Radiation therapy
Radiotherapy, particle therapy, ultrasound therapy and more
Research & Innovation News
Monte Carlo codes under close scrutiny
May 22, 2013
How do Monte Carlo codes compare when calculating secondary particle production for hadron therapy verification?
Phantom assesses mammography quality
May 20, 2013
A phantom designed to evaluate the image quality of digital mammography systems offers high sensitivity at a lower cost.
In brief: research round-up
May 13, 2013
Recent developments in treatment monitoring, cryoablation, ultrasound therapy and more.
Intra-fractional imaging with CBCT
May 3, 2013
Cone-beam CT technique enables patient imaging during the delivery of respiratory gated radiotherapy.
Opinion
Electrons: are they underused in radiotherapy?
May 10, 2013 (1 comment)
ESTRO debate examines the future of electrons in radiation therapy.
Biological optimization for radiotherapy
Apr 12, 2013 (1 comment)
Individualizing radiotherapy plans based on radiobiological models could improve tumour control without increasing complications.
A pioneering approach to proton therapy
Mar 15, 2013
Video: Thomas Bortfeld describes the cutting-edge cancer treatments available at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Iterative least-squares optimizes VMAT apertures
Feb 7, 2013
Use of iterative least-squares for aperture optimization reduces leaf motion and monitor unit variation in volumetric-modulated arc therapy plans.
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Physics in Medicine & Biology
Distributed approximation of Pareto surfaces in multicriteria radiation therapy treatment planning
May 3, 2013
Rasmus Bokrantz 2013 Phys. Med. Biol. 58 3501
Constrained reconstructions for 4D intervention guidance
Apr 29, 2013
J Kuntz, B Flach, R Kueres, W Semmler, M Kachelrieß and S Bartling 2013 Phys. Med. Biol. 58 3283
A Monte Carlo-based model of gold nanoparticle radiosensitization accounting for increased radiobiological effectiveness
Apr 22, 2013
E Lechtman, S Mashouf, N Chattopadhyay, B M Keller, P Lai1, Z Cai, R M Reilly and J-P Pignol 2013 Phys. Med. Biol. 58 3075
Distributions of secondary particles in proton and carbon-ion therapy: a comparison between GATE/Geant4 and FLUKA Monte Carlo codes
Apr 15, 2013
C Robert, G Dedes, G Battistoni, T T Böhlen, I Buvat, F Cerutti, M P W Chin, A Ferrari, P Gueth, C Kurz, L Lestand, A Mairani, G Montarou, R Nicolini, P G Ortega, K Parodi, Y Prezado, P R Sala, D Sarrut and E Testa 2013 Phys. Med. Biol. 58 2879