Search Results - "Kessler, Marc L."

Correlation between pretreatment FDG-PET biological target volume and anatomical location of failure after radiation therapy for head and neck cancers by Soto, Daniel E, Kessler, Marc L, Piert, Morand, Eisbruch, Avraham

“…Abstract Background and purpose To assess whether the pretreatment FDG-PET-defined biologic target volume (PET-BTV) correlates with the anatomical sites of…”
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Is There a Dose-Response Relationship for Heart Disease With Low-Dose Radiation Therapy? by Chung, Eugene, MD, PhD, JD, Corbett, James R., MD, Moran, Jean M., PhD, Griffith, Kent A., MS, Marsh, Robin B., CMD, Feng, Mary, MD, Jagsi, Reshma, MD, DPhil, Kessler, Marc L., PhD, Ficaro, Edward C., PhD, Pierce, Lori J., MD

“…Purpose To quantify cardiac radiation therapy (RT) exposure using sensitive measures of cardiac dysfunction; and to correlate dysfunction with heart doses, in…”
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Objective assessment of deformable image registration in radiotherapy: A multi-institution study by Kashani, Rojano, Hub, Martina, Balter, James M., Kessler, Marc L., Dong, Lei, Zhang, Lifei, Xing, Lei, Xie, Yaoqin, Hawkes, David, Schnabel, Julia A., McClelland, Jamie, Joshi, Sarang, Chen, Quan, Lu, Weiguo

“…The looming potential of deformable alignment tools to play an integral role in adaptive radiotherapy suggests a need for objective assessment of these complex…”
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The big data effort in radiation oncology: Data mining or data farming? by Mayo, Charles S., PhD, Kessler, Marc L., PhD, Eisbruch, Avraham, MD, Weyburne, Grant, BS, Feng, Mary, MD, Hayman, James A., MD, Jolly, Shruti, MD, El Naqa, Issam, PhD, Moran, Jean M., PhD, Matuszak, Martha M., PhD, Anderson, Carlos J., PhD, Holevinski, Lynn P., BS, McShan, Daniel L., PhD, Merkel, Sue M., MSA RT(R)(T), Machnak, Sherry L., MBA RT(T), Lawrence, Theodore S., MD PhD, Ten Haken, Randall K., PhD

“…Abstract Although large volumes of information are entered into our electronic health care records, radiation oncology information systems and treatment…”
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Technical note: A physical phantom for assessment of accuracy of deformable alignment algorithms by Kashani, Rojano, Hub, Martina, Kessler, Marc L., Balter, James M.

“…The purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility of a simple deformable phantom as a QA tool for testing and validation of deformable image…”
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Respiratory Motion of The Heart and Positional Reproducibility Under Active Breathing Control by Jagsi, Reshma, M.D., D.Phil, Moran, Jean M., Ph.D, Kessler, Marc L., Ph.D, Marsh, Robin B., C.M.D, Balter, James M., Ph.D, Pierce, Lori J., M.D

“…Purpose: To reduce cardiotoxicity from breast radiotherapy (RT), innovative techniques are under investigation. Information about cardiac motion with…”
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Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Assess Blood-Brain/Blood-Glioma Barrier Opening During Conformal Radiotherapy by YUE CAO, TSIEN, Christina I, ZHOU SHEN, TATRO, Daniel S, TEN HAKEN, Randall, KESSLER, Marc L, CHENEVERT, Thomas L, LAWRENCE, Theodore S

“…For chemotherapy to act synergistically and safely with radiation against high-grade gliomas, drugs must pass the endothelial junctions of the blood-tumor…”
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Imaging and Alignment for Image-Guided Radiation Therapy by BAITER, James M, KESSLER, Marc L

“…Image-guided radiation therapy is an exciting new area that focuses heavily on the potential benefit of advanced imaging and image registration to improve…”
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A Safe and Practical Cycle for Team-Based Development and Implementation of In-House Clinical Software by Moran, Jean M., Paradis, Kelly C., Hadley, Scott W., Matuszak, Martha M., Mayo, Charles S., Naheedy, Katherine Woch, Chen, Xiaoping, Litzenberg, Dale W., Irrer, James, Ditman, Maria G., Burger, Pam, Kessler, Marc L.

“…Due to a gap in published guidance, we describe our robust cycle of in-house clinical software development and implementation, which has been used for years to…”
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Mutual information based CT registration of the lung at exhale and inhale breathing states using thin-plate splines by Coselmon, Martha M., Balter, James M., McShan, Daniel L., Kessler, Marc L.

