BACKGROUND: Effective breast cancer treatment planning requires balancing tumor control while minimizing radiation exposure to healthy tissues. Choosing between intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and three-dimensional conformal radiation th...
BACKGROUND: Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) is a crucial daily imaging modality in image-guided and adaptive radiotherapy. However, the use of ionizing radiation in CBCT imaging increases the risk of secondary cancers, which is particularly conc...
BACKGROUND: The electronic portal imaging device (EPID) can be used in vivo, to detect on-treatment errors by evaluating radiation exiting a patient. To detect deviations from the planning intent, image predictions need to be modeled based on the pat...
BACKGROUND: Automatic segmentation of meibomian glands in near-infrared meibography images is basis of morphological parameter analysis, which plays a crucial role in facilitating the diagnosis of meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD). The special strip ...
BACKGROUND: Bi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (bpMRI) has demonstrated promising results in prostate cancer (PCa) detection. Vision transformers have achieved competitive performance compared to convolutional neural network (CNN) in deep learn...
BACKGROUND: Radiation-induced pneumonitis affects up to 33% of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients, with fatal pneumonitis occurring in 2% of patients. Pneumonitis risk is related to the dose and volume of lung irradiated. Clinical radiothera...
BACKGROUND: Tumor assessment through imaging is crucial for diagnosing and treating cancer. Lesions in the liver, a common site for metastatic disease, are particularly challenging to accurately detect and segment. This labor-intensive task is subjec...
BACKGROUND: Accurate fiber orientation distribution (FOD) is crucial for resolving complex neural fiber structures. However, existing reconstruction methods often fail to integrate both global and local FOD information, as well as the directional inf...
BACKGROUND: Multi-material decomposition is an interesting topic in dual-energy CT (DECT) imaging; however, the accuracy and performance may be limited using the conventional algorithms.
BACKGROUND: Four-dimensional computed tomography (4DCT) is an es sential tool in radiation therapy. However, the 4D acquisition process may cause motion artifacts which can obscure anatomy and distort functional measurements from CT scans.