A review of dose calculation approaches with cone beam CT in photon and proton therapy

V Giacometti, AR Hounsell, CK McGarry - Physica Medica, 2020 - Elsevier
Background and purpose The use of cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) for
performing dose calculations in radiation therapy has been widely investigated as it could …

Practical and technical key challenges in head and neck adaptive radiotherapy: The GORTEC point of view

N Delaby, A Barateau, S Chiavassa, MC Biston… - Physica Medica, 2023 - Elsevier
Anatomical variations occur during head and neck (H&N) radiotherapy (RT) treatment.
These variations may result in underdosage to the target volume or overdosage to the organ …

A machine learning tool for re-planning and adaptive RT: a multicenter cohort investigation

G Guidi, N Maffei, B Meduri, E D'Angelo, GM Mistretta… - Physica Medica, 2016 - Elsevier
Purpose To predict patients who would benefit from adaptive radiotherapy (ART) and re-
planning intervention based on machine learning from anatomical and dosimetric variations …

Accuracy of dose calculations on kV cone beam CT images of lung cancer patients

M De Smet, D Schuring, S Nijsten… - Medical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To develop a clinically feasible method for dose calculations on cone beam CT
(CBCT) images of two different vendors, and to determine the accuracy of these dose …

A support vector machine tool for adaptive tomotherapy treatments: prediction of head and neck patients criticalities

G Guidi, N Maffei, C Vecchi, A Ciarmatori, GM Mistretta… - Physica Medica, 2015 - Elsevier
Purpose Adaptive radiation therapy (ART) is an advanced field of radiation oncology. Image-
guided radiation therapy (IGRT) methods can support daily setup and assess anatomical …

Phantom‐based evaluation of CBCT dose calculation accuracy for use in adaptive radiotherapy

C Wessels, A Strzelecki, M Plamondon… - Medical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background High‐quality 3D‐anatomy of the day is needed for treatment plan adaptation in
radiotherapy. For online x‐ray‐based CBCT workflows, one approach is to create a synthetic …

Trajectory log analysis and cone‐beam CT‐based daily dose calculation to investigate the dosimetric accuracy of intensity‐modulated radiotherapy for gynecologic …

Y Utena, J Takatsu, S Sugimoto… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This study evaluated unexpected dosimetric errors caused by machine control accuracy,
patient setup errors, and patient weight changes/internal organ deformations. Trajectory log …

Evaluation of kV-CBCT based 3D dose calculation accuracy and its validation using delivery fluence derived dose metrics in Head and Neck Cancer

P Shinde, A Jadhav, V Shankar, KK Gupta, NS Dhoble… - Physica Medica, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate the dosimetric impact of Hounsfield unit
(HU) variations in kilovoltage cone-beam computed tomography (kV-CBCT) based 3D dose …

Assessment of dosimetric impact of interfractional 6D setup error in tongue cancer treated with IMRT and VMAT using daily kV-CBCT

P Shinde, A Jadhav, V Shankar… - Reports of Practical …, 2023 - journals.viamedica.pl
Background: This study aimed to evaluate the dosimetric influence of 6-dimensional (6D)
interfractional setup error in tongue cancer treated with intensity-modulated radiation …

ACR benchmark testing of a novel high‐speed ring‐gantry linac kV‐CBCT system

A Haertter, M Salerno, B Koger… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A new generation cone‐beam computed tomography (CBCT) system with new hardware
design and advanced image reconstruction algorithms is available for radiation treatment …