Journal of applied clinical medical physics
Sep 16, 2024
PURPOSE: This study evaluates deep learning (DL) based dose prediction methods in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients using two types of input contours.
Journal of applied clinical medical physics
Sep 16, 2024
PURPOSE: We have built a novel AI-driven QA method called AutoConfidence (ACo), to estimate segmentation confidence on a per-voxel basis without gold standard segmentations, enabling robust, efficient review of automated segmentation (AS). We have de...
Journal of applied clinical medical physics
Aug 28, 2024
Radiotherapy aims to deliver a prescribed dose to the tumor while sparing neighboring organs at risk (OARs). Increasingly complex treatment techniques such as volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT), stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), stereotactic body...
Journal of applied clinical medical physics
Aug 26, 2024
PURPOSE: To develop a non-coplanar cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) image reconstruction method using projections within a limited angle range for non-coplanar radiotherapy.
Journal of applied clinical medical physics
Aug 12, 2024
PURPOSE: In recent years, the use of deep learning for medical image segmentation has become a popular trend, but its development also faces some challenges. Firstly, due to the specialized nature of medical data, precise annotation is time-consuming...
Journal of applied clinical medical physics
Aug 9, 2024
BACKGROUND: Radiotherapy has been crucial in prostate cancer treatment. However, manual segmentation is labor intensive and highly variable among radiation oncologists. In this study, a deep learning based automated contouring model is constructed fo...
Journal of applied clinical medical physics
Jul 30, 2024
BACKGROUND: Data collected from hospitals are usually partially annotated by radiologists due to time constraints. Developing and evaluating deep learning models on these data may result in over or under estimation PURPOSE: We aimed to quantitatively...
Journal of applied clinical medical physics
Jul 23, 2024
PURPOSE: Currently, precise patient body weight (BW) at the time of diagnostic imaging cannot always be used for radiation dose management. Various methods have been explored to address this issue, including the application of deep learning to medica...
Journal of applied clinical medical physics
Jun 20, 2024
PURPOSE: The positional accuracy of MLC is an important element in establishing the exact dosimetry in VMAT. We comprehensively analyzed factors that may affect MLC positional accuracy in VMAT, and constructed a model to predict MLC positional deviat...
Journal of applied clinical medical physics
May 29, 2024
PURPOSE: This study aims to evaluate the clinical performance of a deep learning (DL)-enhanced two-fold accelerated PET imaging method in patients with lymphoma.