Deformable image registration for radiation therapy: principle, methods, applications and evaluation

B Rigaud, A Simon, J Castelli, C Lafond, O Acosta… - Acta …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Deformable image registration (DIR) is increasingly used in the field of
radiation therapy (RT) to account for anatomical deformations. The aims of this paper are to …

Normal tissue complication probability (NTCP) models for modern radiation therapy

G Palma, S Monti, M Conson, R Pacelli, L Cella - Seminars in oncology, 2019 - Elsevier
Mathematical models of normal tissue complication probability (NTCP) able to robustly
predict radiation-induced morbidities (RIM) play an essential role in the identification of a …

Method, system and computer-readable media for treatment plan risk analysis

T Mcnutt, J Moore, S Robertson, F Marungo - US Patent 11,495,355, 2022 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method, system and computer readable medium of: pro viding feature
data of at least one organ at risk or target volume of said patient from a database of non …

Early detection and prediction of cardiotoxicity after radiation therapy for breast cancer: the BACCARAT prospective cohort study

S Jacob, A Pathak, D Franck, I Latorzeff, G Jimenez… - Radiation …, 2016 - Springer
Background Radiotherapy (RT) for breast cancer presents a benefit in terms of reducing
local recurrence and deaths resulting from breast cancer but it can lead to secondary effects …

Voxel-based analysis in radiation oncology: A methodological cookbook

G Palma, S Monti, L Cella - Physica Medica, 2020 - Elsevier
Recently, 2D or 3D methods for dose distribution analysis have been proposed as
evolutions of the Dose Volume Histogram (DVH) approaches. Those methods, collectively …

Voxel-based analysis unveils regional dose differences associated with radiation-induced morbidity in head and neck cancer patients

S Monti, G Palma, V D'Avino, M Gerardi, G Marvaso… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
The risk of radiation-induced toxicity in patients treated for head and neck (HN) cancer with
radiation therapy (RT) is traditionally estimated by condensing the 3D dose distribution into …

[HTML][HTML] Delivered dose can be a better predictor of rectal toxicity than planned dose in prostate radiotherapy

LEA Shelley, JE Scaife, M Romanchikova… - Radiotherapy and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background and purpose For the first time, delivered dose to the rectum has been calculated
and accumulated throughout the course of prostate radiotherapy using megavoltage …

Deep learning for identification of critical regions associated with toxicities after liver stereotactic body radiation therapy

B Ibragimov, DAS Toesca, DT Chang, Y Yuan… - Medical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Radiation therapy (RT) is prescribed for curative and palliative treatment for around
50% of patients with solid tumors. Radiation‐induced toxicities of healthy organs accompany …

First application of a pixel-wise analysis on bladder dose–surface maps in prostate cancer radiotherapy

F Palorini, C Cozzarini, S Gianolini, A Botti… - Radiotherapy and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Purpose To develop a method for investigating local dose effects on the bladder after
prostate cancer radiotherapy based on dose–surface maps (DSMs). Background and …

Voxel-based analysis for identification of urethrovesical subregions predicting urinary toxicity after prostate cancer radiation therapy

E Mylona, O Acosta, T Lizee, C Lafond… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose To apply a voxel-based analysis to identify urethrovesical symptom-related
subregions (SRSs) associated with acute and late urinary toxicity in prostate cancer …