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Monte Carlo modeling of radiation dose from radiation therapy with superficial x‐rays

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Superficial x‐rays (50–100 kVp) are used for treating non‐melanoma skin cancer and intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT). At these energies, the photoelectric effect significantly increases absorbed dose to bone compared to soft tissue.
Reham Barghash, Tiffany W. Martin, Amber R. Prebble, Del Leary   +3 more
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Stereotactic radiosurgery for multiple small brain metastases using gamma knife versus single‐isocenter VMAT: Normal brain dose based on lesion number and size

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose The study evaluates rapid linear accelerator (Linac) single isocenter stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) with Hyperarc for large target numbers. We compared to Gamma Knife (GK), which suffers from long treatment times and investigated causes of differences. Methods Linac SRS and GK treatment plans for patients receiving 18 Gy to the gross
Abram Abdou, Timoteo Almeida, Elizabeth Bossart, Irene Monterroso, Eric A. Mellon   +4 more
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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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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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Minimum Variance Unbiased Maximum Likelihood Estimation of the Extreme Value Index [PDF]

New results for ratios of extremes from distributions with a regularly varying tail are presented. Deriving from independence results for certain functions of order statistics, 'consecutive' ratios of extremes are shown to be independent as well as non ...
Roger Gay
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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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Moments of the generalized hyperbolic distribution [PDF]

In this paper we demonstrate a recursive method for obtaining the moments of the generalized hyperbolic distribution. The method is readily programmable for numerical evaluation of moments.
Dong, Christine, Scott, David J, Tran, Thanh Tam, Würtz, Diethelm   +3 more
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Design and validation of a novel dosimetry phantom for motion management audits

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.
Abstract Background We present a novel phantom design for conducting end‐to‐end dosimetry audits for respiratory motion management of two anatomical treatment sites. The design enables radiochromic film measurements of the dose administered to the target throughout the respiratory cycle (motion‐included) and the dose delivered to the time‐averaged ...
Alex Burton, Sabeena Beveridge, Nicholas Hardcastle, Silvio Malfitana, Janaka Madamperuma, Rick Franich   +5 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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Using deep learning generated CBCT contours for online dose assessment of prostate SABR treatments

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.
Abstract Prostate Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy (SABR) is an ultra‐hypofractionated treatment where small setup errors can lead to higher doses to organs at risk (OARs). Although bowel and bladder preparation protocols reduce inter‐fraction variability, inconsistent patient adherence still results in OAR variability.
Conor Sinclair Smith, Isabelle Gagne, Karl Otto, Carter Kolbeck, Joshua Giambattista, Abraham Alexander, Sonja Murchison, Andrew Pritchard, Erika Chin   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source