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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy"”.
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A phantom based evaluation on the effects of patient breathing motion on Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy treatment volumes
Aim: The aim of the study was to design an upper body phantom to mimic the movement of the lesion inside the lungs during a breathing cycle. Phantom design included an assessment of the motion observed for lung lesions, identification of suitable phantom materials as well as design of a motorized …
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RADIOMICS FOR OUTCOME PREDICTION IN EARLY-STAGE NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER PATIENTS TREATED WITH STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIOTHERAPY (SBRT): METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES AND CLINICAL APPLICATIONS
… which may be treated with either surgery, or radiotherapy. On these premises, one of the main scopes of this thesis is to investigate currently unsolved methodological questions in the radiomic pipeline for NSCLC; focusing on common issues, such as the impact of image preprocessing and the …
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Fasting Reduces Intestinal Radiotoxicity Enabling Dose-Escalated Radiotherapy For Pancreatic Cancer
… have resectable tumors. In unresectable cases, stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) may be used to give tumor-directed radiotherapy (RT). Unfortunately, this can cause severe gastrointestinal (GI) toxicity due to proximity of the pancreatic head to the duodenum. Protecting the intestine from …
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Feasibility of Using Stereotactic Body Radiation as an Alternative to HDR for Treatment of Cervical Cancers
… external beam radiation therapy utilizing a Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) or Intensity Modulated SBRT (IM-SBRT) approach was evaluated in this project. Method and Materials: Volumes covered by the HDR prescription were used to define a Clinical Target Volume (CTV), with a …