The Russian invasion of Ukraine has significantly disrupted radiation therapy (RT) services, highlighting the urgent need to replace Cobalt-60 machines and modernize infrastructure and training across 43 RT centers. In response, Help Ukraine Group (HUG) and R...
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Zachary Morris, MD, PhD
Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
We report the first clinical implementation integrating a 6D upright treatment chair and a vertical CT system for image-guided proton therapy on a synchrotron-based fixed-beamline. This design aims to improve patient workflow and reduce the facility footprint...
Hypofractionated proton therapy for pancreatic cancer is limited by the proximity of radiosensitive abdominal organs. Single-energy Bragg peak (SEBP) proton delivery enables ultra-high dose-rate (UHDR) irradiation and may facilitate FLASH compatible treatment...
Intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT) plan optimization is time-intensive due to its high dimensionality and the inherent non-convexity of clinical dosimetric constraints. Conventional algorithms like projected gradient descent (PGD) often require extensi...