All conference submissions

This study aimed to enhance safety during system upgrades of radiation therapy equipment by developing a comprehensive risk management framework that incorporates Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Quality Indicators (Q...

Auto-contouring (AC) of the pelvic nodal Clinical Target Volume (CTV) for prostate cancer radiation therapy can reduce contouring time and inter-physician variability. A vendor tool provides two AC models based on different conto...

Intrafraction imaging is a useful tool to provide information within the fraction on the patient positioning. It allows for adjustment for any movement that may occur during treatment. The novel PETLINAC is equipped with superior...

To develop a quantitative plan quality scoring (PQS) tool for evaluation of left-sided breast radiotherapy plans and to compare performance across four platforms.

To assess different proton beam arrangements’ robustness for planning stereotactic body proton therapy (SBPT) to the liver.

Dose–volume histograms (DVHs) are widely used in external beam radiation therapy, but their applicability to Y-90 transarterial radioembolization (TARE) remains uncertain. In Y-90 TARE, absorbed dose maps are derived from post-th...

Cone-beam CT (CBCT) is routinely used for image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT); however, in the optimal frequency of CBCT varies across patients and treatment sites, affecting imaging dose, workflow efficiency, and clinical cons...

Resin Yttrium-90 (Y-90) selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) is a radioembolization procedure that uses Y-90 microspheres to treat metastatic liver cancer. In the procedure, liver volume and tumor volume are needed for Y-9...

Prone breast treatment is a known approach in radiation therapy. In addition to the benefits in lowering the OAR dose, an MRI imaging to guide preoperative radiation can be used. A fixed beam Proton PBS using a flat table top wit...

Patients who undergo stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for lung cancer can present with contraindications, making it difficult to achieve tumoricidal coverage and adequate organs-at-risk (OAR) sparing. MRI guided-adaptiv...

To provide practical guidelines for imaging dose optimization and establishment of dose reference levels for CBCT in radiation therapy. Such guidelines are essential to ensure adherence to ALARA principles without compromising pa...

To assess the clinical feasibility, accuracy, and patient comfort benefits of a fully maskless workflow for head and neck (H&N) radiation therapy using Surface Guided Radiation Therapy (SGRT) for setup and intrafraction motion ma...

This study evaluates the clinical integration of dual-energy CT (DECT) into radiation therapy workflows. The investigation focuses on image quality, the Hounsfield Unit (HU) accuracy of virtual monoenergetic images (VMIs), and th...

Standard in-house techniques for evaluating anatomical changes during radiation therapy often involve manual contouring, neglecting internal organ motion, deformation, or weight-induced volume loss. These limitations potentially...

As treatment planning evolves toward patient-specific optimization, traditional static dose constraints are insufficient for distinguishing high-quality versus acceptable plans. Current planning directives rely on generic dose co...

To perform a dosimetric comparison of Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) plans generated using Varian C-arm linear accelerator (LINAC) and Radixact Helical TomoTherapy (TOMO) for breast cancer patients with highly compl...

Two commercial AI auto-contouring solutions, Siemens DirectORGANS (DO) and Radformation AutoContour (RAD) are compared for their structure-specific accuracy and clinical efficiency.

To establish a practical framework for implementing spatially fractionated radiation therapy (SFRT) in clinics without existing infrastructure by developing treatment planning workflows and identifying requirements for clinical a...

Cherenkov Imaging is the method by which the light emitted from a patient’s skin during external beam radiation therapy can be imaged and used to verify dose delivery location. This is accomplished using an intensified CMOS camer...

Diffusing alpha-emitters Radiation Therapy (Alpha DaRT) requires accurate placement of radioactive sources to ensure full coverage of the Gross Tumor Volume (GTV) while minimizing the required total number and length of implanted...

The purpose of this study was to characterize carbon-ion radiation transport and energy deposition for the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) experimental platform using deterministic TRiP98 (GSI heavy-ion treatment planning sy...

Nanoparticle-mediated radiation therapy (NPRT) is an emerging clinical research frontier which seeks to improve radiotherapy outcomes through local tumor dose enhancement and radiosensitization. We recently showed improved NPRT o...

To evaluate dosimetric characteristics and biological dose delivered via abbreviated regimen combining single-fraction HDR brachytherapy (15 Gy) with ultra-hypofractionated elective pelvic radiation therapy (ePUHRT, 25 Gy in 5 fr...

This study designed SIB-IMRT plans based on pathologically confirmed positive LNs and compared them with conventional IMRT plans to evaluate the feasibility and dosimetric advantages of SIB-IMRT for rectal cancer patients with me...