Roadmap: proton therapy physics and biology

H Paganetti, C Beltran, S Both, L Dong… - Physics in Medicine …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The treatment of cancer with proton radiation therapy was first suggested in 1946 followed
by the first treatments in the 1950s. As of 2020, almost 200 000 patients have been treated …

[HTML][HTML] Magnetic resonance imaging-guided adaptive radiation therapy: a “game changer” for prostate treatment?

AU Pathmanathan, NJ van As, LGW Kerkmeijer… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Radiation therapy to the prostate involves increasingly sophisticated delivery techniques
and changing fractionation schedules. With a low estimated α/β ratio, a larger dose per …

Development and evaluation of a GEANT4‐based Monte Carlo Model of a 0.35 T MR‐guided radiation therapy (MRgRT) linear accelerator

AU Khan, EA Simiele, R Lotey, LA DeWerd… - Medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The aim of this work was to develop and benchmark a magnetic resonance (MR)‐
guided linear accelerator head model using the GEANT4 Monte Carlo (MC) code. The …

A practical implementation of physics quality assurance for photon adaptive radiotherapy

B Cai, OL Green, R Kashani, VL Rodriguez… - … für Medizinische Physik, 2018 - Elsevier
The fast evolution of technology in radiotherapy (RT) enabled the realization of adaptive
radiotherapy (ART). However, the new characteristics of ART pose unique challenges for …

[HTML][HTML] Initial clinical experience building a dual CT-and MR-guided adaptive radiotherapy program

AT Price, JP Schiff, E Laugeman, B Maraghechi… - Clinical and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Our institution was the first in the world to clinically implement MR-guided
adaptive radiotherapy (MRgART) in 2014. In 2021, we installed a CT-guided adaptive …

Long short‐term memory networks for proton dose calculation in highly heterogeneous tissues

A Neishabouri, N Wahl, A Mairani, U Köthe… - Medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To investigate the feasibility and accuracy of proton dose calculations with artificial
neural networks (ANNs) in challenging three‐dimensional (3D) anatomies. Methods A novel …

Extension and validation of a GPU‐Monte Carlo dose engine gDPM for 1.5 T MR‐LINAC online independent dose verification

Y Li, S Ding, B Wang, H Liu, X Huang… - Medical Physics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To extend and validate the accuracy and efficiency of a graphics processing unit
(GPU)‐Monte Carlo dose engine for Elekta Unity 1.5 T Magnetic Resonance‐Linear …

Development and clinical application of a GPU‐based Monte Carlo dose verification module and software for 1.5 T MR‐LINAC

B Cheng, Y Xu, S Li, Q Ren, X Pei, K Men… - Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Adaptive radiotherapy (ART) has made significant advances owing to magnetic
resonance linear accelerator (MR‐LINAC), which provides superior soft‐tissue contrast, fast …

Feasibility of using a commercial collapsed cone dose engine for 1.5 T MR-LINAC online independent dose verification

Y Li, B Wang, S Ding, H Liu, B Liu, Y Xia, T Song… - Physica Medica, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose To validate the feasibility and accuracy of commonly used collapsed cone (CC)
dose engine for Elekta Unity 1.5 T MR-LINAC online independent dose verification …

An independent Monte Carlo–based IMRT QA tool for a 0.35 T MRI‐guided linear accelerator

AU Khan, EA Simiele, R Lotey… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To develop an independent log file–based intensity‐modulated radiation therapy
(IMRT) quality assurance (QA) tool for the 0.35 T magnetic resonance‐linac (MR‐linac) and …