Dosimetric impact of a robust optimization approach to mitigate effects from rotational uncertainty in prostate intensity‐modulated brachytherapy

B Morén, M Antaki, G Famulari, M Morcos… - Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Intensity‐modulated brachytherapy (IMBT) is an emerging technology for
cancer treatment, in which radiation sources are shielded to shape the dose distribution. The …

Deep learning for high-resolution dose prediction in high dose rate brachytherapy for breast cancer treatment

S Quetin, B Bahoric, F Maleki… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Monte Carlo (MC) simulations are the benchmark for accurate radiotherapy dose
calculations, notably in patient-specific high dose rate brachytherapy (HDR BT), in cases …

RapidBrachyTG43: A Geant4‐based TG‐43 parameter and dose calculation module for brachytherapy dosimetry

J Kalinowski, SA Enger - Medical Physics, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background The AAPM TG‐43U1 formalism remains the clinical standard for
dosimetry of low‐and high‐energy γ‐emitting brachytherapy sources. TG‐43U1 and related …

75Se-A promising alternative to 192Ir for potential use in the skin cancer brachytherapy: A Monte Carlo simulation study using FLUKA code

A Hadadi, S Ghanavati - Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aimed to evaluate the possibility of utilizing the HDR 75 Se source for skin cancer
brachytherapy. In this work, based on the BVH-20 skin applicator, two cup-shaped …

The effect of vaginal cylinder inhomogeneity on the HDR brachytherapy dose calculations using Monte Carlo simulations

M Meftahi, WY Song - Journal of Applied Clinical Medical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To analytically assess the heterogeneity effect of vaginal cylinders (VC) made of
high‐density plastics on dose calculations, considering the prescription point (surface or 5 …

Development of Selenium-75 as a Brachytherapy Source

J Reid - 2023 - escholarship.mcgill.ca
La curiethérapie est une modalité de traitement par rayonnement bien établie et efficace
pour divers cancers. Elle implique le placement d'une source hautement radioactive …

Development of Novel Intracavitary Intensity Modulated Brachytherapy Applicators for Optimizing the Target Coverage in Gynecologic Malignancies, Monte Carlo …

M Meftahi - 2022 - scholarscompass.vcu.edu
Gynecologic brachytherapy (GYN-BT) is essential for treating cervical and endometrial
cancers, the most prevalent female reproductive cancers. This technique enables high …

[图书][B] Intensity modulated brachytherapy for the treatment of cervical cancer

M Morcos - 2021 - search.proquest.com
The critical limitation with brachytherapy is the rotationally symmetric dose distribution
provided by brachytherapy sources, delivering high dose to the tumor but often with poor …

金属および樹脂製アプリケータを用いた子宮頸がん腔内照射における線量分布の検証

富田史紘, 布施拓, 藤崎達也, 安江憲治… - 日本放射線技術学会 …, 2023 - jstage.jst.go.jp
[目的] 子宮頸がん腔内照射では, 施設により金属製か樹脂製アプリケータが使用されるが,
治療計画装置ではアプリケータの組成や密度を考慮した線量計算ができない. 本研究では …