Search Results - "Journal of applied clinical medical physics"

A review on medical imaging synthesis using deep learning and its clinical applications by Wang, Tonghe, Lei, Yang, Fu, Yabo, Wynne, Jacob F., Curran, Walter J., Liu, Tian, Yang, Xiaofeng

“…This paper reviewed the deep learning‐based studies for medical imaging synthesis and its clinical application. Specifically, we summarized the recent…”
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Varian ethos online adaptive radiotherapy for prostate cancer: Early results of contouring accuracy, treatment plan quality, and treatment time by Byrne, Mikel, Archibald‐Heeren, Ben, Hu, Yunfei, Teh, Amy, Beserminji, Rhea, Cai, Emma, Liu, Guilin, Yates, Angela, Rijken, James, Collett, Nick, Aland, Trent

“…The Varian Ethos system allows for online adaptive treatments through the utilization of artificial intelligence (AI) and deformable image registration which…”
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Impact of image preprocessing methods on reproducibility of radiomic features in multimodal magnetic resonance imaging in glioblastoma by Moradmand, Hajar, Aghamiri, Seyed Mahmoud Reza, Ghaderi, Reza

“…To investigate the effect of image preprocessing, in respect to intensity inhomogeneity correction and noise filtering, on the robustness and reproducibility…”
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Prospects for daily online adaptive radiotherapy via ethos for prostate cancer patients without nodal involvement using unedited CBCT auto‐segmentation by Moazzezi, Mojtaba, Rose, Brent, Kisling, Kelly, Moore, Kevin L., Ray, Xenia

“…Purpose  Implementing new online adaptive radiation therapy technologies is challenging because extra clinical resources are required particularly expert…”
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Surface guided radiotherapy (SGRT) improves breast cancer patient setup accuracy by Kügele, Malin, Mannerberg, Annika, Nørring Bekke, Susanne, Alkner, Sara, Berg, Lovisa, Mahmood, Faisal, Thornberg, Charlotte, Edvardsson, Anneli, Bäck, Sven Å. J., Behrens, Claus F., Ceberg, Sofie

“…Purpose The purpose of the study was to investigate if surface guided radiotherapy (SGRT) can decrease setup deviations for tangential and locoregional breast…”
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Commissioning of a 1.5T Elekta Unity MR‐linac: A single institution experience by Snyder, Jeffrey E., St‐Aubin, Joël, Yaddanapudi, Sridhar, Boczkowski, Amanda, Dunkerley, David A.P., Graves, Stephen A., Hyer, Daniel E.

“…MR image‐guided radiotherapy has the potential to improve patient care, but integration of an MRI scanner with a linear accelerator adds complexity to the…”
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Knowledge‐based radiation treatment planning: A data‐driven method survey by Momin, Shadab, Fu, Yabo, Lei, Yang, Roper, Justin, Bradley, Jeffrey D., Curran, Walter J., Liu, Tian, Yang, Xiaofeng

“…This paper surveys the data‐driven dose prediction methods investigated for knowledge‐based planning (KBP) in the last decade. These methods were classified…”
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AAPM‐RSS Medical Physics Practice Guideline 9.a. for SRS‐SBRT by Halvorsen, Per H., Cirino, Eileen, Das, Indra J., Garrett, Jeffrey A., Yang, Jun, Yin, Fang‐Fang, Fairobent, Lynne A.

“…The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) is a nonprofit professional society whose primary purposes are to advance the science, education, and…”
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A potential revolution in cancer treatment: A topical review of FLASH radiotherapy by Gao, Yuan, Liu, Ruirui, Chang, Chih‐Wei, Charyyev, Serdar, Zhou, Jun, Bradley, Jeffrey D., Liu, Tian, Yang, Xiaofeng

“…FLASH radiotherapy (RT) is a novel technique in which the ultrahigh dose rate (UHDR) (≥40 Gy/s) is delivered to the entire treatment volume. Recent outcomes of…”
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IMRT QA using machine learning: A multi‐institutional validation by Valdes, Gilmer, Chan, Maria F., Lim, Seng Boh, Scheuermann, Ryan, Deasy, Joseph O., Solberg, Timothy D.

“…Purpose To validate a machine learning approach to Virtual intensity‐modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) quality assurance (QA) for accurately predicting gamma…”
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Evaluation of the uncertainty in an EBT3 film dosimetry system utilizing net optical density by Marroquin, Elsa Y. León, Herrera González, José A., Camacho López, Miguel A., Barajas, José E. Villarreal, García‐Garduño, Olivia A.

