Deep learning has revolutionized image processing and achieved the-state-of-art
performance in many medical image segmentation tasks. Many deep learning-based …

Patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD), especially those with pulmonary fibrosis, are at
increased risk of developing lung cancer. Management of lung cancer in patients with ILD is …

Purpose To investigate the dosimetric characteristics between an advanced proton pencil
beam scanning (PBS) Bragg peak FLASH technique and conventional PBS planning …

Accurate segmentation of multiple organs of the head, neck, chest, and abdomen from
medical images is an essential step in computer-aided diagnosis, surgical navigation, and …

In the clinical practice of radiation oncology, we rely on precise dose calculation and
deposition, 1–3 high dose conformity 4–7 to the target while lowering the dose to the …

Esophageal cancer remains one of the leading causes of death from cancer across the
world despite advances in multimodality therapy. Although early-stage disease can often be …

Toxicity concerns from thoracic radiation therapy in the treatment of lung cancers have
changed substantially over the past few decades. Survival in the treatment of lung cancer …

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a heterogeneous disease accounting for
approximately 85% of all lung cancers. Only 17% of patients are diagnosed at an early …

Background and purpose Lung cancer radiotherapy increases the risk of cardiotoxicity and
heart radiation dose is an independent predictor of poor survival. This study describes heart …

Background: To safely treat lung tumors using particle radiation therapy (PRT), motion-
mitigation strategies are of critical importance to ensure precise irradiation. Therefore, we …