In radiopharmaceutical therapy (RPT), a radionuclide is systemically or locally delivered with
the goal of targeting and delivering radiation to cancer cells while minimizing radiation …

The use of ionizing radiation for cancer treatment has undergone extraordinary development
during the past hundred years. The advancement of medical imaging has been critical in …

The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) is a nonprofit professional
society whose primary purposes are to advance the science, education and professional …

Three commercial metal artifact reduction methods were evaluated for use in computed
tomography (CT) imaging in the presence of clinically realistic metal implants: Philips O …

Purpose: The deterministic Acuros XB (AXB) algorithm was recently implemented in the
Eclipse treatment planning system. The goal of this study was to compare AXB performance …

Purpose: Computed tomography (CT) streak artifacts caused by metallic implants remain a
challenge for the automatic processing of image data. The impact of metal artifacts in the soft …

The accuracy of dose computation within the lungs depends strongly on the performance of
the calculation algorithm in regions of electronic disequilibrium that arise near tissue …

During the last few decades, accuracy in photon and electron radiotherapy has increased
substantially. This is partly due to enhanced linear accelerator technology, providing more …

Abstract The Monte Carlo method enables accurate dose calculation for radiation therapy
treatment planning and has been implemented in some commercial treatment planning …

We introduce a logical process of three distinct phases to begin the evaluation of a new 3D
dosimetry array. The array under investigation is a hollow cylinder phantom with diode …