Feasibility study of three-dimensional dose prediction of esophageal cancer radiotherapy based on CGAN [0.03%]
基于CGAN的食管癌放射治疗三维剂量预测可行性研究
Qichao Hu,Yanrui Li,Youyi Tao et al.
Qichao Hu et al.
Objective: To evaluate the feasibility of a Conditional Generative Adversarial Network (CGAN)-based model (2UDCNN-AT-GAN) for predicting 3D radiotherapy dose distributions in esophageal cancer, and to assess its potential...
Longitudinal CT number characterization of a novel upright CT for proton therapy planning [0.03%]
一种新型立式CT在质子治疗计划中的纵向CT值表征研究
Yuhao Yan,Jordan M Slagowski,Jessica R Miller et al.
Yuhao Yan et al.
Background: The combination of upright CT and patient positioner for particle therapy presents potential for high precision image-guided radiation therapy and online adaptive radiation therapy, where reliable CT performan...
Development and evaluation of an automated report-based chart checking tool in external beam radiotherapy [0.03%]
基于报告的外部束放射治疗自动图表核查工具的研发及评估研究
Oleksii Semeniuk,Andrew J Wroe
Oleksii Semeniuk
Background: Computerized radiotherapy chart checking tools have revolutionized the initial physics chart review process as they offer verification of large amounts of plan parameters in seconds and allow physicists to con...
Geometric distortion in computed tomography scans for radiotherapy: Quantification and quality assurance implications [0.03%]
放射治疗计算断层摄影扫描的几何失真：量化与质量保证意义
Yunfei Hu,Emma Cai,John Shakeshaft et al.
Yunfei Hu et al.
Background: Computed tomography (CT) is widely assumed to be geometrically accurate and is commonly used as the reference standard for quantifying geometric distortion in other imaging modalities, particularly magnetic re...
Keita Okazaki,Eric Brost,Gopishankar Natanasabapathi et al.
Keita Okazaki et al.
Background: The intra-fraction motion of tumors during radiation therapy can be monitored using imaging systems based on X-ray imaging (e.g., kV/MV radiography or CBCT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). However, these ...
Software engineers develop better clinical applications than physicists with coding skills [0.03%]
软件工程师比那些只会编程的物理学家开发出更好的临床应用软件
Douglas Moseley,Yang Kyun Park,Dongxu Wang
Douglas Moseley
Wingchi Edmund Kwok,Adam Gentile,Randy Crane
Wingchi Edmund Kwok
Background: A fatal incident in which magnetic resonance (MR) may be involved and the appearance of strong MR attraction experienced by some MR-conditional endoclips have cast confusion over the MR safety of MR-conditiona...
Feasibility study: Use of an optical scanning system to obtain 3D body surface images suitable for total skin electron therapy treatment dosimetry [0.03%]
光学扫描系统获取全身皮肤电子治疗布野三维人体表面图像的可行性研究
Scott B Crowe,Naasiha Cassim,Jenna Luscombe et al.
Scott B Crowe et al.
Background: Total skin electron therapy (TSET, also known as TSE, TSI, TSEI or TSEBT) provides an effective treatment for extensive superficial lesions such as mycosis fungoides, although the standing setups and large dis...
An integrated toolkit for structure generation, optimization, and evaluation in spatially fractionated radiation therapy [0.03%]
空间分割放射治疗结构生成、优化和评估的集成工具包
Japan K Patel,Anthony Magliari,Gregory Gill et al.
Japan K Patel et al.
Purpose: Spatially fractionated radiation therapy (SFRT) planning requires three coordinated tasks: generation of high-dose sphere structures, position-aware optimization, and peak-valley dose ratio evaluation. In practic...
Multi-TPS institutional surveillance of VMAT plan complexity and PSQA results over three years [0.03%]
为期三年的机构多TPS监控VMAT计划复杂性及PSQA结果
Sotiri Stathakis,Ara Alexandrian,Mason Heath
Sotiri Stathakis
Background: Running VMAT plan-complexity surveillance directly inside an oncology information system (OIS) makes it practical to monitor plan quality across a large, multi-linac program. Complexity metrics are increasingl...