“…The advent of dynamic radiotherapy modeling and treatment techniques requires an infrastructure to weigh the merits of various interventions (breath holding,…”
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Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Primary and Metastatic Liver Tumors by Liu, Erqi, Stenmark, Matthew H, Schipper, Matthew J, Balter, James M, Kessler, Marc L, Caoili, Elaine M, Lee, Oliver E, Ben-Josef, Edgar, Lawrence, Theodore S, Feng, Mary

“…Abstract OBJECTIVES: The full potential of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), in the treatment of unresectable intrahepatic malignancies, has yet to…”
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Incorporating big data into treatment plan evaluation: Development of statistical DVH metrics and visualization dashboards by Mayo, Charles S., PhD, Yao, John, PhD, Eisbruch, Avraham, MD, Balter, James M., PhD, Litzenberg, Dale W., PhD, Matuszak, Martha M., PhD, Kessler, Marc L., PhD, Weyburn, Grant, BS, Anderson, Carlos J., PhD, Owen, Dawn, MD, Jackson, William C., MD, Haken, Randall Ten, PhD

“…Abstract Purpose To develop statistical dose-volume histogram (DVH)–based metrics and a visualization method to quantify the comparison of treatment plans with…”
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Dose reconstruction in deforming lung anatomy: Dose grid size effects and clinical implications by Rosu, Mihaela, Chetty, Indrin J., Balter, James M., Kessler, Marc L., McShan, Daniel L., Ten Haken, Randall K.

“…In this study we investigated the accumulation of dose to a deforming anatomy (such as lung) based on voxel tracking and by using time weighting factors…”
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Benefit of using biologic parameters (EUD and NTCP) in IMRT optimization for treatment of intrahepatic tumors by Thomas, Emma, Chapet, Olivier, Kessler, Marc L, Lawrence, Theodore S, Ten Haken, Randall K

“…To investigate whether intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), optimized using the generalized equivalent uniform dose (gEUD) and normal tissue complication…”
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Evaluation of Multiple Breathing States Using a Multiple Instance Geometry Approximation (MIGA) in Inverse-Planned Optimization for Locoregional Breast Treatment by Lin, Alexander, M.D, Moran, Jean M., Ph.D, Marsh, Robin B., C.M.D, Balter, James M., Ph.D, Fraass, Benedick A., Ph.D, McShan, Daniel L., Ph.D, Kessler, Marc L., Ph.D, Pierce, Lori J., M.D

“…Purpose Although previous work demonstrated superior dose distributions for left-sided breast cancer patients planned for intensity-modulated radiation therapy…”
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Improving treatment plan evaluation with automation by Covington, Elizabeth L., Chen, Xiaoping, Younge, Kelly C., Lee, Choonik, Matuszak, Martha M., Kessler, Marc L., Keranen, Wayne, Acosta, Eduardo, Dougherty, Ashley M., Filpansick, Stephanie E., Moran, Jean M.

“…The goal of this work is to evaluate the effectiveness of Plan‐Checker Tool (PCT) which was created to improve first‐time plan quality, reduce patient delays,…”
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Fraction size and dose parameters related to the incidence of pericardial effusions by Martel, M K, Sahijdak, W M, Ten Haken, R K, Kessler, M L, Turrisi, A T

“…The influence of treatment parameters, such as (a) fraction size and (b) average and maximum dose (as derived from three-dimensional (3D) distributions), on…”
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Use of image registration and fusion algorithms and techniques in radiotherapy: Report of the AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group No. 132 by Brock, Kristy K., Mutic, Sasa, McNutt, Todd R., Li, Hua, Kessler, Marc L.

“…Image registration and fusion algorithms exist in almost every software system that creates or uses images in radiotherapy. Most treatment planning systems…”
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SafetyNet: streamlining and automating QA in radiotherapy by Hadley, Scott W., Kessler, Marc L., Litzenberg, Dale W., Lee, Choonik, Irrer, Jim, Chen, Xiaoping, Acosta, Eduardo, Weyburne, Grant, Keranen, Wayne, Lam, Kwok, Covington, Elizabeth, Younge, Kelly C., Matuszak, Martha M., Moran, Jean M.

“…Proper quality assurance (QA) of the radiotherapy process can be time‐consuming and expensive. Many QA efforts, such as data export and import, are inefficient…”
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Reporting and analyzing statistical uncertainties in Monte Carlo-based treatment planning by Chetty, Indrin J, Rosu, Mihaela, Kessler, Marc L, Fraass, Benedick A, Ten Haken, Randall K, Kong, Feng-Ming Spring, McShan, Daniel L

“…To investigate methods of reporting and analyzing statistical uncertainties in doses to targets and normal tissues in Monte Carlo (MC)-based treatment…”
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