Journal of applied clinical medical physics
Feb 19, 2024
PURPOSE: Radiation therapy (RT) of pediatric brain cancer is known to be associated with long-term neurocognitive deficits. Although target and organs-at-risk (OARs) are contoured as part of treatment planning, other structures linked to cognitive fu...
Journal of applied clinical medical physics
Feb 18, 2024
BACKGROUND: Artifacts from implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are a challenge to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided radiotherapy (MRgRT).
Journal of applied clinical medical physics
Jan 31, 2024
PURPOSE: This study aimed to develop an automated method that uses a convolutional neural network (CNN) for calculating size-specific dose estimates (SSDEs) based on the corrected effective diameter (D ) in thoracic computed tomography (CT).
Journal of applied clinical medical physics
Jan 25, 2024
PURPOSE: To evaluate the 3D U-Net model for automatic segmentation and measurement of cervical spine structures using magnetic resonance (MR) images of healthy adults.
Journal of applied clinical medical physics
Jan 25, 2024
PURPOSE: Non-Contrast Enhanced CT (NCECT) is normally required for proton dose calculation while Contrast Enhanced CT (CECT) is often scanned for tumor and organ delineation. Possible tissue motion between these two CTs raises dosimetry uncertainties...
Journal of applied clinical medical physics
Jan 23, 2024
PURPOSE: Artificial intelligence (AI) based commercial software can be used to automatically delineate organs at risk (OAR), with potential for efficiency savings in the radiotherapy treatment planning pathway, and reduction of inter- and intra-obser...
Journal of applied clinical medical physics
Jan 19, 2024
With the ever-increasing use of computed tomography (CT), concerns about its radiation dose have become a significant public issue. To address the need for radiation dose reduction, CT denoising methods have been widely investigated and applied in lo...
Journal of applied clinical medical physics
Jan 12, 2024
PURPOSE: Accurate and fast multiorgan segmentation is essential in image-based internal dosimetry in nuclear medicine. While conventional manual PET image segmentation is widely used, it suffers from both being time-consuming as well as subject to hu...
Journal of applied clinical medical physics
Dec 21, 2023
BACKGROUND: Magnetic resonance image only (MRI-only) simulation for head and neck (H&N) radiotherapy (RT) could allow for single-image modality planning with excellent soft tissue contrast. In the MRI-only simulation workflow, synthetic computed tomo...
Journal of applied clinical medical physics
Dec 13, 2023
BACKGROUND: Ultrasonic for detecting and evaluating pleural effusion is an essential part of the Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (E-FAST) in emergencies. Our study aimed to develop an Artificial Intelligence (AI) diagnostic mode...