Head-and-neck organs-at-risk auto-delineation using dual pyramid networks for CBCT-guided adaptive radiotherapy

X Dai, Y Lei, T Wang, AH Dhabaan… - Physics in Medicine …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Organ-at-risk (OAR) delineation is a key step for cone-beam CT (CBCT) based
adaptive radiotherapy planning that can be a time-consuming, labor-intensive, and subject …

CBCT-guided adaptive radiotherapy using self-supervised sequential domain adaptation with uncertainty estimation

N Ebadi, R Li, A Das, A Roy, P Nikos, P Najafirad - Medical Image Analysis, 2023 - Elsevier
Adaptive radiotherapy (ART) is an advanced technology in modern cancer treatment that
incorporates progressive changes in patient anatomy into active plan/dose adaption during …

[HTML][HTML] MRI-only based material mass density and relative stopping power estimation via deep learning for proton therapy: a preliminary study

Y Gao, CW Chang, S Mandava, R Marants… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is increasingly being used in treatment
planning due to its superior soft tissue contrast, which is useful for tumor and soft tissue …

Generalizability issues with deep learning models in medicine and their potential solutions: illustrated with cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) to computed …

X Liang, D Nguyen, SB Jiang - Machine Learning: Science and …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Generalizability is a concern when applying a deep learning (DL) model trained on one
dataset to other datasets. It is challenging to demonstrate a DL model's generalizability …

Synthetic CT‐aided multiorgan segmentation for CBCT‐guided adaptive pancreatic radiotherapy

X Dai, Y Lei, J Wynne, J Janopaul‐Naylor… - Medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The delineation of organs at risk (OARs) is fundamental to cone‐beam CT (CBCT)‐
based adaptive radiotherapy treatment planning, but is time consuming, labor intensive, and …

Advances in anthropomorphic thorax phantoms for radiotherapy: a review

M Tajik, MM Akhlaqi, S Gholami - Biomedical Physics & …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
A phantom is a highly specialized device, which mimic human body, or a part of it. There are
three categories of phantoms: physical phantoms, physiological phantoms, and …

[HTML][HTML] Geometric and dosimetric evaluation of deep learning-based automatic delineation on CBCT-synthesized CT and planning CT for breast cancer adaptive …

Z Dai, Y Zhang, L Zhu, J Tan, G Yang, B Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Purpose We developed a deep learning model to achieve automatic multitarget delineation
on planning CT (pCT) and synthetic CT (sCT) images generated from cone-beam CT …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical assessment of a novel ring gantry linear accelerator-mounted helical fan-beam kVCT system

C Velten, L Goddard, K Jeong, MK Garg… - Advances in radiation …, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose To assess clinically relevant image quality metrics (IQMs) of helical fan beam
kilovoltage (kV) fan beam computed tomography (CT). Methods and Materials kVCT IQMs …

Synthetic MRI-aided head-and-neck organs-at-risk auto-delineation for CBCT-guided adaptive radiotherapy

X Dai, Y Lei, T Wang, AH Dhabaan… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2020 - arxiv.org
Purpose: Organ-at-risk (OAR) delineation is a key step for cone-beam CT (CBCT) based
adaptive radiotherapy planning that can be a time-consuming, labor-intensive, and subject …

Future technological developments in proton therapy–A predicted technological breakthrough

M Vidal, C Moignier, A Patriarca, M Sotiropoulos… - Cancer …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the current spectrum of cancer treatments, despite high costs, a lack of robust evidence
based on clinical outcomes or technical and radiobiological uncertainties, particle therapy …