Search Results - "Lovelock, D. Michael"

High-Dose, Single-Fraction Image-Guided Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy for Metastatic Spinal Lesions by Yamada, Yoshiya, M.D., F.R.C.P.C, Bilsky, Mark H., M.D, Lovelock, D. Michael, Ph.D, Venkatraman, Ennapadam S., Ph.D, Toner, Sean, M.S, Johnson, Jared, B.S, Zatcky, Joan, N.P, Zelefsky, Michael J., M.D, Fuks, Zvi, M.D

“…Purpose To report tumor control and toxicity for patients treated with image-guided intensity-modulated radiotherapy (RT) for spinal metastases with high-dose…”
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Quality assurance for image-guided radiation therapy utilizing CT-based technologies: A report of the AAPM TG-179 by Bissonnette, Jean-Pierre, Balter, Peter A., Dong, Lei, Langen, Katja M., Lovelock, D. Michael, Miften, Moyed, Moseley, Douglas J., Pouliot, Jean, Sonke, Jan-Jakob, Yoo, Sua

“…Purpose: Commercial CT-based image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) systems allow widespread management of geometric variations in patient setup and internal organ…”
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Continuous Monitoring and Intrafraction Target Position Correction During Treatment Improves Target Coverage for Patients Undergoing SBRT Prostate Therapy by Lovelock, D. Michael, PhD, Messineo, Alessandra P., BS, Cox, Brett W., MD, Kollmeier, Marisa A., MD, Zelefsky, Michael J., MD

“…Purpose To compare the potential benefits of continuous monitoring of prostate position and intervention (CMI) using 2-mm displacement thresholds during…”
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The Effectiveness of a Pneumatic Compression Belt in Reducing Respiratory Motion of Abdominal Tumors in Patients Undergoing Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy by Lovelock, D. Michael, Zatcky, Joan, Goodman, Karyn, Yamada, Yoshiya

“…Purpose: Abdominal compression using a pneumatic abdominal compression belt developed in-house has been used to reduce respiratory motion of patients…”
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Preliminary Results of High-Dose Single-Fraction Radiotherapy for the Management of Chordomas of the Spine and Sacrum by Yamada, Yoshiya, Laufer, Ilya, Cox, Brett W., Lovelock, D. Michael, Maki, Robert G., Zatcky, Joan M., Boland, Patrick J., Bilsky, Mark H.

“…Abstract BACKGROUND: En bloc wide-margin excision significantly decreases the risk of chordoma recurrence. However, a wide surgical margin cannot be obtained…”
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Acute Skin Toxicity Following Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Stage I Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Who's at Risk? by Hoppe, Bradford S., M.D, Laser, Benjamin, M.D, Kowalski, Alex V., B.A, Fontenla, Sandra C., B.A, Pena-Greenberg, Elizabeth, R.N, Yorke, Ellen D., Ph.D, Lovelock, D. Michael, Ph.D, Hunt, Margie A., M.S, Rosenzweig, Kenneth E., M.D

“…Purpose We examined the rate of acute skin toxicity within a prospectively managed database of patients treated for early-stage non–small-cell lung cancer…”
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Safety and utility of kyphoplasty prior to spine stereotactic radiosurgery for metastatic tumors: a clinical and dosimetric analysis by Barzilai, Ori, DiStefano, Natalie, Lis, Eric, Yamada, Yoshiya, Lovelock, D Michael, Fontanella, Andrew N, Bilsky, Mark H, Laufer, Ilya

“…OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of kyphoplasty treatment prior to spine stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) in patients…”
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Segmenting the prostate and rectum in CT imagery using anatomical constraints by Chen, Siqi, Lovelock, D. Michael, Radke, Richard J.

“…The automatic segmentation of the prostate and rectum from 3D computed tomography (CT) images is still a challenging problem, and is critical for image-guided…”
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Correlation of Local Failure With Measures of Dose Insufficiency in the High-Dose Single-Fraction Treatment of Bony Metastases by Lovelock, D. Michael, Ph.D, Zhang, Zhigang, Ph.D, Jackson, Andrew, Ph.D, Keam, Jennifer, M.D, Bekelman, Justin, M.D, Bilsky, Mark, M.D, Lis, Eric, M.D, Yamada, Yoshiya, M.D

“…Purpose In the setting of high-dose single-fraction image-guided radiotherapy of spine metastases, the delivered dose is hypothesized to be a significant…”
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Can the Risk of Dysphagia in Head and Neck Radiation Therapy Be Predicted by an Automated Transit Fluence Monitoring Process During Treatment? A First Comparative Study of Patient Reported Quality of Life and the Fluence-Based Decision Support Metric by Lim, Seng Boh, Lee, Nancy, Zakeri, Kaveh, Greer, Peter, Fuangrod, Todsaporn, Coffman, Frederick, Cerviño, Laura, Lovelock, D. Michael

“…Purpose/Objective(s): The additional personnel and imaging procedures required for Adaptive Radiation Therapy (ART) pose a challenge for a broad…”
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Automatic tracking of arbitrarily shaped implanted markers in kilovoltage projection images: A feasibility study by Regmi, Rajesh, Lovelock, D. Michael, Hunt, Margie, Zhang, Pengpeng, Pham, Hai, Xiong, Jianping, Yorke, Ellen D., Goodman, Karyn A., Rimner, Andreas, Mostafavi, Hassan, Mageras, Gig S.

