Tag Archives: Computer-Assisted Radiotherapy Planning/methods

Planning 4-dimensional computed tomography (4DCT) cannot adequately represent daily intrafractional motion of abdominal tumors

Ge J, Santanam L, Noel C, Parikh PJ. Planning 4-dimensional computed tomography (4DCT) cannot adequately represent daily intrafractional motion of abdominal tumors. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. March 2013;85(4):999-1005. Publication Date March 2013 How Analyze was Used “For the purpose of this study, the 4DCT data were exported from the treatment planning system (Pinnacle;…

Monitoring tumor motion by real time 2D/3D registration during radiotherapy

Gendrin C, Furtado H, Weber C, Bloch C, Figl M, Pawiro SA, Bergmann H, Stock M, Fichtinger G, Georg D, Birkfellner W. Monitoring tumor motion by real time 2D/3D registration during radiotherapy. Radiother Oncol. February 2012;102(2):274-280. Full Text – Open Access Publication Date February 2012 How Analyze was Used “We used the planning CT volume…

Validation of an elastic registration technique to estimate anatomical lung modification in non-small-cell lung cancer tomotherapy

Faggiano E, Cattaneo GM, Ciavarro C, Dell’Oca I, Persano D, Calandrino R, Rizzo G. Validation of an elastic registration technique to estimate anatomical lung modification in non-small-cell lung cancer tomotherapy. Radiat Oncol. April 2011;6:31. Full Text – Open Access Publication Date April 2011 How Analyze was Used “A region growing algorithm, implemented in a commercial…

MRI-based measurements of respiratory motion variability and assessment of imaging strategies for radiotherapy planning

Blackall JM, Ahmad S, Miquel ME, McClelland JR, Landau DB, Hawkes DJ. MRI-based measurements of respiratory motion variability and assessment of imaging strategies for radiotherapy planning. Phys Med Biol. September 2006;51(17):4147-4169. Publication Date September 2006 How Analyze was Used “Prior to registration of the images, the lung was segmented from the reference volume using the…

The susceptibility of IMRT dose distributions to intrafraction organ motion: an investigation into smoothing filters derived from four dimensional computed tomography data

Coolens C, Evans PM, Seco J, Webb S, Blackall JM, Rietzel E, Chen GTY. The susceptibility of IMRT dose distributions to intrafraction organ motion: an investigation into smoothing filters derived from four dimensional computed tomography data. Med Phys. August 2006;33(8):2809-2818. Publication Date August 2006 How Analyze was Used “The liver on the reference set was…

Image-based dose planning of intracavitary brachytherapy: registration of serial-imaging studies using deformable anatomic templates

Christensen GE, Carlson B, Chao KSC, Yin P, Grigsby PW, Nguyen K, Dempsey JF, Lerma FA, Bae KT, Vannier MW, Williamson JF. Image-based dose planning of intracavitary brachytherapy: registration of serial-imaging studies using deformable anatomic templates. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. September 2001;51(1):227-243. Publication Date September 2001 How Analyze was Used “Following manual segmentation,…

Radiotherapy treatment planning of brain tumours using MRI alone

Beavis AW, Gibbs P, Dealey RA, Whitton VJ. Radiotherapy treatment planning of brain tumours using MRI alone. Br J Radiol. May 1998;71(845):544-548. Publication Date May 1998 How Analyze was Used “As a further check, the distance from the isocentre to the entry point on the shell surface examined using ANALYZE™ .. .was measured for each…