metastases. Current manual planning methods can be time‐consuming and may vary in quality, necessitating the development of automated approaches to streamline ...
Dong Joo Rhee, Subha Perni, Kelly J. Perrin, Kevin E. Casey, Alexandra O. Leone, Callistus M. Nguyen, Laurence E. Court, He Wang, Xin Wang, Eun Young Han   +9 more
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BreastWatch: A Varian Eclipse script tool for Community‐Based automatic evaluation of breast treatment plans

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose This work introduces BreastWatch, a Varian Eclipse script tool designed to help medical physicists, dosimetrists, and radiation oncologists easily inspect and improve External Beam Breast Treatment (EBBT) plans using automatic evaluation of protocol dose‐constraints enhanced by a Community‐Based approach.
Stefano Agostinelli, Daniele Zefiro, Stefania Garelli, Francesca Cavagnetto, Marco Gusinu, Monica Bevegni, Gladys Blandino, Alessandra Fozza, Fabrizio Levrero   +8 more
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Evaluation of dosimetric and spatial accuracy of a virtual cone technique for radiosurgery using linac‐integrated CBCT‐based polymer gel dosimetry

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose This study evaluates the dosimetric and geometric precision of a virtual cone technique using CBCT‐based polymer gel dosimetry, enabling radiation delivery, and imaging readout within an identical spatial coordinate system. Methods We created a C# script for a virtual cone technique that generates a treatment plan with 10 gantry arcs ...
Tenzin Kunkyab, Michael Lamey, Andrew Jirasek, Michael Kudla, Nathan Becker, Benjamin Mou, Derek Hyde   +6 more
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Fast, automated optimization of virtual monoenergetic images with the dual‐energy image synthesizer for cone‐beam CT

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Dual‐energy cone‐beam CT (DE‐CBCT) has become subject of recent interest due to the ability to produce virtual monoenergetic images (VMIs) with improved soft‐tissue contrast and reduced nonuniformity artifacts. However, efficient production and optimization of VMIs remains an under‐explored part of DE‐CBCT's application.
Andrew Keeler, Jason Luce, Mathias Lehmann, John C. Roeske, Hyejoo Kang   +4 more
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Surface dose analysis and dosimetric comparison of Halcyon versus Truebeam in breast cancer radiotherapy: An OSL dosimetry study

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose Breast cancer is a neoplastic disease with high prevalence among women. Radiotherapy is one of the principal treatment modalities for this disease, but it poses significant challenges. This study aimed to compare and evaluate the technical and dosimetric performance of conventional C‐arm linac systems and a new design, Halcyon, in the ...
Mustafa Çağlar, Kudret Akçay, Esra Serin, Dursun Eşitmez, Mehmet Sıddık Cebe, Navid Kheradmand, Ömer Yazıcı, Dilek Ünal, Evrim Metcalfe   +8 more
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Comprehensive clinical evaluation of novel 4DCT‐based lung function imaging methods

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose Methods have been developed that apply image processing to 4DCTs to generate 4DCT‐ventilation/perfusion lung imaging. Traditional methods for 4DCT‐ventilation rely on Hounsfield‐Unit (HU) density‐change methods and suffer from poor numerical robustness while not providing 4DCT‐perfusion data.
Ehsan Golkar, Taindra Neupane, Lydia Wilson, Jennifer Kwak, Richard Castillo, Edward Castillo, Yevgeniy Vinogradskiy   +6 more
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Open‐source deep‐learning models for segmentation of normal structures for prostatic and gynecological high‐dose‐rate brachytherapy: Comparison of architectures

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.
Abstract Background The use of deep learning‐based auto‐contouring algorithms in various treatment planning services is increasingly common. There is a notable deficit of commercially or publicly available models trained on large or diverse datasets containing high‐dose‐rate (HDR) brachytherapy treatment scans, leading to poor performance on images ...
Andrew J. Krupien, Yasin Abdulkadir, Dishane C. Luximon, John Charters, Huiming Dong, Jonathan Pham, Dylan O'Connell, Jack Neylon, James M. Lamb   +8 more
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An extension to the OVH concept for knowledge‐based dose volume histogram prediction in lung tumor volumetric‐modulated arc therapy

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose Volumetric‐modulated arc therapy (VMAT) treatment planning allows a compromise between a sufficient coverage of the planning target volume (PTV) and a simultaneous sparing of organs‐at‐risk (OARs). Particularly in the case of lung tumors, deciding whether it is possible or worth spending more time on further improvements of a treatment
Johann Brand, Juliane Szkitsak, Oliver J. Ott, Christoph Bert, Stefan Speer   +4 more
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A Python package for fast GPU‐based proton pencil beam dose calculation

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose Open‐source GPU‐based Monte Carlo (MC) proton dose calculation algorithms provide high speed and unparalleled accuracy but can be complex to integrate with new applications and remain slower than GPU‐based pencil beam (PB) methods, which sacrifice some physical accuracy for sub‐second plan calculation.
Mahasweta Bhattacharya, Calin Reamy, Heng Li, Junghoon Lee, William T. Hrinivich   +4 more
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Risk analysis of the Unity 1.5T MR‐Linac adapt‐to‐shape workflow

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and Purpose The adapt‐to‐shape (ATS) workflow on the Unity MR‐Linac (Elekta AB, Stockholm, Sweden) allows for full replanning including recontouring and reoptimization5. Additional complexity to this workflow is added when the adaptation involves the use of MIM Maestro (MIM Software, Cleveland, OH) software in conjunction with ...
Jiayi Liang, Eric Aliotta, Neelam Tyagi, Paola Godoy Scripes, Nicolas Côté, Ergys Subashi, Qijie Huang, Lian Sun, Ching‐Yun Chan, Angela Ng, Theresa Wunner, Victoria Brennan, Kaveh Zakeri, James Mechalakos   +13 more
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