A review of breast tomosynthesis. Part II. Image reconstruction, processing and analysis, and advanced applications

I Sechopoulos - Medical physics, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Many important post‐acquisition aspects of breast tomosynthesis imaging can impact its
clinical performance. Chief among them is the reconstruction algorithm that generates the …

[HTML][HTML] Imaging dose from cone beam computed tomography in radiation therapy

P Alaei, E Spezi - Physica Medica, 2015 - Elsevier
Imaging dose in radiation therapy has traditionally been ignored due to its low magnitude
and frequency in comparison to therapeutic dose used to treat patients. The advent of …

Comprehensive Monte Carlo study of patient doses from cone-beam CT imaging in radiotherapy

TE Marchant, KD Joshi - Journal of radiological protection, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Accurate knowledge of ionizing radiation dose from cone-beam CT (CBCT) imaging in
radiotherapy is important to allow concomitant risks to be estimated and for justification of …

An investigation of image guidance dose for breast radiotherapy

R Alvarado, JT Booth, RM Bromley… - Journal of Applied …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Cone‐beam computed tomography (CBCT) is used for external‐beam radiation therapy
setup and target localization. As with all medical applications of ionizing radiation, radiation …

Progressive cone beam CT dose control in image‐guided radiation therapy

H Yan, X Zhen, L Cerviño, SB Jiang, X Jia - Medical physics, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Cone beam CT (CBCT) in image‐guided radiotherapy (IGRT) offers a tremendous
advantage for treatment guidance. The associated imaging dose is a clinical concern. One …

Evaluation of radiation dose to organs during kilovoltage cone‐beam computed tomography using Monte Carlo simulation

K Son, S Cho, JS Kim, Y Han, SG Ju… - Journal of applied …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Image‐guided techniques for radiation therapy have improved the precision of radiation
delivery by sparing normal tissues. Cone‐beam computed tomography (CBCT) has …

Remote sensing array (RSA) for linac beam monitoring

R Lauber, D Brivio, E Sajo, J Hesser… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The purpose of the present work is to evaluate the feasibility of a novel real-time beam
monitoring device for medical linacs which remotely senses charge carriers produced in air …

Measurement of dose exposure of image guidance in external beam accelerated partial breast irradiation: evaluation of different techniques and linear accelerators

G Stelczer, D Tatai-Szabó, T Major, N Mészáros… - Physica Medica, 2019 - Elsevier
Introduction Verifying the patient position is always an essential part of the treatment
process, especially in hypofractionated treatments such as accelerated partial breast …

[HTML][HTML] Review on Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) Dose in Patients Undergoing Image Guided Radiotherapy (IGRT)

P Iliopoulos, F Simopoulou, V Simopoulos, G Kyrgias… - 2023 - intechopen.com
In image guided radiotherapy (IGRT), cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) is an
important tool for patient positioning and verification before treatment. Therefore, the CBCT …

Cone‐beam CT dosimetry for the positional variation in isocenter: a Monte Carlo study

JCL Chow - Medical physics, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigated variations in kilovoltage cone‐beam computed tomography (kV‐
CBCT) dosimetry for a change in the isocenter positions in the head‐and‐neck, lung‐breast …