Evaluation of image-guidance strategies in the treatment of localized prostate cancer

PA Kupelian, C Lee, KM Langen, OA Zeidan… - International Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To compare different image-guidance strategies in the alignment of prostate
cancer patients. Using data from patients treated using daily image guidance, the remaining …

A treatment planning study comparing whole breast radiation therapy against conformal, IMRT and tomotherapy for accelerated partial breast irradiation

M Oliver, J Chen, E Wong, J Van Dyk… - Radiotherapy and …, 2007 - Elsevier
PURPOSE AND BACKGROUND: Conventional early breast cancer treatment consists of a
lumpectomy followed by whole breast radiation therapy. Accelerated partial breast …

Image guided respiratory gated hypofractionated Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (H-SBRT) for liver and lung tumors: Initial experience

RE Wurm, F Gum, S Erbel, L Schlenger… - Acta …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
To evaluate our initial experience with image guided respiratory gated H-SBRT for liver and
lung tumors. The system combines a stereoscopic x-ray imaging system (ExacTrac® X-Ray …

Randomized controlled trials in health technology assessment: overkill or overdue?

SM Bentzen - Radiotherapy and oncology, 2008 - Elsevier
Evidence-based medicine has become a cornerstone in the development of radiation
oncology and the randomized controlled phase III trial remains the gold standard for …

Adaptive radiation therapy for head and neck cancer—can an old goal evolve into a new standard?

DL Schwartz, L Dong - Journal of oncology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Current head and neck intensity‐modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) techniques cause
significant toxicity. This may be explained in part by the fact that IMRT cannot compensate …

Dual-energy CT for automatic organs-at-risk segmentation in brain-tumor patients using a multi-atlas and deep-learning approach

B van der Heyden, P Wohlfahrt, DBP Eekers… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
In radiotherapy, computed tomography (CT) datasets are mostly used for radiation treatment
planning to achieve a high-conformal tumor coverage while optimally sparing healthy tissue …

Performance evaluation of automatic anatomy segmentation algorithm on repeat or four-dimensional computed tomography images using deformable image …

H Wang, AS Garden, L Zhang, X Wei, A Ahamad… - International Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Auto-propagation of anatomic regions of interest from the planning computed
tomography (CT) scan to the daily CT is an essential step in image-guided adaptive …

[PDF][PDF] Ultrasound guided conformal brachytherapy of cervix cancer: survival, patterns of failure, and late complications

K Narayan, S Van Dyk, D Bernshaw… - Journal of …, 2014 - synapse.koreamed.org
Objective: The aim of this study was to report on the long-term results of transabdominal
ultrasound guided conformal brachytherapy in patients with cervical cancer with respect to …

A comprehensive assessment by tumor site of patient setup using daily MVCT imaging from more than 3,800 helical tomotherapy treatments

LK Schubert, DC Westerly, WA Tomé, MP Mehta… - International Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To assess patient setup corrections based on daily megavoltage CT (MVCT)
imaging for four anatomic treatment sites treated on tomotherapy. METHOD AND …

Intracranial stereotactic positioning systems: Report of the american association of physicists in medicine radiation therapy committee task group no. 68

AW Lightstone, SH Benedict, FJ Bova… - Medical …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Intracranial stereotactic positioning systems (ISPSs) are used to position patients prior to
precise radiation treatment of localized lesions of the brain. Often, the lesion is located in …