Publications

Extension and validation of an analytical model for in vivo PET verification of proton therapy-a phantom and clinical study

Authors: Attanasi, F (Attanasi, F.), Knopf, A (Knopf, A.), Parodi, K (Parodi, K.), Paganetti, H (Paganetti, H.), Bortfeld, T (Bortfeld, T.), Rosso, V (Rosso, V.), Del Guerra, A (Del Guerra, A.)
Published in: PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY Volume: 56 Issue: 16 Pages: 5079-5098 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/16/001 Published: AUG 21 2011
Year: 2011

Comparative study of a low_Z cone_beam computed tomography system

Authors: Roberts, DA (Roberts, D. A.), Hansen, VN (Hansen, V. N.), Thompson, MG (Thompson, M. G.), Poludniowski, G (Poludniowski, G.), Niven, A (Niven, A.), Seco, J (Seco, J.), Evans, PM (Evans, P. M.)
Published in: PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY Volume: 56 Issue: 14 Pages: 4453
Year: 2011

Monitoring proton radiation therapy with in_room PET imaging

Authors: Zhu, XP (Zhu, Xuping), Espana, S (Espana, Samuel), Daartz, J (Daartz, Juliane), Liebsch, N (Liebsch, Norbert), Ouyang, JS (Ouyang, Jinsong), Paganetti, H (Paganetti, Harald), Bortfeld, TR (Bortfeld, Thomas R.), El Fakhri, G (El Fakhri, Georges)
Published in: PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY Volume: 56 Issue: 13 Pages: 4041
Year: 2011

An integral test of FLUKA nuclear models with 160 MeV proton beams in multi-layer Faraday cups

Authors: Rinaldi, I (Rinaldi, I.), Ferrari, A (Ferrari, A.), Mairani, A (Mairani, A.), Paganetti, H (Paganetti, H.), Parodi, K (Parodi, K.), Sala, P (Sala, P.)
Published in: PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY Volume: 56 Issue: 13 Pages: 4001-4011 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/13/016 Published: JUL 7 2011
Year: 2011

Uncertainties in planned dose due to the limited voxel size of the planning CT when treating lung tumors with proton therapy

Authors: Espana, S (Espana, Samuel), Paganetti, H (Paganetti, Harald)
Published in: PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY Volume: 56 Issue: 13 Pages: 3843-3856 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/13/007 Published: JUL 7 2011
Year: 2011

PRELIMINARY STUDY OF PROTON RADIOGRAPHY IMAGING QUALITIES USING GEANT4 MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS

Authors: Depauw, N (Depauw, Nicolas), Danto, S (Danto, Sylvain), Bednarz, B (Bednarz, Bryan), Paganetti, H (Paganetti, Harald), Fink, Y (Fink, Yoel), Seco, J (Seco, Joao)
Published in: NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY Volume: 175 Issue: 1 Special Issue: SI Pages: 6-10 Published: JUL 2011
Year: 2011

MONTE CARLO SIMULATION OF PERFORMANCE OF A TIME_RESOLVED RANGE TELESCOPE USING SELECTED IMAGE QUALITY ASSURANCE PHANTOMS

Authors: Han, B (Han, Bin), Xu, XG (Xu, X. George), Davidson, M (Davidson, Matt), Bednarz, B (Bednarz, Bryan), Sharp, GC (Sharp, Gregory C.), Chen, GTY (Chen, George T. Y.)
Published in: NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY Volume: 175 Issue: 1 Special Issue: SI Pages: 58
Year: 2011

QUALITATIVE EVALUATION OF PROTON RADIOGRAPHY FOR VIEWING DENSITY DIFFERENCES IN LUNG TUMORS A MONTE CARLO STUDY

Authors: Seco, J (Seco, Joao), Depauw, N (Depauw, Nick), Danto, S (Danto, Sylvain), Paganeti, H (Paganeti, Harald), Fink, Y (Fink, Yoel)
Published in: NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY Volume: 175 Issue: 1 Special Issue: SI Pages: 27
Year: 2011

COMPARISON OF PARTICLE-TRACKING FEATURES IN GEANT4 AND MCNPX CODES FOR APPLICATIONS IN MAPPING OF PROTON RANGE UNCERTAINTY

Authors: Bednarz, B (Bednarz, Bryan), Chen, G (Chen, Gty), Paganetti, H (Paganetti, Harald), Han, B (Han, Bin), Ding, AP (Ding, Aiping), Xu, XG (Xu, X. George)
Published in: NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY Volume: 175 Issue: 1 Special Issue: SI Pages: 2-5 Published: JUL 2011
Year: 2011

Evaluation of the dosimetric impact of interfractional anatomical variations on prostate proton therapy using daily in_room CT images

Authors: Wang, Y (Wang, Yi), Efstathiou, JA (Efstathiou, Jason A.), Sharp, GC (Sharp, Gregory C.), Lu, HM (Lu, Hsiao
Published in: MEDICAL PHYSICS Volume: 38 Issue: 8 Pages: 4623
Year: 2011

