Publications

Patient study of in vivo verification of beam delivery and range, using positron emission tomography and computed tomography imaging after proton therapy

Authors: Parodi, K (Parodi, Katia), Paganetti, H (Paganetti, Harald), Shih, HA (Shih, Helen A.), Michaud, S (Michaud, Susan), Loeffler, JS (Loeffler, Jay S.), DeLaney, TF (DeLaney, Thomas F.), Liebsch, NJ (Liebsch, Norbert J.), Munzenrider, JE (Munzenrider, John E.), Fischman, AJ (Fischman, Alan J.), Knopf, A (Knopf, Antje), Bortfeld, T (Bortfeld, Thomas)
Published in: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS Volume: 68 Issue: 3 Pages: 920-934 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.01.063 Published: JUL 1 2007
Year: 2007

The tradeoff between treatment plan quality and required number of monitor units in intensity-modulated radiotherapy

Authors: Craft, D (Craft, David), Suss, P (Suess, Philipp), Bortfeld, T (Bortfeld, Thomas)
Published in: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS Volume: 67 Issue: 5 Pages: 1596-1605 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.11.034 Published: APR 1 2007
Year: 2007

Four-dimensional Imaging and treatment planning of moving targets

Authors: Chen, GTY (Chen, George T. Y.), Kung, JH (Kung, Jong H.), Rietzel, E (Rietzel, Eike)
Published in: IMRT, IGRT, SBRT: ADVANCES IN THE TREATMENT PLANNING AND DELIVERY OF RADIOTHERAPY Book Series: FRONTIERS OF RADIATION THERAPY AND ONCOLOGY Volume: 40 Pages: 59-71 DOI: 10.1159/000106028 Published: 2007
Year: 2007

Tenth value layers for Co_60 gamma rays and for 4, 6, 10, 15, and 18 MV X rays in concrete for beams of cone angles between 0 degrees and 14 degrees calculated by Monte Carlo simulation

Authors: Jaradat, AK (Jaradat, Adnan K.), Biggs, PJ (Biggs, Peter J.)
Published in: HEALTH PHYSICS Volume: 92 Issue: 5 Pages: 456
Year: 2007

Measurement of the leakage radiation from linear accelerators in the backward direction for 4, 6, 10, 15, and 18 MV X_ray energies

Authors: Jaradat, AK (Jaradat, Adnan K.), Biggs, PJ (Biggs, Peter J.)
Published in: HEALTH PHYSICS Volume: 92 Issue: 4 Pages: 387
Year: 2007

Monte Carlo tool for combined photon and proton treatment planning verification

Authors: Seco, J (Seco, J.), Jiang, H (Jiang, H.), Herrup, D (Herrup, D.), Kooy, H (Kooy, H.), Paganetti, H (Paganetti, H.)
Published in: First European Workshop on Monte Carlo Treatment Planning Book Series: JOURNAL OF PHYSICS CONFERENCE SERIES Volume: 74 Pages: U128
Year: 2007

A MC tool for CT-based calculations of dose delivery and beta(+)-activation in proton therapy

Authors: Parodi, K (Parodi, K.), Ferrari, A (Ferrari, A.), Sommerer, F (Sommerer, F.), Paganetti, H (Paganetti, H.)
Published in: First European Workshop on Monte Carlo Treatment Planning Book Series: JOURNAL OF PHYSICS CONFERENCE SERIES Volume: 74 Pages: U122-U127 DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/74/1/012013 Published: 2007
Year: 2007

Electron dosimetry of angular fields

Authors: Davies, G (Davies, G.), Bidmead, M (Bidmead, M.), Lamb, C (Lamb, C.), Nalder, C (Nalder, C.), Seco, J (Seco, J.)
Published in: BRITISH JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY Volume: 80 Issue: 951 Pages: 202
Year: 2007

Correlation between parameters describing tumour motion and its location in the lungs

Authors: Wu, HM (Wu, Huanmei), Sandison, G (Sandison, George), Zhao, L (Zhao, Li), Zhao, QY (Zhao, Qingya), Shirato, H (Shirato, Hiroki), Jiang, S (Jiang, Steve)
Published in: AUSTRALASIAN PHYSICAL & ENGINEERING SCIENCES IN MEDICINE Volume: 30 Issue: 4 Pages: 341-344 Published: DEC 2007
Year: 2007

A survey of hadron therapy accelerator technologies

Authors: Peggs, S (Peggs, S.), Satogata, T (Satogata, T.), Flanz, J (Flanz, J.)
Published in: 2007 IEEE PARTICLE ACCELERATOR CONFERENCE, VOLS 1-11 Book Series: IEEE Particle Accelerator Conference Pages: 1285-1289 Published: 2007
Year: 2007

