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In vivo dosimetry in brachytherapy: Requirements and future directions for research, development, and clinical practice by Fonseca, Gabriel P., Johansen, Jacob G., Smith, Ryan L., Beaulieu, Luc, Beddar, Sam, Kertzscher, Gustavo, Verhaegen, Frank, Tanderup, Kari

“…Brachytherapy can deliver high doses to the target while sparing healthy tissues due to its steep dose gradient leading to excellent clinical outcome…”
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MaxiCalc: A tool for online dosimetric evaluation of source-tracking based treatment verification in HDR brachytherapy by Hanlon, Maximilian D., Smith, Ryan L., Franich, Rick D.

“…•An independent TG43 dose calculation engine (DCE), MaxiCalc, has been developed.•The software calculates dose and dose volume histograms (DVHs).•This enables…”
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Incidence of Bleeding After 15,181 Percutaneous Biopsies and the Role of Aspirin by Atwell, Thomas D, Smith, Ryan L, Hesley, Gina K, Callstrom, Matthew R, Schleck, Cathy D, Harmsen, W. Scott, Charboneau, J. William, Welch, Timothy J

“…The objective of our study was to report the incidence of bleeding after imaging-guided percutaneous core biopsy at a single center using a standardized…”
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Temporal determinants of tumour response to neoadjuvant rectal radiotherapy by Koo, Kendrick, Ward, Rachel, Smith, Ryan L, Ruben, Jeremy, Carne, Peter W. G, Elsaleh, Hany

“…Introduction In locally advanced rectal cancer, longer delay to surgery after neoadjuvant radiotherapy increases the likelihood of histopathological tumour…”
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A Comparison of Out-of-Field Dose and Its Constituent Components for Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy Versus Conformal Radiation Therapy: Implications for Carcinogenesis by Ruben, Jeremy D., FCRadOnc, FRANZCR, M.Med, Lancaster, Craig M., B.Sc, Jones, Phillip, B.AppSci, Smith, Ryan L., M.Sc., MACSPEM

“…Purpose To investigate differences in scatter and leakage between 6-MV intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and three-dimensional conformal radiation…”
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A method for verification of treatment delivery in HDR prostate brachytherapy using a flat panel detector for both imaging and source tracking by Smith, Ryan L., Haworth, Annette, Panettieri, Vanessa, Millar, Jeremy L., Franich, Rick D.

“…Purpose: Verification of high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy treatment delivery is an important step, but is generally difficult to achieve. A technique is…”
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Toward Submillimeter Accuracy in the Management of Intrafraction Motion: The Integration of Real-Time Internal Position Monitoring and Multileaf Collimator Target Tracking by Sawant, Amit, Ph.D, Smith, Ryan L., B.S, Venkat, Raghu B., M.S, Santanam, Lakshmi, Ph.D, Cho, Byungchul, Ph.D, Poulsen, Per, Ph.D, Cattell, Herbert, M.S, Newell, Laurence J., M.S, Parikh, Parag, M.D, Keall, Paul J., Ph.D

“…Purpose We report on an integrated system for real-time adaptive radiation delivery to moving tumors. The system combines two promising…”
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Future directions of in vivo dosimetry for external beam radiotherapy and brachytherapy by Verhaegen, Frank, Fonseca, Gabriel P., Johansen, Jacob G., Beaulieu, Luc, Beddar, Sam, Greer, Peter, Jornet, Nuria, Kertzscher, Gustavo, McCurdy, Boyd, Smith, Ryan L., Mijnheer, Ben, Olaciregui-Ruiz, Igor, Tanderup, Kari

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The correlation of tissue motion within the lung: implications on fiducial based treatments by Smith, Ryan L., Yang, Deshan, Lee, Andrew, Mayse, Martin L., Low, Dan A., Parikh, Parag J.

