Review and recommendations on deformable image registration uncertainties for radiotherapy applications

L Nenoff, F Amstutz, M Murr… - Physics in Medicine …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Deformable image registration (DIR) is a versatile tool used in many applications in
radiotherapy (RT). DIR algorithms have been implemented in many commercial treatment …

Evaluation of DIR algorithm performance in real patients for radiotherapy treatments: A systematic review of operator-dependent strategies

C Dossun, C Niederst, G Noel, P Meyer - Physica Medica, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose The performance of deformable medical image registration (DIR) algorithms has
become a major concern. Methods We aimed to obtain updated information on DIR …

An automated planning strategy for near real-time adaptive proton therapy in prostate cancer

T Jagt, S Breedveld, R Van Haveren… - Physics in Medicine …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Proton therapy plans are very sensitive to anatomical changes such as density changes
along the pencil-beam paths and changes in organ shape and location. Previously, we …

[HTML][HTML] Dosimetric influence of deformable image registration uncertainties on propagated structures for online daily adaptive proton therapy of lung cancer patients

L Nenoff, M Matter, EJ Amaya, M Josipovic… - Radiotherapy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose A major burden of introducing an online daily adaptive proton therapy (DAPT)
workflow is the time and resources needed to correct the daily propagated contours. In this …

Evaluation of performance of pelvic CT-MR deformable image registration using two software programs

T Ishida, N Kadoya, S Tanabe, H Ohashi… - Journal of Radiation …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We assessed the accuracy of deformable image registration (DIR) accuracy between CT
and MR images using an open-source software (Elastix, from Utrecht Medical Center) and a …

[HTML][HTML] Online-adaptive versus robust IMPT for prostate cancer: How much can we gain?

TZ Jagt, S Breedveld, R van Haveren… - Radiotherapy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background/purpose Intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT) is highly sensitive to
anatomical variations which can cause inadequate target coverage during treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating structure propagation uncertainties in the optimization of online adaptive proton therapy plans

L Nenoff, G Buti, M Bobić, A Lalonde, KP Nesteruk… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The fast and accurate definition of structures is a main limiting factor in
online adaptive proton therapy. In this study, different methods to include structure …

An operator-independent quality assurance system for automatically generated structure sets

A Bookbinder, M Bobić, GC Sharp… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. This study describes geometry-based and intensity-based tools for quality
assurance (QA) of automatically generated structures for online adaptive radiotherapy, and …