[HTML][HTML] Clinical necessity of multi-image based (4DMIB) optimization for targets affected by respiratory motion and treated with scanned particle therapy–A …

AC Knopf, K Czerska, F Fracchiolla, C Graeff… - Radiotherapy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract 4D multi-image-based (4D MIB) optimization is a form of robust optimization where
different uncertainty scenarios, due to anatomy variations, are considered via multiple image …

Robustness evaluation of pencil beam scanning proton therapy treatment planning: A systematic review

E Sterpin, L Widesott, K Poels, M Hoogeman… - Radiotherapy and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Compared to conventional radiotherapy using X-rays, proton therapy, in principle, allows
better conformity of the dose distribution to target volumes, at the cost of greater sensitivity to …

[HTML][HTML] Proton therapy planning and image-guidance strategies within a randomized controlled trial for high-risk prostate cancer

S Tilbæk, LP Muren, A Vestergaard, L Stolarczyk… - Clinical and translational …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Danish Prostate Cancer Group is launching the randomized trial, PROstate
PROTON Trial 1 (NCT05350475), that compares photons and protons to the prostate and …

Impact of bowel gas and body outline variations on total accumulated dose with intensity-modulated proton therapy in locally advanced cervical cancer patients

T Berger, JBB Petersen, JC Lindegaard… - Acta …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Density changes occurring during fractionated radiotherapy in the pelvic region
may degrade proton dose distributions. The aim of the study was to quantify the dosimetric …

[HTML][HTML] Proton therapy of lung cancer patients–Treatment strategies and clinical experience from a medical physicist's perspective

VT Taasti, E Kneepkens, J van der Stoep, M Velders… - Physica Medica, 2025 - Elsevier
Purpose Proton therapy of moving targets is considered a challenge. At Maastro, we started
treating lung cancer patients with proton therapy in October 2019. In this work, we …

Evaluating the Impact of Bowel Gas Variations for Wilms' Tumor in Pediatric Proton Therapy

O Ates, F Pirlepesov, J Uh, C Hua, TE Merchant… - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The manuscript discusses the administration of proton therapy to the first
13 pediatric patients in the prospective SJWT21 clinical trial to assess the efficacy of proton …

Feasibility of MRI‐based estimation of water‐equivalent path length to detect changes in proton range during treatment courses

J Uh, MJ Krasin, C Hua - Medical Physics, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To evaluate the feasibility of using on‐treatment magnetic resonance imaging
(MRI) to detect proton range changes during treatment courses. Methods MRI‐based virtual …

Towards range-guidance in proton therapy to detect organ motion-induced dose degradations

K Busch, AG Andersen, JBB Petersen… - Biomedical Physics …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Introduction. Internal organ motion and deformations may cause dose degradations in
proton therapy (PT) that are challenging to resolve using conventional image-guidance …

[HTML][HTML] Plan selection in proton therapy of locally advanced prostate cancer with simultaneous treatment of multiple targets

S Pilskog, B Abal, KS Øvrelid, GM Engeseth… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose Intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT) of locally advanced prostate cancer can
spare the bowel considerably compared with modern photon therapy, but simultaneous …

Impact of bowel and rectum air on target dose with robustly optimized intensity-modulated proton therapy plans

W Yao, N Schweitzer, N Biswal, J Polf, J Farr… - Acta …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Pelvic target dose from intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT) is sensitive to
patient bowel motion. Robustly optimized plans in regard to bowel filling may improve the …