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Impact of Treatment Technique on Testicular Dose and Sexual Activity in Rectal Cancer Patients

Brazilian Journal of Oncology
Objective To estimate the incidental radiation dose delivered to the testicles in three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT), intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), and volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) in rectal cancer patients ...
Poornachandra Tejaswi-Siddappa, Shamsundar Sunkappa, Jagannath Kunigal-Puttaswamy, Aradhana Katke, Nanda Ramanand, Thejaswini Boraiah   +5 more
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Bilateral kidney preservation by volumetric-modulated arc therapy (RapidArc) compared to conventional radiation therapy (3D-CRT) in pancreatic and bile duct malignancies

Radiation Oncology, 2011
Background To compare volumetric-modulated arc therapy plans with conventional radiation therapy (3D-CRT) plans in pancreatic and bile duct cancers, especially for bilateral kidney preservation.
Vieillot Sabine, Azria David, Riou Olivier, Moscardo Carmen, Dubois Jean-Bernard, Aillères Norbert, Fenoglietto Pascal   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

When is Better Best? A multiobjective perspective

, 2012
Purpose: To identify the most informative methods for reporting results of treatment planning comparisons. Methods: Seven papers from the past year of International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics reported on comparisons of treatment ...
Bignardi, Clay Holdsworth, Holdsworth, Hunink, Keeney, Mark H. Phillips, Phillips, Popescu, Tang, Verbakel, Weber, Wu, Yoo   +12 more
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Accelerated large volume irradiation with dynamic Jaw/Dynamic Couch Helical Tomotherapy [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Helical Tomotherapy (HT) has unique capacities for the radiotherapy of large and complicated target volumes. Next generation Dynamic Jaw/Dynamic Couch HT delivery promises faster treatments and reduced exposure of organs at risk due to a ...
Florian Sterzing, Juergen Debus, Kai Schubert, Klaus Herfarth, Sebastian Beck, Sonja Krause, Steffen Lissner, Susanta Hui   +7 more
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Photoacoustic Microscopy for Multiscale Biological System Visualization and Clinical Translation

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Photoacoustic microscopy (PAM) is a powerful biomedical imaging tool renowned for its non‐invasiveness and high resolution. This review synthesizes recent technological advances and highlights their broad applications from cellular and organ‐level to whole‐animal imaging.
Tingting Wang, Jiali Chen, Liming Nie, Honghui Li   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Validation of delivery consistency for intensity-modulated radiation therapy and volumetric-modulated arc therapy plans

Journal of Medical Physics, 2018
The delivery consistency of a Varian Edge linear accelerator over the entire course of treatment for nasopharynx carcinoma (NPC) and prostate cancer intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) treatment plans ...
Wui Ann Woon, Paul B Ravindran, Piyasiri Ekayanake, Yivonne Yih Fang Lim   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Converting Treatment Plans From Helical Tomotherapy to L-Shape Linac: Clinical Workflow and Dosimetric Evaluation. [PDF]

, 2018
This work evaluated a commercial fallback planning workflow designed to provide cross-platform treatment planning and delivery. A total of 27 helical tomotherapy intensity-modulated radiotherapy plans covering 4 anatomical sites were selected, including ...
Benedict, Stanley H, Fragoso, Ruben C, Nair, Chithra Kumaran, Qiu, Jianfeng, Rao, Shyam, Rong, Yi, Valicenti, Richard K, Wright, Cari, Yuan, Zilong   +8 more
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Three-Dimensional Dose Prediction for Lung IMRT Patients with Deep Neural Networks: Robust Learning from Heterogeneous Beam Configurations

, 2019
The use of neural networks to directly predict three-dimensional dose distributions for automatic planning is becoming popular. However, the existing methods only use patient anatomy as input and assume consistent beam configuration for all patients in ...
Barragan Montero, Ana Maria, Geets, Xavier, Jiang, Steve, Lin, Mu-Han, Lu, Weiguo, Nguyen, Dan, Norouzi-Kandalan, Roya, Sterpin, Edmond   +7 more
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An EPID-based method for comprehensive verification of gantry, EPID and the MLC carriage positional accuracy in Varian linacs during arc treatments [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: In modern radiotherapy, it is crucial to monitor the performance of all linac components including gantry, collimation system and electronic portal imaging device (EPID) during arc deliveries.
Barnes, Michael P, Ebert, Martin A, McGarry, Conor, Rowshanfarzad, Pejman, Sabet, Mahsheed   +4 more
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Non‐Equilibrium Synthesis Methods to Create Metastable and High‐Entropy Nanomaterials

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Stabilizing multiple elements within a single phase enables the creation of advanced materials with exceptional properties arising from their complex composition. However, under equilibrium conditions, the Hume–Rothery rules impose strict limitations on solid‐state miscibility, restricting combinations of elements with mismatched crystal ...
Shuo Liu, Chaochao Dun, Jeffrey J. Urban, Mark T. Swihart   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source