Patient‐specific validation of deformable image registration in radiation therapy: overview and caveats

C Paganelli, G Meschini, S Molinelli, M Riboldi… - Medical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last few decades, deformable image registration (DIR) has gained popularity in
image‐guided radiation therapy for a number of applications, such as contour propagation …

Current state and future applications of radiological image guidance for particle therapy

G Landry, C Hua - Medical Physics, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In this review paper, we first give a short overview of radiological image guidance in photon
radiotherapy, placing emphasis on the fact that linac based radiotherapy has outpaced …

ScatterNet: a convolutional neural network for cone‐beam CT intensity correction

DC Hansen, G Landry, F Kamp, M Li, C Belka… - Medical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To demonstrate a proof‐of‐concept for fast cone‐beam CT (CBCT) intensity
correction in projection space by the use of deep learning. Methods The CBCT scans and …

The technological basis for adaptive ion beam therapy at MedAustron: status and outlook

M Stock, D Georg, A Ableitinger, A Zechner… - … für Medizinische Physik, 2018 - Elsevier
The ratio of patients who need a treatment adaptation due to anatomical variations at least
once during the treatment course is significantly higher in light ion beam therapy (LIBT) than …

Online adaption approaches for intensity modulated proton therapy for head and neck patients based on cone beam CTs and Monte Carlo simulations

P Botas, J Kim, B Winey… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Online adaption approaches for intensity modulated proton therapy for head and neck patients
based on cone beam CTs and Monte Carlo simulations - IOPscience Skip to content IOP …

Advances in proton therapy in lung cancer

MAL Vyfhuis, N Onyeuku, T Diwanji… - Therapeutic …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States (US) and
worldwide. Radiation therapy is a mainstay in the treatment of locally advanced non-small …

Motion management in particle therapy

S Mori, AC Knopf, K Umegaki - Medical Physics, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In this review article, we introduced the importance of “motion management” in advanced
particle therapy. Several publications have reported that organ motion causes dose …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in the use of motion management and image guidance in radiation therapy treatment for lung cancer

JK Molitoris, T Diwanji, JW Snider III… - Journal of thoracic …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The development of advanced radiation technologies, including intensity-modulated
radiation therapy (IMRT), stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) and proton therapy, has …

Image guidance for proton therapy

RI MacKay - Clinical Oncology, 2018 - Elsevier
Image-guided radiotherapy has an established role in all forms of radiotherapy treatment
delivery. Proton therapy seeks to deliver superior dose distributions through utilising the …

Toward adaptive radiotherapy for lung patients: feasibility study on deforming planning CT to CBCT to assess the impact of anatomical changes on dosimetry

AJ Cole, C Veiga, U Johnson, D D'Souza… - Physics in Medicine …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Changes in lung architecture during a course of radiotherapy can alter the planned
dose distribution to the extent that it becomes clinically unacceptable. This study aims to …