“…Purpose: Certain types of commonly used fiducial markers take on irregular shapes upon implantation in soft tissue. This poses a challenge for methods that…”
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Toward correcting drift in target position during radiotherapy via computer-controlled couch adjustments on a programmable Linac by McNamara, Joseph E., Regmi, Rajesh, Michael Lovelock, D., Yorke, Ellen D., Goodman, Karyn A., Rimner, Andreas, Mostafavi, Hassan, Mageras, Gig S.

“…Purpose: Real-time tracking of respiratory target motion during radiation therapy is technically challenging, owing to rapid and possibly irregular breathing…”
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Image-Guided Intensity-Modulated Photon Radiotherapy Using Multifractionated Regimen to Paraspinal Chordomas and Rare Sarcomas by Terezakis, Stephanie A., M.D, Lovelock, D. Michael, Ph.D, Bilsky, Mark H., M.D, Hunt, Margaret A., M.S, Zatcky, Joan, N.P, Yamada, Yoshiya, M.D

“…Purpose Image-guided intensity-modulated radiotherapy enables delivery of high-dose radiation to tumors close to the spinal cord. We report our experience with…”
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Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Spinal Metastases: Tumor Control Probability Analyses and Recommended Reporting Standards by Soltys, Scott G., Grimm, Jimm, Milano, Michael T., Xue, Jinyu, Sahgal, Arjun, Yorke, Ellen, Yamada, Yoshiya, Ding, George X., Li, X. Allen, Lovelock, D. Michael, Jackson, Andrew, Ma, Lijun, El Naqa, Issam, Gibbs, Iris C., Marks, Lawrence B., Benedict, Stanley

“…We sought to investigate the tumor control probability (TCP) of spinal metastases treated with stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) in 1 to 5 fractions…”
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Can bronchoscopically implanted anchored electromagnetic transponders be used to monitor tumor position and lung inflation during deep inspiration breath‐hold lung radiotherapy? by Harris, Wendy, Yorke, Ellen, Li, Henry, Czmielewski, Christian, Chawla, Mohit, Lee, Robert P., Hotca‐Cho, Alexandra, McKnight, Dominique, Rimner, Andreas, Lovelock, D. Michael

“…Purpose To evaluate the efficacy of using bronchoscopically implanted anchored electromagnetic transponders (EMTs) as surrogates for 1) tumor position and 2)…”
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Comparison of Kilovoltage Cone-Beam Computed Tomography With Megavoltage Projection Pairs for Paraspinal Radiosurgery Patient Alignment and Position Verification by Kriminski, Sergey A., Ph.D, Lovelock, D. Michael, Ph.D, Seshan, Venkatraman E., Ph.D, Ali, Imad, Ph.D, Munro, Peter, Ph.D, Amols, Howard I., Ph.D, Fuks, Zvi, M.D, Bilsky, Mark, M.D, Yamada, Yoshiya, M.D

“…Purpose Implanted gold markers and megavoltage (MV) portal imaging are commonly used for setup verification of paraspinal tumors treated with high-dose,…”
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Frequency of Large Intrafractional Target Motions During Spine Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy by Wu, Jacqueline, Wu, Josephine, Ballangrud, Åse, Mechalakos, Jim, Yamada, Josh, Lovelock, D.Michael

“…Spine stereotactic body radiation therapy frequently involves the delivery of high doses to targets in proximity to the spinal cord; thus, the radiation must…”
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A Planning Comparison of IMRT vs. Pencil Beam Scanning for Deep Inspiration Breath Hold Lung Cancers by Mah, Dennis, Yorke, Ellen, Zemanaj, Entela, Han, Zhiqiang, Liu, Haoyang, George, Jobin, Lambiase, Jason, Czmielewski, Christian, Lovelock, D. Michael, Rimner, Andreas, Shepherd, Annemarie F.

“…Deep inspiration breath hold (DIBH) has dosimetric advantages for lung cancer patients treated with external beam therapy, but is difficult for many patients…”
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A REVIEW OF IMAGE-GUIDED INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY FOR SPINAL TUMORS by Yamada, Yoshiya, Lovelock, D. Michael, Bilsky, Mark H.

“…Abstract OBJECTIVE A new paradigm for the radiotherapeutic management of paraspinal tumors has emerged. Intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) has gained wide…”
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Migration from full‐head mask to “open‐face” mask for immobilization of patients with head and neck cancer by Li, Guang, Lovelock, D. Michael, Mechalakos, James, Rao, Shyam, Della‐Biancia, Cesar, Amols, Howard, Lee, Nancy

“…To provide an alternative device for immobilization of the head while easing claustrophobia and improving comfort, an “open‐face” thermoplastic mask was…”
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