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Impact of Flattening Filter Free Photon Beam on Rapidarc Radiotherapy for Gynaecological Malignancies: A Comparative Study [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Medical Physics, 2021
Introduction: To compare the dosimetric outcomes of 6 and 10 MV flattening filter free beam (FFFB) energies in gynaecological malignancies RapidArc (RA) planning.
Lalit Kumar, Vimal Kishore, Manindra Bhushan, Girigesh Yadav, Abhinav Dewan, Pawan Kumar, Gourav Kumar, Rahul Chowdhary   +7 more
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Treatment planning of scanned proton beams in RayStation.

Medical Dosimetry, 2023
The use of scanned proton beams in external beam radiation therapy has seen a rapid development over the past decade. This technique places new demands on treatment planning, as compared to conventional photon-based radiation therapy.
M. Janson, Lars Glimelius, Albin Fredriksson, E. Traneus, E. Engwall   +4 more
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Metrics to evaluate the performance of auto-segmentation for radiation treatment planning: a critical review.

Radiotherapy and Oncology, 2021
Advances in artificial intelligence-based methods have led to the development and publication of numerous systems for auto-segmentation in radiotherapy.
M. Sherer, D. Lin, S. Elguindi, S. Duke, L. Tan, J. Cacicedo, M. Dahele, E. Gillespie   +7 more
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Advances in Automated Treatment Planning.

Seminars in Radiation Oncology, 2022
Treatment planning in radiation therapy has progressed enormously over the past several decades. Such advancements came in the form of innovative hardware and algorithms, giving rise to modalities such as intensity-modulated radiation therapy and volume ...
D. Nguyen, Mu-Han Lin, D. Sher, Wei Lu, X. Jia, Steve B Jiang   +5 more
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Hyperthermia Treatment Planning: Clinical Application and Ongoing Developments

IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology, 2021
Hyperthermia is a proven clinical anti-cancer treatment, used in combination with radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy. During hyperthermia, tumour tissue is heated to 40–43 °C using radiofrequency or microwave antennas, which strongly enhances effectiveness
H. Kok, J. Crezee
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High-Dose-Rate Three-Dimensional Image-Guided Adaptive Brachytherapy (3D IGABT) for Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer (LACC): A Narrative Review on Imaging Modality and Clinical Evidence

Current Oncology, 2023
Background: Brachytherapy (BT) is a critical component of radiotherapy for locally advanced cervical cancer (LACC), and it has rapidly developed in recent decades.
Kaiyue Wang, Junjie Wang, Ping Jiang
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The Capital Investment Strategy for Radiation therapy in Ontario: A Framework to Ensure Access to Radiation Therapy

Advances in Radiation Oncology, 2020
Purpose: Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario), formerly known as CCO, is the provincial governmental agency in Ontario, Canada responsible for developing radiation therapy-specific capital investment strategies, updated every 5 years, to ensure equitable
Rachel M. Glicksman, MD, MSc, Audrey Wong, BSc, MPH, Jonathan Wang, BASc, MASc, Lisa Favell, BA, MBA, Garth Matheson, BComm, MBA, Michael Brundage, MD, FRCPC, Julie Renaud, MRT(T), Kyle Malkoske, PhD, Joanne MacPhail, Derek Finnerty, BA, Sophie Foxcroft, MRT(T), MHSc, Eric Gutierrez, MRT(T), CMD, Padraig Warde, MBChB BAO, FRCPC   +12 more
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Operating a Treatment Planning System using a Deep-Reinforcement-Learning based Virtual Treatment Planner for Prostate Cancer Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning.

Medical Physics (Lancaster), 2020
PURPOSE In the treatment planning process of intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), a human planner operates the treatment planning system (TPS) to adjust treatment planning parameters, e.g.
Chenyang Shen, D. Nguyen, Liyuan Chen, Y. Gonzalez, R. McBeth, N. Qin, Steve B. Jiang, X. Jia   +7 more
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Commissioning of GPU–Accelerated Monte Carlo Code FRED for Clinical Applications in Proton Therapy

Frontiers in Physics, 2021
We present commissioning and validation of Fred, a graphical processing unit (GPU)–accelerated Monte Carlo code, for two proton beam therapy facilities of different beam line design: CCB (Krakow, IBA) and EMORY (Atlanta, Varian).
Jan Gajewski, Magdalena Garbacz, Chih-Wei Chang, Katarzyna Czerska, Marco Durante, Marco Durante, Nils Krah, Katarzyna Krzempek, Renata Kopeć, Liyong Lin, Natalia Mojżeszek, Vincenzo Patera, Vincenzo Patera, Monika Pawlik-Niedzwiecka, Monika Pawlik-Niedzwiecka, Ilaria Rinaldi, Marzena Rydygier, Elzbieta Pluta, Emanuele Scifoni, Agata Skrzypek, Francesco Tommasino, Francesco Tommasino, Angelo Schiavi, Angelo Schiavi, Antoni Rucinski   +24 more
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A Review on Application of Deep Learning Algorithms in External Beam Radiotherapy Automated Treatment Planning

Frontiers in Oncology, 2020
Treatment planning plays an important role in the process of radiotherapy (RT). The quality of the treatment plan directly and significantly affects patient treatment outcomes.
Mingqing Wang, Qilin Zhang, Saikit Lam, Jing Cai, R. Yang   +4 more
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