Publications

Characterizing the modulation transfer function (MTF) of proton/carbon radiography using Monte Carlo simulations

Authors: Seco, J (Seco, Joao), Oumano, M (Oumano, Michael), Depauw, N (Depauw, Nicolas), Dias, MF (Dias, Marta F.), Teixeira, RP (Teixeira, Rui P.), Spadea, MF (Spadea, Maria F.)
Published in: MEDICAL PHYSICS Volume: 40 Issue: 9 Article Number: 091717 DOI: 10.1118/1.4819816 Published: SEP 2013
Year: 2013

Simulations using patient data to evaluate systematic errors that may occur in 4D treatment planning A proof of concept study

Authors: St James, S (St James, Sara), Seco, J (Seco, Joao), Mishra, P (Mishra, Pankaj), Lewis, JH (Lewis, John H.)
Published in: MEDICAL PHYSICS Volume: 40 Issue: 9 Article Number: 091706 DOI: 10.1118/1.4817244 Published: SEP 2013
Year: 2013

Simultaneous optimization of dose distributions and fractionation schemes in particle radiotherapy

Authors: Unkelbach, J (Unkelbach, Jan), Zeng, C (Zeng, Chuan), Engelsman, M (Engelsman, Martijn)
Published in: MEDICAL PHYSICS Volume: 40 Issue: 9 Article Number: 091702 DOI: 10.1118/1.4816658 Published: SEP 2013
Year: 2013

An algorithm to assess the need for clinical Monte Carlo dose calculation for small proton therapy fields based on quantification of tissue heterogeneity

Authors: Bueno, M (Bueno, M.), Paganetti, H (Paganetti, H.), Duch, MA (Duch, M. A.), Schuemann, J (Schuemann, J.)
Published in: MEDICAL PHYSICS Volume: 40 Issue: 8 Article Number: 081704 DOI: 10.1118/1.4812682 Published: AUG 2013
Year: 2013

A mass_conserving 4D XCAT phantom for dose calculation and accumulation

Authors: Williams, CL (Williams, Christopher L.), Mishra, P (Mishra, Pankaj), Seco, J (Seco, Joao), St James, S (St James, Sara), Mak, RH (Mak, Raymond H.), Berbeco, RI (Berbeco, Ross I.), Lewis, JH (Lewis, John H.)
Published in: MEDICAL PHYSICS Volume: 40 Issue: 7 Article Number: 071728 DOI: 10.1118/1.4811102 Published: JUL 2013
Year: 2013

Dosimetric accuracy of proton therapy for chordoma patients with titanium implants

Authors: Verburg, JM (Verburg, Joost M.), Seco, J (Seco, Joao)
Journal: Medical Physics
Volume: 40
Issue: 7
Article Number: 071727
Year: 2013

Hypofractionated proton therapy for prostate cancer Dose delivery uncertainty due to interfractional motion

Authors: Wang, Y (Wang, Yi), Efstathiou, JA (Efstathiou, Jason A.), Lu, HM (Lu, Hsiao-Ming), Sharp, GC (Sharp, Gregory C.), Trofimov, A (Trofimov, Alexei)
Published in: MEDICAL PHYSICS Volume: 40 Issue: 7 Article Number: 071714 DOI: 10.1118/1.4811101 Published: JUL 2013
Year: 2013

Maximizing the biological effect of proton dose delivered with scanned beams via inhomogeneous daily dose distributions

Authors: Zeng, C (Zeng, Chuan), Giantsoudi, D (Giantsoudi, Drosoula), Grassberger, C (Grassberger, Clemens), Goldberg, S (Goldberg, Saveli), Niemierko, A (Niemierko, Andrzej), Paganetti, H (Paganetti, Harald), Efstathiou, JA (Efstathiou, Jason A.), Trofimov, A (Trofimov, Alexei)
Published in: MEDICAL PHYSICS Volume: 40 Issue: 5 Article Number: 051708 DOI: 10.1118/1.4801897 Published: MAY 2013
Year: 2013

Geometrical splitting technique to improve the computational efficiency in Monte Carlo calculations for proton therapy

Authors: Ramos
Published in: MEDICAL PHYSICS Volume: 40 Issue: 4 Article Number: 041718 DOI: 10.1118/1.4795343 Published: APR 2013
Year: 2013

Four-dimensional Monte Carlo simulations demonstrating how the extent of intensity-modulation impacts motion effects in proton therapy lung treatments

Authors: Dowdell, S (Dowdell, Stephen), Grassberger, C (Grassberger, Clemens), Paganetti, H (Paganetti, Harald)
Published in: MEDICAL PHYSICS Volume: 40 Issue: 12 Article Number:DOI: 10.1118/1.4829500 Published: DEC 2013
Year: 2013

Experimental validation of the TOPAS Monte Carlo system for passive scattering proton therapy

Authors: Testa, M (Testa, M.), Schumann, J (Schuemann, J.), Lu, HM (Lu, H.
Published in: MEDICAL PHYSICS Volume: 40 Issue: 12 Article Number: 121719 DOI: 10.1118/1.4828781 Published: DEC 2013
Year: 2013

Proton radiography in three dimensions A proof of principle of a new technique

Authors: Raytchev, M (Raytchev, Milen), Seco, J (Seco, Joao)
Published in: MEDICAL PHYSICS Volume: 40 Issue: 10 Article Number: 101917 DOI: 10.1118/1.4822487 Published: OCT 2013
Year: 2013

