Search Results - "Mille, Matthew"
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A framework for in-field and out-of-field patient specific secondary cancer risk estimates from treatment plans using the TOPAS Monte Carlo system
Published in Physics in medicine & biology (21-08-2024)“… To allow the estimation of secondary cancer risks from radiation therapy treatment plans in a comprehensive and user-friendly Monte Carlo (MC) framework. …”
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Fetal dose from proton pencil beam scanning craniospinal irradiation during pregnancy: a Monte Carlo study
Published in Physics in medicine & biology (28-01-2022)“… We conducted a Monte Carlo study to comprehensively investigate the fetal dose resulting from proton pencil beam scanning (PBS) craniospinal irradiation…”
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Extension of RPI-adult male and female computational phantoms to obese patients and a Monte Carlo study of the effect on CT imaging dose
Published in Physics in medicine & biology (07-05-2012)“…Although it is known that obesity has a profound effect on x-ray computed tomography (CT) image quality and patient organ dose, quantitative data describing…”
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Extension of the RADTriage Colorimetric Dosimeter to Low-Dose Gamma-Ray Exposure Using Scanning Densitometry
Published in Health physics (1958) (01-01-2023)“…There is a need for an instantly indicating, easy-to-read, and inexpensive ionizing radiation dosimeter for first responders and members of the general public…”
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Conversion of computational human phantoms into DICOM-RT for normal tissue dose assessment in radiotherapy patients
Published in Physics in medicine & biology (05-07-2019)“…Radiotherapy (RT) treatment planning systems (TPS) are designed for the fast calculation of dose to the tumor bed and nearby organs at risk using x-ray…”
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Treatment-related thoracic soft tissue sarcomas in US breast cancer survivors: a retrospective cohort study
Published in The lancet oncology (01-11-2022)“…Soft tissue sarcoma is a rare but serious side-effect of radiotherapy to treat breast cancer, and rates are increasing in the USA. We evaluated potential…”
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Determination of proton stopping power ratio with dual‐energy CT in 3D‐printed tissue/air cavity surrogates
Published in Medical physics (Lancaster) (01-07-2019)“…Purpose To study the accuracy with which proton stopping power ratio (SPR) can be determined with dual‐energy computed tomography (DECT) for small structures…”
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A Novel Method to Extend a Partial-Body CT for the Reconstruction of Dose to Organs beyond the Scan Range
Published in Radiation research (01-06-2018)“…Epidemiological investigation is an important approach to assessing the risk of late effects after radiotherapy, and organ dosimetry is a crucial part of such…”
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Prompt gamma ray activation analysis for determining chemical composition of 3D printing and casting materials used in biomedical applications
Published in Journal of radioanalytical and nuclear chemistry (01-08-2023)“…Three-dimensional printing and casting materials were analyzed by prompt gamma-ray activation analysis (PGAA) to determine their suitability as human tissue…”
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Fabrication of a pediatric torso phantom with multiple tissues represented using a dual nozzle thermoplastic 3D printer
Published in Journal of applied clinical medical physics (01-11-2020)“…Purpose To demonstrate an on‐demand and nearly automatic method for fabricating tissue‐equivalent physical anthropomorphic phantoms for imaging and dosimetry…”
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Development of whole-body representation and dose calculation in a commercial treatment planning system
Published in Zeitschrift für medizinische Physik (01-05-2022)“…For the epidemiological evaluation of long-term side effects of radiotherapy patients, it is important to know the doses to organs and tissues everywhere in…”
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A deep learning segmentation method to assess dose to organs at risk during breast radiotherapy
Published in Physics and imaging in radiation oncology (01-10-2023)“…Contouring of organs at risk is important for studying health effects following breast radiotherapy. However, manual contouring is time-consuming and subject…”
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Comparison of normal tissue dose calculation methods for epidemiological studies of radiotherapy patients
Published in Journal of radiological protection (01-06-2018)“…Radiation dosimetry is an essential input for epidemiological studies of radiotherapy patients aimed at quantifying the dose-response relationship of late-term…”
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The Pediatric Proton and Photon Therapy Comparison Cohort: Study Design for a Multicenter Retrospective Cohort to Investigate Subsequent Cancers After Pediatric Radiation Therapy
Published in Advances in radiation oncology (01-11-2023)“…The physical properties of protons lower doses to surrounding normal tissues compared with photons, potentially reducing acute and long-term adverse effects,…”
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Comparison of out-of-field normal tissue dose estimates for pencil beam scanning proton therapy: MCNP6, PHITS, and TOPAS
Published in Biomedical physics & engineering express (23-12-2022)“…Monte Carlo (MC) methods are considered the gold-standard approach to dose estimation for normal tissues outside the treatment field (out-of-field) in proton…”
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Automatic segmentation of cardiac structures for breast cancer radiotherapy
Published in Physics and imaging in radiation oncology (01-10-2019)“…•We developed an automatic method to segment cardiac sub-structures for radiotherapy planning CTs.•The Dice Similarity Coefficients and Average Surface…”
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Application of an automatic segmentation method for evaluating cardiac structure doses received by breast radiotherapy patients
Published in Physics and imaging in radiation oncology (01-07-2021)“…•Atlas-based method for contouring heart substructures on breast radiotherapy CT.•Excellent agreement between automatic and manual contours for most…”
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A totally 'rad' week: summary of the 2019 NCI Radiation Epidemiology and Dosimetry Course
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Validation and Comparison of Radiograph-Based Organ Dose Reconstruction Approaches for Wilms Tumor Radiation Treatment Plans
Published in Advances in radiation oncology (01-11-2022)“…Our purpose was to validate and compare the performance of 4 organ dose reconstruction approaches for historical radiation treatment planning based on…”
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A dose voxel kernel method for rapid reconstruction of out-of-field neutron dose of patients in pencil beam scanning (PBS) proton therapy
Published in Physics in medicine & biology (27-08-2020)“…Monte Carlo (MC) radiation transport methods are used for dose calculation as 'gold standard.' However, the method is computationally time-consuming and thus…”
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