Ultrasound-guided high-dose-rate (HDR) interstitial prostate brachytherapy is a technically demanding procedure requiring proficiency in imaging, catheter reconstruction, contouring, treatment planning, and quality assurance under time-constrained conditions....
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Ryan Brunkhorst
University of Nebraska Medical Center
The radius and spacing of high-dose spheres (HDS) in Lattice Radiotherapy (LRT) used by clinicians varies considerably This study quantifies how changing these parameters impacts dosimetric characteristics (such as peak-to-valley dose ratio (PVDR) and mean do...
In-vivo dosimetry in electron radiotherapy ensures accurate plan delivery and patient safety. In hypofractionated treatments such as Boom-Boom radiation (2 Gy in 2 fractions) for indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas, the use of small cutout fields increased...
Alopecia from rotational total skin electron therapy (TSET) poses severe psychological challenges for patients with special social needs. Depending on the location of the disease, some patients may be candidates for scalp-sparing TSET. We herein present the c...