“…Radiochromic film has become an important tool to verify dose distributions for intensity‐modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and quality assurance (QA) procedures…”
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Deep learning‐based auto‐segmentation of clinical target volumes for radiotherapy treatment of cervical cancer by Ma, Chen‐Ying, Zhou, Ju‐Ying, Xu, Xiao‐Ting, Guo, Jian, Han, Miao‐Fei, Gao, Yao‐Zong, Du, Hui, Stahl, Johannes N., Maltz, Jonathan S.

“…Objectives Because radiotherapy is indispensible for treating cervical cancer, it is critical to accurately and efficiently delineate the radiation targets. We…”
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Liver tumor segmentation based on 3D convolutional neural network with dual scale by Meng, Lu, Tian, Yaoyu, Bu, Sihang

“…Purpose Liver is one of the organs with a high incidence of tumors in the human body. Malignant liver tumors seriously threaten human life and health. The…”
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AAPM Medical Physics Practice Guideline 5.a.: Commissioning and QA of Treatment Planning Dose Calculations — Megavoltage Photon and Electron Beams by Smilowitz, Jennifer B., Das, Indra J., Feygelman, Vladimir, Fraass, Benedick A., Kry, Stephen F., Marshall, Ingrid R., Mihailidis, Dimitris N., Ouhib, Zoubir, Ritter, Timothy, Snyder, Michael G., Fairobent, Lynne

“…The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) is a nonprofit professional society whose primary purposes are to advance the science, education and…”
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Three‐dimensional printing in radiation oncology: A systematic review of the literature by Rooney, Michael K., Rosenberg, David M., Braunstein, Steve, Cunha, Adam, Damato, Antonio L., Ehler, Eric, Pawlicki, Todd, Robar, James, Tatebe, Ken, Golden, Daniel W.

“…Purpose/objectives Three‐dimensional (3D) printing is recognized as an effective clinical and educational tool in procedurally intensive specialties. However,…”
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Dosimetric characterization and use of GAFCHROMIC EBT3 film for IMRT dose verification by Borca, Valeria Casanova, Pasquino, Massimo, Russo, Giuliana, Grosso, Pierangelo, Cante, Domenico, Sciacero, Piera, Girelli, Giuseppe, Porta, Maria Rosa La, Tofani, Santi

“…Radiochromic film has become an important tool to verify dose distributions in highly conformal radiation therapy such as IMRT. Recently, a new generation of…”
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Flattening filter‐free accelerators: a report from the AAPM Therapy Emerging Technology Assessment Work Group by Xiao, Ying, Kry, Stephen F., Popple, Richard, Yorke, Ellen, Papanikolaou, Niko, Stathakis, Sotirios, Xia, Ping, Huq, Saiful, Bayouth, John, Galvin, James, Yin, Fang‐Fang

“…This report describes the current state of flattening filter‐free (FFF) radiotherapy beams implemented on conventional linear accelerators, and is aimed…”
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AlignRT® and Catalyst™ in whole‐breast radiotherapy with DIBH: Is IGRT still needed? by Laaksomaa, Marko, Sarudis, Sebastian, Rossi, Maija, Lehtonen, Turkka, Pehkonen, Jani, Remes, Jenny, Luukkanen, Helmi, Skyttä, Tanja, Kapanen, Mika

“…Purpose Surface guided radiotherapy (SGRT) is reported as a feasible setup technique for whole‐breast radiotherapy in deep inspiration breath hold (DIBH), but…”
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Automatic planning of head and neck treatment plans by Hazell, Irene, Bzdusek, Karl, Kumar, Prashant, Hansen, Christian R, Bertelsen, Anders, Eriksen, Jesper G., Johansen, Jørgen, Brink, Carsten

“…Treatment planning is time‐consuming and the outcome depends on the person performing the optimization. A system that automates treatment planning could…”
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Implementation and validation of a beam‐current transformer on a medical pulsed electron beam LINAC for FLASH‐RT beam monitoring by Oesterle, Roxane, Gonçalves Jorge, Patrik, Grilj, Veljko, Bourhis, Jean, Vozenin, Marie‐Catherine, Germond, Jean‐François, Bochud, François, Bailat, Claude, Moeckli, Raphaël

“…Purpose To implement and validate a beam current transformer as a passive monitoring device on a pulsed electron beam medical linear accelerator (LINAC) for…”
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