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Collimator angle is usually rotated when planning volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) due to the leakage of radiation between multi-leaf collimator (MLC) leaves. We studied the effect of the collimator angles on the results of…

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Purpose: To verify dose delivery and quality assurance of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) for head and neck cancer. Method: The Imaging and Radiation Oncology Core Houston (IROC-H) head and neck phantom with thermo- luminescent…

Accurate radiotherapy dose calculation depends on converting CT Hounsfield Units (HU) to relative electron density (RED) using calibration curves. This study compared three different CT-to-RED calibration curves-two derived from physical…

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Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is a key technology for enabling a wide range of applications in future wireless systems. However, the sensing performance is often degraded by model mismatches caused by geometric errors (e.g.,…

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A main barrier for the deployment of AI radiomic systems in clinical routine is their drop in performance under heterogeneous multicentre acquisition protocols. This work presents a performance-oriented framework for quantifying scan…

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In recent years, volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) has been becoming a more and more important radiation technique widely used in clinical application for cancer treatment. One of the key problems in VMAT is treatment plan…

Adaptive radiation therapy (ART) could protect organs at risk (OARs) while maintain high dose coverage to targets. However, there still lack efficient online patient QA methods. We aim to develop a clinically relevant online patient quality…

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical usefulness of modulated arc (mARC) treatment techniques. The mARC treatment plans of the non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients were performed in order to verify the clinical…

Predictive dosimetry is central to enabling personalized radiopharmaceutical therapy (RPT), particularly in prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) targeted theranostics. In this work, we develop a three layer computational framework that…

With X-ray radiation protection and dose management constantly gaining interest in interventional radiology, novel procedures often undergo prospective dose studies using anthropomorphic phantoms to determine expected dose values. Due to…

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