Review of ultrasound image guidance in external beam radiotherapy: I. Treatment planning and inter-fraction motion management

D Fontanarosa, S Van der Meer… - Physics in medicine …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
In modern radiotherapy, verification of the treatment to ensure the target receives the
prescribed dose and normal tissues are optimally spared has become essential. Several …

The use of ultrasound imaging in the external beam radiotherapy workflow of prostate cancer patients

SM Camps, D Fontanarosa… - BioMed research …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
External beam radiotherapy (EBRT) is one of the curative treatment options for prostate
cancer patients. The aim of this treatment option is to irradiate tumor tissue, while sparing …

A realistic deformable prostate phantom for multimodal imaging and needle‐insertion procedures

N Hungr, JA Long, V Beix, J Troccaz - Medical physics, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Phantoms are a vital step for the preliminary validation of new image‐guided
procedures. In this paper, the authors present a deformable prostate phantom for use with …

Experimental observation of acoustic emissions generated by a pulsed proton beam from a hospital‐based clinical cyclotron

KC Jones, F Vander Stappen, CR Bawiec… - Medical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To measure the acoustic signal generated by a pulsed proton spill from a hospital‐
based clinical cyclotron. Methods: An electronic function generator modulated the IBA C230 …

Acoustic-based proton range verification in heterogeneous tissue: simulation studies

KC Jones, W Nie, JCH Chu, JV Turian… - Physics in Medicine …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Acoustic-based proton range verification (protoacoustics) is a potential in vivo technique for
determining the Bragg peak position. Previous measurements and simulations have been …

Critical assessment of intramodality 3D ultrasound imaging for prostate IGRT compared to fiducial markers

S van der Meer, E Bloemen‐van Gurp… - Medical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: A quantitative 3D intramodality ultrasound (US) imaging system was verified for
daily in‐room prostate localization, and compared to prostate localization based on …

Online 4D ultrasound guidance for real‐time motion compensation by MLC tracking

S Ipsen, R Bruder, R O'Brien, PJ Keall… - Medical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose With the trend in radiotherapy moving toward dose escalation and
hypofractionation, the need for highly accurate targeting increases. While MLC tracking is …

Initial phantom study on estimation of speed of sound in medium using coherence among received echo signals

H Hasegawa, R Nagaoka - Journal of medical ultrasonics, 2019 - Springer
Purpose Ultrasound beamforming is required to obtain clinical ultrasound images. In the
beamforming procedure, the distance between the receiving focal point and each transducer …

A set of canonical problems in sloshing. Part 2: Influence of tank width on impact pressure statistics in regular forced angular motion

A Souto-Iglesias, G Bulian, E Botia-Vera - Ocean Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
Continuing along the path of previous papers in this series, the present paper addresses,
experimentally, sloshing in a rectangular tank under harmonic angular forcing. Since lateral …

Fabrication and characterization of a multimodal 3D printed mouse phantom for ionoacoustic quality assurance in image-guided pre-clinical proton radiation research

J Lascaud, P Dash, K Schnürle, J Bortfeldt… - Physics in Medicine …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Image guidance and precise irradiation are fundamental to ensure the reliability
of small animal oncology studies. Accurate positioning of the animal and the in-beam …