IGRT and motion management during lung SBRT delivery

V Caillet, JT Booth, P Keall - Physica Medica, 2017 - Elsevier
Patient motion can cause misalignment of the tumour and toxicities to the healthy lung tissue
during lung stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT). Any deviations from the reference …

A novel EPID design for enhanced contrast and detective quantum efficiency

J Rottmann, D Morf, R Fueglistaller… - Physics in Medicine …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Beams-eye-view imaging applications such as real-time soft-tissue motion estimation are
hindered by the inherently low image contrast of electronic portal imaging devices (EPID) …

Deep learning enables MV-based real-time image guided radiation therapy for prostate cancer patients

D Chrystall, A Mylonas, E Hewson… - Physics in Medicine …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Using MV images for real-time image guided radiation therapy (IGRT) is ideal as it
does not require additional imaging equipment, adds no additional imaging dose and …

Impact of a novel multilayer imager on metal artifacts in MV-CBCT

TC Harris, M Jacobson, M Myronakis… - Physics in Medicine …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Megavoltage cone-beam computed tomography (MV-CBCT) imaging offers
several advantages including reduced metal artifacts and accurate electron density mapping …

fastCAT: Fast cone beam CT (CBCT) simulation

J O'Connell, M Bazalova‐Carter - Medical Physics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To develop fastCAT, a fast cone‐beam computed tomography (CBCT) simulator.
fastCAT uses pre‐calculated Monte Carlo (MC) CBCT phantom‐specific scatter and detector …

Halide Perovskites for Direct Conversion Megavoltage X‐Ray Detectors

S Kundu, J O'Connell, A Hart… - Advanced Electronic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Megavoltage (MV) X‐ray detectors used in cancer treatment either suffer from low sensitivity
(scintillators) or prohibitively high cost (direct conversion). Here solution‐processed direct …

Simulated performances of pixelated CsI (Tl) scintillation screens with different micro-column shapes and array structures in X-ray imaging

H Chen, M Gu, X Liu, J Zhang, B Liu, S Huang, C Ni - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
The performances of the pixelated CsI (Tl) scintillation screens based on oxidized silicon
micro-pore array templates with different CsI (Tl) micro-column shapes and array structures …

A novel multilayer MV imager computational model for component optimization

M Myronakis, J Star‐Lack, P Baturin… - Medical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose A novel Megavoltage (MV) multilayer imager (MLI) design featuring higher
detective quantum efficiency and lower noise than current conventional MV imagers in …

Dual-energy computed tomography imaging with megavoltage and kilovoltage X-ray spectra

G Jadick, G Schlafly… - Journal of Medical …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Purpose Single-energy computed tomography (CT) often suffers from poor contrast yet
remains critical for effective radiotherapy treatment. Modern therapy systems are often …

A Monte Carlo study of the impact of phosphor optical properties on EPID imaging performance

M Shi, M Myronakis, YH Hu, D Morf… - Physics in Medicine …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We have developed a Monte Carlo computational model of a clinically employed electronic
portal imaging device (EPID), and demonstrated the impact of phosphor optical properties …