Validating Dose Uncertainty Estimates Produced by AUTODIRECT: An Automated Program to Evaluate Deformable Image Registration Accuracy. [PDF]
, 2017 Deformable image registration is a powerful tool for mapping information, such as radiation therapy dose calculations, from one computed tomography image to another. However, deformable image registration is susceptible to mapping errors.
Chen, Josephine +5 more
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A treatment planning study of combined carbon ion-beam plus photon intensity-modulated radiotherapy
Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology, 2020 Background and purpose: Combined photon intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and sequential dose-escalated carbon ion beam therapy (IBT) is a technically advanced treatment option for head and neck malignancies. We proposed and evaluated an integrated
Christopher Schuppert +5 more
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Radiotherapy treatment planning: Benefits of CT-MR image registration and fusion in tumor volume delineation [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2013 Background/Aim. Development of imaging techniques, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and positron emission tomography (PET), made great impact on radiotherapy treatment planning by improving the localization of target volumes.
Đan Igor +4 more
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3D computerized model for measuring strain and displacement of the brachial plexus following placement of reverse shoulder prosthesis [PDF]
, 2008 The aim of the present study was to develop a method for three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of the brachial plexus to study its morphology and to calculate strain and displacement in relation to changed nerve position.
Audenaert, Emmanuel +5 more
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Deep segmentation networks predict survival of non-small cell lung cancer [PDF]
, 2019 Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) represents approximately 80-85% of lung cancer diagnoses and is the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Recent studies indicate that image-based radiomics features from positron emission tomography-computed
Allen, Bryan +16 more
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Influence of respiratory motion management technique on radiation pneumonitis risk with robotic stereotactic body radiation therapy. [PDF]
, 2018 Purpose/objectivesFor lung stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), real-time tumor tracking (RTT) allows for less radiation to normal lung compared to the internal target volume (ITV) method of respiratory motion management. To quantify the advantage
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BMC Cancer, 2020 Background Respiratory motion management with breath hold for patients with hepatobiliary cancers remain a challenge in the precise positioning for radiotherapy.
Tzu-Jie Huang +4 more
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Comparison of Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy and Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy in Postoperative High-Grade Glioma: A Dosimetric Comparison [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Medical Physics, 2019 Introduction: We aimed to dosimetrically compare three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT) and volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) in terms of planning target volume (PTV) coverage, organ at risk (OAR) sparing, and conformity index (CI ...
Harikesh Singh +12 more
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The quality assurance of Varian enhanced dynamic wedges using Daily QA Check 2 [PDF]
Archive of Oncology, 2008 Background: Clinical implementation of enhanced dynamic wedges (EDW) requires, as any other dynamic treatment, very serious quality assurance (QA) program.
Rutonjski Laza +4 more
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, 2018 Uncertainty estimation methods are expected to improve the understanding and quality of computer-assisted methods used in medical applications (e.g., neurosurgical interventions, radiotherapy planning), where automated medical image segmentation is ...
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