Functional imaging for assessing regional lung ventilation in preclinical and clinical research

D Karmali, M Sowho, S Bose, J Pearce… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Dynamic heterogeneity in lung ventilation is an important measure of pulmonary function
and may be characteristic of early pulmonary disease. While standard indices like …

Advances in CT-based lung function imaging for thoracic radiotherapy

S Bi, Q Yuan, Z Dai, X Sun, WFBW Sohaimi… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The objective of this review is to examine the potential benefits and challenges of CT-based
lung function imaging in radiotherapy over recent decades. This includes reviewing …

Automatic planning for functional lung avoidance radiotherapy based on function-guided beam angle selection and plan optimization

T Xiong, G Zeng, Z Chen, YH Huang, B Li… - Physics in Medicine …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. This study aims to develop a fully automatic planning framework for functional
lung avoidance radiotherapy (AP-FLART). Approach. The AP-FLART integrates a dosimetric …

Establishing a 4D-CT lung function related volumetric dose model to reduce radiation pneumonia

C Liu, H Liu, Y Li, Z Xiao, Y Wang, H Guo, J Luo - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
In order to study how to use pulmonary functional imaging obtained through 4D-CT fusion
for radiotherapy planning, and transform traditional dose volume parameters into functional …

Constructing Surrogate Lung Ventilation Maps From 4-Dimensional Computed Tomography–Derived Subregional Respiratory Dynamics

YH Huang, Z Li, T Xiong, Z Chen, B Li, Z Lou… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Purpose To present a 2-stage framework that robustly extracts and maps reliable lung
ventilation surrogates based on subregional respiratory dynamics (SRDs) measured from 4 …

Volume difference between Internal Target Volume (ITV) and Deformable Image Registration (DIR_ITV): A comparative analysis.

A Balakrishnan, R Babu P - Onkologia i Radioterapia, 2024 - search.ebscohost.com
This study investigates the essential role of Radiation Therapy Quality Assurance (RTQA)
procedures in modern radiotherapy treatments, particularly focusing on Stereotactic Body …