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 …

Dose calculation algorithms for external radiation therapy: an overview for practitioners

F De Martino, S Clemente, C Graeff, G Palma, L Cella - Applied sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Featured Application Radiation therapy treatment planning. Abstract Radiation therapy (RT)
is a constantly evolving therapeutic technique; improvements are continuously being …

Quantitative nuclear medicine imaging using advanced image reconstruction and radiomics

S Ashrafinia - 2019 - search.proquest.com
Our aim is to help put nuclear medicine at the forefront of quantitation on the path to the
realization of personalized medicine. We propose and evaluate (Part I) advanced image …

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 …

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 …

On the interplay between dosiomics and genomics in radiation-induced lymphopenia of lung cancer patients

S Monti, T Xu, Z Liao, R Mohan, L Cella… - Radiotherapy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose To investigate the interplay between spatial dose patterns and single nucleotide
polymorphisms in the development of radiation-induced lymphopenia (RIL) in 186 non-small …

Spatial dose patterns associated with radiation pneumonitis in a randomized trial comparing intensity-modulated photon therapy with passive scattering proton …

G Palma, S Monti, T Xu, E Scifoni, P Yang… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose Radiation pneumonitis (RP) is commonly associated with thoracic radiation
therapy, and its incidence is related to dose and volume of the normal lung in the path of …

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 …

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 …