Toward adaptive radiotherapy for head and neck patients: feasibility study on using CT‐to‐CBCT deformable registration for “dose of the day” calculations
C Veiga, J McClelland, S Moinuddin… - Medical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the appropriateness of using computed
tomography (CT) to cone‐beam CT (CBCT) deformable image registration (DIR) for the …
tomography (CT) to cone‐beam CT (CBCT) deformable image registration (DIR) for the …
The role of re-irradiation of secondary and recurrent head and neck carcinomas. Is it a potentially curative treatment? A practical approach
J Cacicedo, A Navarro, F Alongi, AG de Iturriaga… - Cancer treatment …, 2014 - Elsevier
Despite aggressive efforts to cure head and neck cancer patients, including altered
fractionation and the addition of chemotherapy to radiation, locoregional recurrence remains …
fractionation and the addition of chemotherapy to radiation, locoregional recurrence remains …
Deformable image registration based automatic CT‐to‐CT contour propagation for head and neck adaptive radiotherapy in the routine clinical setting
A Kumarasiri, F Siddiqui, C Liu, R Yechieli… - Medical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To evaluate the clinical potential of deformable image registration (DIR)‐based
automatic propagation of physician‐drawn contours from a planning CT to midtreatment CT …
automatic propagation of physician‐drawn contours from a planning CT to midtreatment CT …
A three‐dimensional head‐and‐neck phantom for validation of multimodality deformable image registration for adaptive radiotherapy
K Singhrao, N Kirby, J Pouliot - Medical physics, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To develop a three‐dimensional (3D) deformable head‐and‐neck (H&N) phantom
with realistic tissue contrast for both kilovoltage (kV) and megavoltage (MV) imaging …
with realistic tissue contrast for both kilovoltage (kV) and megavoltage (MV) imaging …
Developing an adaptive radiation therapy strategy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma
WWK Fung, VWC Wu, PML Teo - Journal of radiation research, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Adaptive radiotherapy (ART) has recently been introduced to restore the planned dose
distribution by accounting for the anatomic changes during treatment. By quantifying the …
distribution by accounting for the anatomic changes during treatment. By quantifying the …
The distance discordance metric—a novel approach to quantifying spatial uncertainties in intra-and inter-patient deformable image registration
Previous methods to estimate the inherent accuracy of deformable image registration (DIR)
have typically been performed relative to a known ground truth, such as tracking of anatomic …
have typically been performed relative to a known ground truth, such as tracking of anatomic …
Development and evaluation of an articulated registration algorithm for human skeleton registration
S Yip, T Perk, R Jeraj - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Accurate registration over multiple scans is necessary to assess treatment response of bone
diseases (eg metastatic bone lesions). This study aimed to develop and evaluate an …
diseases (eg metastatic bone lesions). This study aimed to develop and evaluate an …
[HTML][HTML] Deformable versus rigid registration of PET/CT images for radiation treatment planning of head and neck and lung cancer patients: a retrospective dosimetric …
D Fortin, PS Basran, T Berrang, D Peterson, ES Wai - Radiation Oncology, 2014 - Springer
Background The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical impact of using deformable
registration in tumor volume definition between separately acquired PET/CT and planning …
registration in tumor volume definition between separately acquired PET/CT and planning …
Surface-constrained nonrigid registration for dose monitoring in prostate cancer radiotherapy
G Cazoulat, A Simon, A Dumenil… - IEEE transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper addresses the issue of cumulative dose estimation from cone beam computed
tomography (CBCT) images in prostate cancer radiotherapy. It focuses on the dose received …
tomography (CBCT) images in prostate cancer radiotherapy. It focuses on the dose received …
Investigation into image quality and dose for different patient geometries with multiple cone‐beam CT systems
SJ Gardner, MT Studenski, T Giaddui, Y Cui… - Medical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To provide quantitative and qualitative image quality metrics and imaging dose for
modern Varian On‐board Imager (OBI)(ver. 1.5) and Elekta X‐ray Volume Imager (XVI)(ver …
modern Varian On‐board Imager (OBI)(ver. 1.5) and Elekta X‐ray Volume Imager (XVI)(ver …