Brachytherapy dose changes: comparing in-room and out-room image-guided brachytherapy. A randomized study

P Muangwong, E Tharavichitkul, P Sripan… - Journal of …, 2022 - termedia.pl
Results A total of 294 fractions of brachytherapy were considered. The findings indicated no
significant differences in the mean D2cc changes (Gy)(CT2 minus CT1) to the bladder …

Dose-volume effect of bladder and rectal filling during intracavitary high-dose-rate brachytherapy

A Sheybani, MJ Tennapel, W Sun, Y Kim… - …, 2013 - brachyjournal.com
Purpose Minimizing radiation doses to the bladder and rectum during high-dose-rate (HDR)
brachytherapy for cervical cancer is fundamental to reducing treatment side effects …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating the accumulative dose uncertainty for intracavitary and interstitial brachytherapy

B Wang, W Hu, G Shan, X Xu - BioMedical Engineering OnLine, 2021 - Springer
Background Image-guided adaptive brachytherapy shows the ability to deliver high doses to
tumors while sparing normal tissues. However, interfraction dose delivery introduces …

[HTML][HTML] Incidence of suboptimal applicator placement and the resulting dosimetric impact in image-based intracavitary brachytherapy

R Rangarajan - Journal of Medical Physics, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Aim: With the advent of computed tomography (CT)-based brachytherapy, it is possible to
view the appropriate placement of the applicator within the uterine canal and detect uterine …

Impact of delineation uncertainties on dose to organs at risk in CT-guided intracavitary brachytherapy

FK Duane, B Langan, C Gillham, L Walsh… - Brachytherapy, 2014 - Elsevier
Purpose This study quantifies the inter-and intraobserver variations in contouring the organs
at risk (OARs) in CT-guided brachytherapy (BT) for the treatment of cervical carcinoma. The …

SU‐F‐T‐55: Reproducibility of Interstitial HDR Brachytherapy Plans

S Lee, R Ellis, B Traughber, T Podder - Medical Physics, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Treating gynecological cancers with interstitial high‐dose‐rate (HDR)
brachytherapy requires precise reconstruction of catheter positions to obtain accurate …

[HTML][HTML] Interfraction variations in organ filling and their impact on dosimetry in CT image based HDR intracavitary brachytherapy

R Rangarajan - Journal of Medical Physics, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Aim: Since anatomical and geometric variations occur with every fraction, planning, and
dose optimization is necessary for every fraction of high-dose rate intracavitary …

Comparison of Treatment Planning on Dosimetric Differences Between 192Ir Sources for High-Dose Rate Brachytherapy

ON Yang, SS Shin, WS Ahn, DY Kim… - Journal of …, 2016 - koreascience.kr
To evaluate whether the difference in geometrical characteristics between high-dose-rate
(HDR) $^{192} Ir $ sources would influence the dose distributions of intracavitary …

Method to assess the need for re-planning HDR brachytherapy tandem and ring treatments

T Gray, S Cherian, S Amarnath, B Guo, P Xia… - Medical …, 2024 - Elsevier
High dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy procedures for cervical cancer require multiple
applicator insertions for multiple (typically 5) fractions of a single plan, which carries a risk for …

[PDF][PDF] Comparison of Doses in Organs at Risk of Conventional and Three-Dimensional Treatment Planning in Hybrid Brachytherapy

MR FAa, A Ra, MZ AAc, C SCa - 2022 - academia.edu
(OARs) calculated by conventional two-dimensional (2-D) and three-dimensional (3-D)
treatment planning techniques in hybrid high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy for cervical …