“…In radiation therapy many motion management and alignment techniques rely on the accuracy of an internal fiducial acting as a surrogate for target motion…”
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Micro-tubular flame-assisted fuel cells for micro-combined heat and power systems by Milcarek, Ryan J., Wang, Kang, Falkenstein-Smith, Ryan L., Ahn, Jeongmin

“…Currently the role of fuel cells in future power generation is being examined, tested and discussed. However, implementing systems is more difficult because of…”
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Evaluation of Linear Accelerator Gating With Real-Time Electromagnetic Tracking by Smith, Ryan L., B.S, Lechleiter, Kristen, M.S, Malinowski, Kathleen, M.S, Shepard, D.M., Ph.D, Housley, D.J., B.S, Afghan, M., Ph.D, Newell, Jeff, M.S, Petersen, Jay, B.S, Sargent, Brian, B.S, Parikh, Parag, M.D

“…Purpose Intrafraction organ motion can produce dosimetric errors in radiotherapy. Commonly, the linear accelerator is gated using real-time breathing phase…”
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HDR brachytherapy well chamber calibration and stability evaluated over twenty years of clinical use by Keehan, Stephanie, Smith, Ryan L., Butler, Duncan

“…The purpose of the study was to establish, using a retrospective analysis of existing hospital records, the long-term stability and accuracy of a…”
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Driving Change: Direct Patient Access to Medical Imaging Reports and the Need for Radiologist Involvement in Decision-Making by Smith, Ryan L., Rowe, Judy, Manos, Daria

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Characterization of Medium-Scale Propane Pool Fires by Falkenstein-Smith, Ryan L., Sung, Kunhyuk, Hamins, Anthony

“…A series of experiments are conducted in a 37 cm diameter gas burner situated in a quiescent environment. Time-averaged local measurements of the temperature,…”
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Performance variation with SDC buffer layer thickness by Milcarek, Ryan J., Wang, Kang, Falkenstein-Smith, Ryan L., Ahn, Jeongmin

“…The performance of anode-supported solid oxide fuel cells was investigated as the SDC buffer layer thickness was varied between ∼0.4 μm and ∼2.3 μm. The…”
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Coleus blumei viroid 7: a novel viroid resulting from genome recombination between Coleus blumei viroids 1 and 5 by Smith, Ryan L., Shukla, Manisha, Creelman, Alexa, Lawrence, Janice, Singh, Mathuresh, Xu, Huimin, Li, Xiang, Gardner, Kyle, Nie, Xianzhou

“…The genus Coleviroid, family Pospiviroidae , comprises six known viroids, all infecting Plectranthus scutellarioides ( Coleus blumei ; coleus). In 2017, a…”
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A generic high-dose rate (192)Ir brachytherapy source for evaluation of model-based dose calculations beyond the TG-43 formalism by Ballester, Facundo, Carlsson Tedgren, Åsa, Granero, Domingo, Haworth, Annette, Mourtada, Firas, Fonseca, Gabriel Paiva, Zourari, Kyveli, Papagiannis, Panagiotis, Rivard, Mark J, Siebert, Frank-André, Sloboda, Ron S, Smith, Ryan L, Thomson, Rowan M, Verhaegen, Frank, Vijande, Javier, Ma, Yunzhi, Beaulieu, Luc

“…In order to facilitate a smooth transition for brachytherapy dose calculations from the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Task Group No. 43…”
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An integrated system for clinical treatment verification of HDR prostate brachytherapy combining source tracking with pretreatment imaging by Smith, Ryan L., Hanlon, Max, Panettieri, Vanessa, Millar, Jeremy L., Matheson, Bronwyn, Haworth, Annette, Franich, Rick D.

“…High-dose-rate (HDR) prostate brachytherapy treatment is usually delivered in one or a few large dose fractions. Poor execution of a planned treatment could…”
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AAPM WGDCAB Report 372: A joint AAPM, ESTRO, ABG, and ABS report on commissioning of model‐based dose calculation algorithms in brachytherapy by Beaulieu, Luc, Ballester, Facundo, Granero, Domingo, Tedgren, Åsa Carlsson, Haworth, Annette, Lowenstein, Jessica R., Ma, Yunzhi, Mourtada, Firas, Papagiannis, Panagiotis, Rivard, Mark J., Siebert, Frank‐André, Sloboda, Ron S., Smith, Ryan L., Thomson, Rowan M., Verhaegen, Frank, Fonseca, Gabriel, Vijande, Javier

“…The introduction of model‐based dose calculation algorithms (MBDCAs) in brachytherapy provides an opportunity for a more accurate dose calculation and opens…”
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Comparison of IPSA and HIPO inverse planning optimization algorithms for prostate HDR brachytherapy by Panettieri, Vanessa, Smith, Ryan L., Mason, Natasha J., Millar, Jeremy L.

“…Publications have reported the benefits of using high‐dose‐rate brachytherapy (HDRB) for the treatment of prostate cancer, since it provides similar…”
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