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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Radiation treatment planning"”.
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Automation of Radiation Treatment Planning For Cervical Cancer
… (LMICs). The mortality rate can be reduced if radiation treatment becomes widely available. However, due to the lack of radiation treatment facilities and human resources, many cervical cancer patients in Africa are not able to receive timely treatments or advanced therapies. To increase the …
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Positron Emission Tomography Phantom Studies for Radiation Therapy Target Delineation
Bioanatomic imaging is becoming more prevalent in radiation treatment planning (RTP). Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is one form of bioanatomic imaging that is readily used for RTP of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and head and neck cancer (H&N). PET utilizes a radiotracer, such as …
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Assessment of Collimator Jaw Optimization In Reducing Normal Tissue Irradiation With Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy
… reduction in step-and-shoot intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) on the Varian 2100 platform by tracking the multileaf collimator (MLC) apertures with the accelerator jaws.</p> <p><strong>Methods: </strong>Clinical radiation treatment plans for 10 thoracic, 3 pediatric and 3 head and neck …
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Evaluation of Artifacts In Experimental Cine 4D Ct Acquisition Methods
… tomography (4D CT) has increased the accuracy of radiation treatment planning for patients in whom the extent of target motion is large. 4D CT has become a standard of care for radiation treatment simulation, allowing decreased motion artifacts and increased spatiotemporal localization of …
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Development of Automated Radiotherapy Treatment Planning For Cervical and Breast Cancer For Resource-Constrained Clinics
… could be mitigated by the automation of the radiation treatment planning process. To this end, we developed automated planning for cervical and postmastectomy breast cancer radiotherapy, the two most common types of cancer in women in many LMICs.</p> <p>For radiotherapy of cervical cancer in …
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Evaluation of an End-to-End Radiotherapy Treatment Planning Pipeline for Prostate Cancer
<p>Radiation treatment planning is a crucial and time-intensive process in radiation therapy. This planning involves carefully designing a treatment regimen tailored to a patient’s specific condition, including the type, location, and size of the tumor with reference to surrounding healthy tissues. …
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The role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in external beam radiotherapy treatment planning (RTP) for cervical cancer
Background Accurate delineation of treatment volumes for radiotherapy is a crucial step in radiation treatment, but can be associated with considerable uncertainty and variability. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has a proven benefit in the staging of cervical cancer and for image guided adaptive …
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Quantitative Imaging For Precision Medicine In Head and Neck Cancer Patients
… information obtained from imaging could help in radiation treatment planning by providing quantifiable spatial information with computational models for assigning dose to regions to improve patient outcome, both survival and quality of life. By reducing the noise within the quantitative data, the …
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Novel image processing and deep learning methods for head and neck cancer delineation from MRI data
Intensity modulated radiation treatment aims to achieve accurate treatment of cancer without introducing damage and side effects to organs at risk (OAR). Development of medical imaging technique enables molecular study of cancer to provide quantitative analysis and three-dimensional visualisation …