Therapeutic Radiology

SBRT and HDR brachytherapy produce lower PSA nadirs and different PSA decay patterns than conventionally fractionated IMRT in patients with low- or intermediate-risk prostate cancer.

PURPOSE: To compare patterns of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) response following stereotactic body...

Prostate-specific antigen kinetics after stereotactic body radiotherapy as monotherapy or boost after whole pelvic radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer.

PURPOSE: Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) has emerged as an effective treatment for localized p...

Adaptive optimization by 6 DOF robotic couch in prostate volumetric IMRT treatment: rototranslational shift and dosimetric consequences.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the magnitude and dosimetric relevance of translational...

Investigating the clinical advantages of a robotic linac equipped with a multileaf collimator in the treatment of brain and prostate cancer patients.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of a commercially avail-able CyberKnife sy...

Dosimetrics of intracranial stereotactic radiosurgery: Only "an exercise of style"?

Supervised machine learning-based classification scheme to segment the brainstem on MRI in multicenter brain tumor treatment context.

PURPOSE: To constrain the risk of severe toxicity in radiotherapy and radiosurgery, precise volume d...

Robotic radiosurgery system patient-specific QA for extracranial treatments using the planar ion chamber array and the cylindrical diode array.

Robotic radiosurgery system has been increasingly employed for extracranial treatments. This work is...

Film-based delivery quality assurance for robotic radiosurgery: Commissioning and validation.

PURPOSE: Robotic radiosurgery demands comprehensive delivery quality assurance (DQA), but guidelines...

Is modern external beam radiotherapy with androgen deprivation therapy still a viable alternative for prostate cancer in an era of robotic surgery and brachytherapy: a comparison of Australian series.

INTRODUCTION: We compare the results of modern external-beam radiotherapy (EBRT), using combined and...

Development of system using beam's eye view images to measure respiratory motion tracking errors in image-guided robotic radiosurgery system.

The accuracy of the CyberKnife Synchrony Respiratory Tracking System (SRTS) is considered to be pati...

Intracranial stereotactic radiosurgery with an adapted linear accelerator vs. robotic radiosurgery: Comparison of dosimetric treatment plan quality.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Stereotactic radiosurgery with an adapted linear accelerator (linac-SRS) is ...

Comparison of 3D and 4D Monte Carlo optimization in robotic tracking stereotactic body radiotherapy of lung cancer.

PURPOSE: To investigate the adequacy of three-dimensional (3D) Monte Carlo (MC) optimization (3DMCO)...

The implementation of artificial intelligence in serial monitoring of post gamma knife vestibular schwannomas: A pilot study.

BACKGROUND: Vestibular schwannomas (VS) are benign tumors that can lead to hearing loss, balance iss...

Photon-counting CT in cancer radiotherapy: technological advances and clinical benefits.

Photon-counting computed tomography (PCCT) marks a significant advancement over conventional Energy-...

[Radiosurgery of benign intracranial lesions. Indications, results , and perspectives].

Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is a non-invasive technique that is transforming the management of b...

A customizable P hydrogel applicator for brachytherapy of skin hemangioma based on machine learning and 3D-printing.

Skin hemangioma is a tumor originating from skin blood vessels, which often occurs in infants and ch...

A physics-informed deep learning model for predicting beam dose distribution of intensity-modulated radiation therapy treatment plans.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: We aimed to develop a physics-informed deep learning model for beam dose pre...

Advancing patient care: Machine learning models for predicting grade 3+ toxicities in gynecologic cancer patients treated with HDR brachytherapy.

BACKGROUND: Gynecological cancers are among the most prevalent cancers in women worldwide. Brachythe...

Applications of artificial intelligence for machine- and patient-specific quality assurance in radiation therapy: current status and future directions.

Machine- and patient-specific quality assurance (QA) is essential to ensure the safety and accuracy ...

Enhancing Choroidal Nevus Position Identification through CNN-Based Segmentation of Eye Fundus Images.

Diagnosing choroidal nevus in color fundus images is challenging for clinicians not regularly practi...

Computational Modeling and AI in Radiation Neuro-Oncology and Radiosurgery.

The chapter explores the extensive integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare systems...