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Head and neck cancer (HNC) patients who undergo radiotherapy (RT) may experience anatomical changes during treatment, compromising the validity of the initial treatment plan, necessitating replanning. However, replanning disrupts clinical…

Objectives: Existing voxel-based dose converters transform hypofractionated dose distributions into biologically effective dose (BED) or equivalent dose in 2 Gy fractions (EQD2), but they are not reliably applicable to organ-at-risk (OAR)…

Purpose: To develop and evaluate DosimeTron, an agentic AI system for automated patient-specific MC internal radiation dosimetry in PET/CT examinations. Materials and Methods: In this retrospective study, DosimeTron was evaluated on a…

Spatially Fractionated Radiation Therapy (SFRT) or GRID therapy has been in existence for more than a century. GRID therapy was invented as an approach to address the challenges posed by bulky tumors. To treat patients with GRID therapy,…

In this study, the absorbed dose calculation for the cerebral region is refined using the Geant4 software, along with the ROOT and GATE programs. This approach provides a detailed statistical analysis of positron trajectories within a water…

Radiotherapy treatment planning currently requires many trail-and-error iterations between the planner and treatment planning system, as well as between the planner and physician for discussion/consultation. The physician's preferences for…

Objective: Research on eye lens dosimetry for radiation workers has increased after the 2012 ICRP118 update on eye lens dose limits. However, corneal dosimetry remains underexplored due to historical focus and measurement challenges. This…

We propose a fast beam orientation selection method, based on deep neural networks (DNN), capable of developing a plan comparable to those by the state-of-the-art column generation method. The novelty of Our model lies in its supervised…

Purpose: There is growing interest in the use of modern 3D printing technology to implement intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) on the preclinical scale which is analogous to clinical IMRT. However, current 3D-printed IMRT methods…

Inter-observer variation is a significant problem in clinical target volume(CTV) segmentation in postoperative settings, where there is no gross tumor present. In this scenario, the CTV is not an anatomically established structure, but one…

The physical and clinical benefits of charged particle therapy (CPT) are well recognised and recent developments have led to the rapid emergence of facilities, resulting in wider adoption worldwide. Nonetheless, the availability of CPT and…

Proton therapy offers significant advantages due to its unique physical and biological properties, particularly the Bragg peak, enabling precise dose delivery to tumors while sparing healthy tissues. However, the clinical implementation is…

Purpose: To describe the dosimetric commissioning and quality assurance (QA) of the actively scanned proton and carbon ion beams at the Italian National Center for Oncological Hadrontherapy. Methods: The laterally integrated…

Radiation therapy is an important tool in the treatment of breast cancer and can play a crucial role in improving patient outcomes. For breast cancer, if the technique has been for a long time the use of 3DCRT, clinicians have seen the…

Radiation therapy is the primary method used to treat cancer in the clinic. Its goal is to deliver a precise dose to the planning target volume (PTV) while protecting the surrounding organs at risk (OARs). However, the traditional workflow…

The widespread diffusion of precision radiotherapy techniques, geared toward the release of larger dose gradients in shorter time frames, is leading to new challenges in dosimetry. Accurate dose measurements are essential to check for beam…

When treating moving tumors, the precise delivery of proton therapy by pencil beam scanning (PBS) is challenged by the interplay effect. Although several 4D-optimization methods have been proposed, what is the most beneficial motion…

Very high energy electrons (VHEE) in the 50-250 MeV range, delivered in short pulses at ultra-high dose rates, are proposed for clinical FLASH radiotherapy (RT) targeting deep-seated tumors. The clinical implementation of VHEE-FLASH RT…

Standard 6 megavolt (MV) radiotherapy is limited by source size and secondary electron range to minimum radiological penumbra widths of ~2-3 mm. This study investigates sharper beams via upright radiotherapy with lower energies and extended…

Objective: To propose a CBCT dose optimization method using readily available measurement equipment in radiation oncology departments. Approach: A 0.6cc air kerma (Kair) calibrated Farmer chamber measured Kair at isocenter for five default…