Modeling respiratory motion variations in the 4D NCAT phantom

Authors: Segars, WP (Segars, W. P.), Mori, S (Mori, S.), Chen, GTY (Chen, G. T. Y.), Tsui, BMW (Tsui, B. M. W.)
Published in: 2007 IEEE NUCLEAR SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM CONFERENCE RECORD, VOLS 1-11 Book Series: IEEE NUCLEAR SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM - CONFERENCE RECORD Pages: 4531-4533 DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4437117 Published: 2007
Year: 2007

Modeling respiratory motion variations in the 4D NCAT phantom

Authors: Segars, WP (Segars, W. P.), Chen, GTY (Chen, G. T. Y.), Tsui, BMW (Tsui, B. M. W.)
Published in: 2007 IEEE NUCLEAR SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM CONFERENCE RECORD, VOLS 1-11 Book Series: IEEE NUCLEAR SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM - CONFERENCE RECORD Pages: 2677-2679 DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436697 Published: 2007
Year: 2007

Effects of organ motion on IMRT treatments with segments of few monitor units

Authors: Seco, J (Seco, J.), Sharp, GC (Sharp, G. C.), Turcotte, J (Turcotte, J.), Gierga, D (Gierga, D.), Bortfeld, T (Bortfeld, T.), Paganetti, H (Paganetti, H.)
Published in: MEDICAL PHYSICS Volume: 34 Issue: 3 Pages: 923-934 DOI: 10.1118/1.2436972 Published: MAR 2007
Year: 2007

Internal-external correlation investigations of respiratory induced motion of lung tumors

Authors: Ionascu, D (Ionascu, Dan), Jiang, SB (Jiang, Steve B.), Nishioka, S (Nishioka, Seiko), Shirato, H (Shirato, Hiroki), Berbeco, RI (Berbeco, Ross I.)
Published in: MEDICAL PHYSICS Volume: 34 Issue: 10 Pages: 3893-3903 DOI: 10.1118/1.2779941 Published: OCT 2007
Year: 2007

Radiotherapy of mobile tumors

Authors: Jiang, SB (Jiang, Steve B.)
Published in: SEMINARS IN RADIATION ONCOLOGY Volume: 16 Issue: 4 Pages: 239-248 DOI: 10.1016/j.semradonc.2006.04.007 Published: OCT 2006
Year: 2006

Visual outcome of accelerated fractionated radiation for advanced sinonasal malignancies employing photons/protons

Authors: Weber, DC (Weber, Damien C.), Chan, AW (Chan, Annie W.), Lessell, S (Lessell, Simmons), McIntyre, JF (McIntyre, James F.), Goldberg, SI (Goldberg, Saveli I.), Bussiere, MR (Bussiere, Marc R.), Fitzek, MM (Fitzek, Markus M.), Thornton, AF (Thornton, Altan F.), DeLaney, TF (DeLaney, Thomas F.)
Published in: RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY Volume: 81 Issue: 3 Pages: 243-249 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2006.09.009 Published: DEC 2006
Year: 2006

A filtering approach based on Gaussian-powerlaw convolutions for local PET verification of proton radiotherapy

Authors: Parodi, K (Parodi, K), Bortfeld, T (Bortfeld, T)
Published in: PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY Volume: 51 Issue: 8 Pages: 1991-2009 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/8/003 Published: APR 21 2006
Year: 2006

On dose distribution comparison

Authors: Jiang, SB (Jiang, SB), Sharp, GC (Sharp, GC), Neicu, T (Neicu, T), Berbeco, RI (Berbeco, RI), Flampouri, S (Flampouri, S), Bortfeld, T (Bortfeld, T)
Published in: PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY Volume: 51 Issue: 4 Pages: 759
Year: 2006

Synchronized moving aperture radiation therapy (SMART) improvement of breathing pattern reproducibility using respiratory coaching

Authors: Neicu, T (Neicu, T), Berbeco, R (Berbeco, R), Wolfgang, J (Wolfgang, J), Jiang, SB (Jiang, SB)
Published in: PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY Volume: 51 Issue: 3 Pages: 617-636 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/3/010 Published: FEB 7 2006
Year: 2006

Incorporation of the aperture thickness in proton pencil-beam dose calculations

Authors: Slopsema, RL (Slopsema, Roelf L.), Kooy, HM (Kooy, Hanne M.)
Published in: PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY Volume: 51 Issue: 21 Pages: 5441-5453 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/21/004 Published: NOV 7 2006
Year: 2006