Therapeutic Radiology

An ultrasound image navigation robotic prostate brachytherapy system based on US to MRI deformable image registration method.

OBJECTIVE: This paper describes an ultrasound image navigation robotic prostate brachytherapy system...

Hypofractionated image guided radiation therapy followed by prostate seed implant boost for men with newly diagnosed intermediate and high risk adenocarcinoma of the prostate: Preliminary results of a phase 2 prospective study.

PURPOSE: A phase 2 protocol was designed and implemented to assess the toxicity and efficacy of hypo...

Robotic ultrasound-guided SBRT of the prostate: feasibility with respect to plan quality.

PURPOSE: Advances in radiation therapy delivery systems have enabled motion compensated SBRT of the ...

Feasibility and safety of cavity-directed stereotactic radiosurgery for brain metastases at a high-volume medical center.

OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to report safety and efficacy of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) to the...

High resolution ion chamber array delivery quality assurance for robotic radiosurgery: Commissioning and validation.

PURPOSE: High precision radiosurgery demands comprehensive delivery-quality-assurance techniques. Th...

Stacking denoising auto-encoders in a deep network to segment the brainstem on MRI in brain cancer patients: A clinical study.

Delineation of organs at risk (OARs) is a crucial step in surgical and treatment planning in brain c...

Inverse treatment planning for spinal robotic radiosurgery: an international multi-institutional benchmark trial.

Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is the accurate, conformal delivery of high-dose radiation to well-d...

Reirradiation using robotic image-guided stereotactic radiotherapy of recurrent head and neck cancer.

The purpose of this study was to examine the prognosis for patients with head and neck cancer after ...

Accelerated partial breast irradiation using robotic radiotherapy: a dosimetric comparison with tomotherapy and three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy.

BACKGROUND: Accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) is a new breast treatment modality aiming ...

Comparison of Planning Quality and Efficiency Between Conventional and Knowledge-based Algorithms in Nasopharyngeal Cancer Patients Using Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy.

PURPOSE: Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is widely used to achieve a highly conformal d...

Using a Machine Learning Approach to Predict Outcomes after Radiosurgery for Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations.

Predictions of patient outcomes after a given therapy are fundamental to medical practice. We employ...

Bladder dose-volume parameters are associated with urinary incontinence after postoperative intensity modulated radiation therapy for prostate cancer.

PURPOSE: Urinary incontinence is a potential side effect of prostatectomy and intensity modulated ra...

Use of artificial neural networks to predict the probability of developing new cerebral metastases after radiosurgery alone.

BACKGROUND: The present study aimed to predict the probability of developing new cerebral metastases...

Outcomes Associated With 3 Treatment Schedules of High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy Monotherapy for Favorable-Risk Prostate Cancer.

PURPOSE: We report the outcomes associated with 3 high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy regimens used a...

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...

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...

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...

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...