Background Seed implant brachytherapy (SIBT) is a promising treatment modality for parotid
gland cancers (PGCs). However, the current clinical standard dose calculation method …

Permanent seed implant brachytherapy is currently used for adjuvant radiotherapy of early
stage prostate and breast cancer patients. The current standard for calculation of dose …

Background Seed implant brachytherapy (SIBT) is an effective treatment modality for head
and neck (H&N) cancers; however, current clinical planning requires manual setting of …

Purpose The inhomogeneity correction factor (ICF) method provides heterogeneity
correction for the fast calculation TG43 formalism in seed brachytherapy. This study …

Purpose The safety and clinical efficacy of 125I seed‐loaded stent for the treatment of portal
vein tumor thrombosis (PVTT) have been shown. Accurate and fast dose calculation of the …

Purpose RayStretch is a simple algorithm proposed for heterogeneity corrections in low-
dose–rate brachytherapy. It is built on top of TG-43 consensus data, and it has been …

This chapter reports patient selection criteria, planning, technique, and results of permanent
breast seed implant. In a single 1 h procedure, this technique uses stereotactic localization …

The aim of this work is to develop a compressed sensing (CS) based optimization for in-
verse treatment planning in radiation therapy. This approach is applied to the example of …

Permanent breast seed implant (PBSI) is a novel treatment technique for early-stage breast
cancer. Post-lumpectomy, 103Pd seeds are permanently implanted in the patient's breast as …

Brachytherapy using low dose rate (LDR) permanent seed implant or high dose rate (HDR)
temporary implant is a well established treatment for prostate cancer. This study investigates …