[HTML][HTML] FLASH radiotherapy treatment planning and models for electron beams

M Rahman, A Trigilio, G Franciosini, R Moeckli… - Radiotherapy and …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The FLASH effect designates normal tissue sparing at ultra-high dose rate (UHDR,> 40
Gy/s) compared to conventional dose rate (∼ 0.1 Gy/s) irradiation while maintaining tumour …

Delivery time reduction for mixed photon-electron radiotherapy by using photon MLC collimated electron arcs

G Guyer, S Mueller, PH Mackeprang… - Physics in Medicine …, 2023‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Electron arcs in mixed-beam radiotherapy (Arc-MBRT) consisting of intensity-
modulated electron arcs with dynamic gantry rotation potentially reduce the delivery time …

Enabling non-isocentric dynamic trajectory radiotherapy by integration of dynamic table translations

G Guyer, S Mueller, C Koechli, D Frei… - Physics in Medicine …, 2022‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. The purpose of this study is to develop a treatment planning process (TPP) for
non-isocentric dynamic trajectory radiotherapy (DTRT) using dynamic gantry rotation …

A hybrid column generation and simulated annealing algorithm for direct aperture optimization

S Mueller, G Guyer, T Risse, S Tessarini… - Physics in Medicine …, 2022‏ - iopscience.iop.org
The purpose of this work was to develop a hybrid column generation (CG) and simulated
annealing (SA) algorithm for direct aperture optimization (H-DAO) and to show its …

Part 2: Dynamic mixed beam radiotherapy (DYMBER): Photon dynamic trajectories combined with modulated electron beams

S Mueller, P Manser, W Volken, D Frei… - Medical …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The purpose of this study was to develop a treatment technique for dynamic mixed
beam radiotherapy (DYMBER) utilizing increased degrees of freedom (DoF) of a …

Electron beam collimation with a photon MLC for standard electron treatments

S Müller, MK Fix, D Henzen, D Frei… - Physics in Medicine …, 2018‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Standard electron treatments are currently still performed using standard or molded patient-
specific cut-outs placed in the electron applicator. Replacing cut-outs and electron …

Robust mixed electron‐photon radiation therapy planning for soft tissue sarcoma

VJ Heng, M Serban, MA Renaud, C Freeman… - Medical …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Background Mixed electron‐photon beam radiation therapy (MBRT) is an emerging
technique in which external electron and photon beams are simultaneously optimized into a …

Auto-commissioning of a Monte Carlo electron beam model with application to photon MLC shaped electron fields

MK Fix, D Frei, S Mueller, G Guyer… - Physics in Medicine …, 2023‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Presently electron beam treatments are delivered using dedicated applicators. An
alternative is the usage of the already installed photon multileaf collimator (pMLC) enabling …

Implementation and experimental validation of a robust hybrid direct aperture optimization approach for mixed‐beam radiotherapy

E Heath, S Mueller, G Guyer, A Duetschler… - Medical …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The objectives of the work presented in this paper were to (1) implement a robust‐
optimization method for deliverable mixed‐beam radiotherapy (MBRT) plans within a …

Simultaneous trajectory generation and volumetric modulated arc therapy optimization

J Mullins, MA Renaud, M Serban… - Medical Physics, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Trajectory‐based treatment planning involves the combination of a gantry‐couch
trajectory with volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) treatment plan optimization. This …