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Quality Assurance of Ultrasound Imaging Systems for Target Localization and Online Setup Corrections by Tomé, Wolfgang A., Ph.D, Orton, Nigel P., Ph.D

“…We describe quality assurance paradigms for ultrasound imaging systems for target localization (UISTL). To determine the absolute localization accuracy of a…”
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The impact of daily shifts on prostate IMRT dose distributions by Orton, Nigel P., Tomé, Wolfgang A.

“…It is becoming common clinical practice to shift prostate patients daily based on transabdominal ultrasound (US) or imaging of implanted fiducial markers. This…”
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Feasibility report of image guided stereotactic body radiotherapy (IG-SBRT) with tomotherapy for early stage medically inoperable lung cancer using extreme hypofractionation by Hodge, Wes, Tomé, Wolfgang A, Jaradat, Hazim A, Orton, Nigel P, Khuntia, Deepak, Traynor, Anne, Weigel, Tracey, Mehta, Minesh P

“…We report on the technical feasibility, dosimetric aspects, and daily image-guidance capability with megavoltage CT (MVCT) of stereotactic body radiotherapy…”
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Technical note: A novel boundary condition using contact elements for finite element based deformable image registration by Zhang, Tiezhi, Orton, Nigel P., Mackie, T. Rockwell, Paliwal, Bhudatt R.

“…Deformable image registration is an important tool for image-guided radiotherapy. Physics-model-based deformable image registration using finite element…”
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On the automated definition of mobile target volumes from 4D-CT images for stereotactic body radiotherapy by Zhang, Tiezhi, Orton, Nigel P., Tomé, Wolfgang A.

“…Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) can be used to treat small lesions in the chest. A vacuum-based immobilization system is used in our clinic for SBRT, and…”
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Clinical assessment of three-dimensional ultrasound prostate localization for external beam radiotherapy by Orton, Nigel P., Jaradat, Hazim A., Tomé, Wolfgang A.

“…Three-dimensional ultrasound localization has been performed for external beam prostate treatments at our institution since September 2001. This article…”
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Commissioning and quality assurance of an optically guided three-dimensional ultrasound target localization system for radiotherapy by Tomé, Wolfgang A., Meeks, Sanford L., Orton, Nigel P., Bouchet, Lionel G., Bova, Francis J.

“…Recently, there has been proliferation of image-guided positioning systems for high-precision radiation therapy, with little attention given to quality…”
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IMRT delivery verification using a spiral phantom by Richardson, Susan L., Tomé, Wolfgang A., Orton, Nigel P., McNutt, Todd R., Paliwal, Bhudatt R.

“…In this paper we report on the testing and verification of a system for IMRT delivery quality assurance that uses a cylindrical solid water phantom with a…”
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QA for RT Supplement: Quality Assurance of Ultrasound Imaging Systems for Target Localization and Online Setup Corrections by Tome, Wolfgang A, Orton, Nigel P

“…We describe quality assurance paradigms for ultrasound imaging systems for target localization (UISTL). To determine the absolute localization accuracy of a…”
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