Contour_Driven Regression for Label Inference in Atlas_Based Segmentation

Authors: Wachinger, C (Wachinger, Christian), Sharp, GC (Sharp, Gregory C.), Golland, P (Golland, Polina)
Published in: MEDICAL IMAGE COMPUTING AND COMPUTER
Year: 2013

The effect of anterior proton beams in the setting of a prostate-rectum spacer

Authors: Christodouleas, JP (Christodouleas, John P.), Tang, SK (Tang, Shikui), Susil, RC (Susil, Robert C.), McNutt, TR (McNutt, Todd R.), Song, DY (Song, Danny Y.), Bekelman, J (Bekelman, Justin), Deville, C (Deville, Curtiland), Vapiwala, N (Vapiwala, Neha), DeWeese, TL (DeWeese, Theodore L.), Lu, HM (Lu, Hsiao-Ming), Both, S (Both, Stefan)
Published in: MEDICAL DOSIMETRY Volume: 38 Issue: 3 Pages: 315-319 DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2013.03.002 Published: FAL 2013
Year: 2013

AAPM Medical Physics Practice Guideline 1.a CT Protocol Management and Review Practice Guideline

Authors: Cody, DD (Cody, Dianna D.), Fisher, TS (Fisher, Tyler S.), Gress, DA (Gress, Dustin A.), Layman, RR (Layman, Rick Robert, Jr.), McNitt-Gray, MF (McNitt-Gray, Michael F.), Pizzutiello, RJ (Pizzutiello, Robert J., Jr.), Fairobent, LA (Fairobent, Lynne A.), Prisciandaro, JI (Prisciandaro, Joann I.), Chan, MF (Chan, Maria F.), Clements, JB (Clements, Jessica B.), Cody, DD (Cody, Dianna D.), Das, IJ (Das, Indra J.), Detorie, NA (Detorie, Nicholas A.), Feygelman, V (Feygelman, Vladimir), Fontenot, JD (Fontenot, Jonas D.), de los Santos, LEF (de los Santos, Luis E. Fong), Gierga, DP (Gierga, David P.), Huffman, KE (Huffman, Kristina E.), Jordan, DW (Jordan, David W.), Marshall, IR (Marshall, Ingrid R.), Mutaf, YD (Mutaf, Yildirim D.), Olch, AJ (Olch, Arthur J.), Pizzutiello, RJ (Pizzutiello, Robert J., Jr.), Sahoo, N (Sahoo, Narayan), Seibert, JA (Seibert, J. Anthony), Shepard, SJ (Shepard, S. Jeff), Smilowitz, JB (Smilowitz, Jennifer B.), VanDamme, JJ (VanDamme, James J.), White, GA (White, Gerald A., Jr.), Yue, NJ (Yue, Ning J.), Fairobent, LA (Fairobent, Lynne A.)
Published in: JOURNAL OF APPLIED CLINICAL MEDICAL PHYSICS Volume: 14 Issue: 5 Pages: 3-12 Published: 2013
Year: 2013

Cone-beam computed tomography image guided therapy to evaluate lumpectomy cavity variation before and during breast radiotherapy

Authors: Truong, MT (Minh Tam Truong), Hirsch, AE (Hirsch, Ariel E.), Kovalchuk, N (Kovalchuk, Nataliya), Qureshi, MM (Qureshi, Muhammad M.), Damato, A (Damato, Antonio), Schuller, B (Schuller, Bradley), Vassilakis, N (Vassilakis, Nectaria), Stone, M (Stone, Michael), Gierga, D (Gierga, David), Willins, J (Willins, John), Kachnic, LA (Kachnic, Lisa A.)
Published in: JOURNAL OF APPLIED CLINICAL MEDICAL PHYSICS Volume: 14 Issue: 2 Pages: 209-219 Published: 2013
Year: 2013

Dose Uncertainties in IMPT for Oropharyngeal Cancer in the Presence of Anatomical, Range, and Setup Errors

Authors: Kraan, AC (Kraan, Aafke C.), van de Water, S (van de Water, Steven), Teguh, DN (Teguh, David N.), Al-Mamgani, A (Al-Mamgani, Abrahim), Madden, T (Madden, Tom), Kooy, HM (Kooy, Hanne M.), Heijmen, BJM (Heijmen, Ben J. M.), Hoogeman, MS (Hoogeman, Mischa S.)
Published in: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS Volume: 87 Issue: 5 Pages: 888-896 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.09.014 Published: DEC 1 2013
Year: 2013

Advancing (Proton) Radiation Therapy

Authors: Paganetti, H (Paganetti, Harald)
Published in: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS Volume: 87 Issue: 5 Pages: 871-873 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.08.030 Published: DEC 1 2013
Year: 2013

Linear Energy Transfer_Guided Optimization in Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy Feasibility Study and Clinical Potential

Authors: Giantsoudi, D (Giantsoudi, Drosoula), Grassberger, C (Grassberger, Clemens), Craft, D (Craft, David), Niemierko, A (Niemierko, Andrzej), Trofimov, A (Trofimov, Alexei), Paganetti, H (Paganetti, Harald)
Published in: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS Volume: 87 Issue: 1 Pages: 216
Year: 2013

Proton Arc Reduces Range Uncertainty Effects and Improves Conformality Compared With Photon Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy in Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Authors: Seco, J (Seco, Joao), Gu, G (Gu, Guan), Marcelos, T (Marcelos, Tiago), Kooy, H (Kooy, Hanne), Willers, H (Willers, Henning)
Published in: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS Volume: 87 Issue: 1 Pages: 188-194 DOI:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.04.048 Published: SEP 1 2013
Year: 2013