Effect of respiratory trace shape on optimal treatment margin

Authors: Winey, B (Winey, Brian), Wagar, M (Wagar, Matthew), Ebe, K (Ebe, Kazuyu), Popple, R (Popple, Richard), Lingos, T (Lingos, Tania), Sher, D (Sher, David), Court, L (Court, Laurence)
Published in: MEDICAL PHYSICS Volume: 38 Issue: 6 Pages: 3125
Year: 2011

A modification of flattening filter free linac for IMRT

Authors: Tsiamas, P (Tsiamas, P.), Seco, J (Seco, J.), Han, Z (Han, Z.), Bhagwat, M (Bhagwat, M.), Maddox, J (Maddox, J.), Kappas, C (Kappas, C.), Theodorou, K (Theodorou, K.), Makrigiorgos, M (Makrigiorgos, M.), Marcus, K (Marcus, K.), Zygmanski, P (Zygmanski, P.)
Published in: MEDICAL PHYSICS Volume: 38 Issue: 5 Pages: 2342
Year: 2011

Water equivalent path length measurement in proton radiotherapy using time resolved diode dosimetry

Authors: Gottschalk, B (Gottschalk, B.), Tang, S (Tang, S.), Bentefour, EH (Bentefour, E. H.), Cascio, EW (Cascio, E. W.), Prieels, D (Prieels, D.), Lu, HM (Lu, H. -M.)
Published in: MEDICAL PHYSICS Volume: 38 Issue: 4 Pages: 2282-2288 DOI: 10.1118/1.3567498 Published: APR 2011
Year: 2011

Proton radiography and fluoroscopy of lung tumors A Monte Carlo study using patient-specific 4DCT phantoms

Authors: Han, B (Han, Bin), Xu, XG (Xu, X. George), Chen, GTY (Chen, George T. Y.)
Published in: MEDICAL PHYSICS Volume: 38 Issue: 4 Pages: 1903-1911 DOI: 10.1118/1.3555039 Published: APR 2011
Year: 2011

Proof of principle study of the use of a CMOS active pixel sensor for proton radiography

Authors: Seco, J (Seco, Joao), Depauw, N (Depauw, Nicolas)
Published in: MEDICAL PHYSICS Volume: 38 Issue: 2 Pages: 622
Year: 2011

A fast double template convolution isocenter evaluation algorithm with subpixel accuracy

Authors: Winey, B (Winey, Brian), Sharp, G (Sharp, Greg), Bussiere, M (Bussiere, Marc)
Published in: MEDICAL PHYSICS Volume: 38 Issue: 1 Pages: 223-227 DOI: 10.1118/1.3524227 Published: JAN 2011
Year: 2011

Evaluation and commissioning of a surface based system for respiratory sensing in 4D CT

Authors: Spadea, MF (Spadea, Maria Francesca), Baroni, G (Baroni, Guido), Gierga, DP (Gierga, David P.), Turcotte, JC (Turcotte, Julie C.), Chen, GTY (Chen, George T. Y.), Sharp, GC (Sharp, Gregory C.)
Published in: JOURNAL OF APPLIED CLINICAL MEDICAL PHYSICS Volume: 12 Issue: 1 Pages: 162-169 Published: 2011
Year: 2011

PROTON STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY FOR THE TREATMENT OF BENIGN MENINGIOMAS

Authors: Halasz, LM (Halasz, Lia M.), Bussiere, MR (Bussiere, Marc R.), Dennis, ER (Dennis, Elizabeth R.), Niemierko, A (Niemierko, Andrzej), Chapman, PH (Chapman, Paul H.), Loeffler, JS (Loeffler, Jay S.), Shih, HA (Shih, Helen A.)
Published in: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS Volume: 81 Issue: 5 Pages: 1428-1435 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.07.1991 Published: DEC 1 2011
Year: 2011

PROTON RADIOTHERAPY FOR PEDIATRIC BLADDER/PROSTATE RHABDOMYOSARCOMA CLINICAL OUTCOMES AND DOSIMETRY COMPARED TO INTENSITY_MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY

Authors: Cotter, SE (Cotter, Shane E.), Herrup, DA (Herrup, David A.), Friedmann, A (Friedmann, Alison), Macdonald, SM (Macdonald, Shannon M.), Pieretti, RV (Pieretti, Raphael V.), Robinson, G (Robinson, Gregoire), Adams, J (Adams, Judith), Tarbell, NJ (Tarbell, Nancy J.), Yock, TI (Yock, Torunn I.)
Published in: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS Volume: 81 Issue: 5 Pages: 1367
Year: 2011

VARIATIONS IN LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER WITHIN CLINICAL PROTON THERAPY FIELDS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PLANNING

Authors: Grassberger, C (Grassberger, Clemens), Trofimov, A (Trofimov, Alexei), Lomax, A (Lomax, Anthony), Paganetti, H (Paganetti, Harald)
Published in: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS Volume: 80 Issue: 5 Pages: 1559-1566 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.10.027 Published: AUG 1 2011
Year: 2011