Investigating CT to CBCT image registration for head and neck proton therapy as a tool for daily dose recalculation

G Landry, R Nijhuis, G Dedes, J Handrack… - Medical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT) of head and neck (H&N) cancer patients
may be improved by plan adaptation. The decision to adapt the treatment plan based on a …

Comparing cone-beam CT intensity correction methods for dose recalculation in adaptive intensity-modulated photon and proton therapy for head and neck cancer

C Kurz, G Dedes, A Resch, M Reiner… - Acta …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Background. Adaptive intensity-modulated photon and proton radiotherapy (IMRT and IMPT)
of head and neck (H&N) cancer requires frequent three-dimensional (3D) dose calculation …

[HTML][HTML] Atlas-based analysis of 4D flow CMR: automated vessel segmentation and flow quantification

M Bustamante, S Petersson, J Eriksson… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Flow volume quantification in the great thoracic vessels is used in the
assessment of several cardiovascular diseases. Clinically, it is often based on semi …

Accuracy of deformable image registration for contour propagation in adaptive lung radiotherapy

N Hardcastle, W Van Elmpt, D De Ruysscher… - Radiation …, 2013 - Springer
Background Deformable image registration (DIR) is an attractive method for automatic
propagation of regions of interest (ROIs) in adaptive lung radiotherapy. This study …

Evaluation of nonrigid registration models for interfraction dose accumulation in radiotherapy

G Janssens, J Orban de **vry, S Fekkes… - Medical …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Interfraction dose accumulation is necessary to evaluate the dose distribution of an
entire course of treatment by adding up multiple dose distributions of different treatment …

Wall shear stress estimation in the aorta: Impact of wall motion, spatiotemporal resolution, and phase noise

J Zimmermann, D Demedts, H Mirzaee… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background Wall shear stress (WSS) presents an important parameter for assessing blood
flow characteristics and evaluating flow‐mediated lesions in the aorta. Purpose To …

Automated segmentation of the skeleton in whole-body bone scans: influence of difference in atlas

A Kikuchi, M Onoguchi, H Horikoshi… - Nuclear medicine …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Aim Automated segmentation of the skeleton is the first step for quantitative analysis and
computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) of whole-body bone scans. The purpose of this study was …

Creating hemodynamic atlases of cardiac 4D flow MRI

M Cibis, M Bustamante, J Eriksson… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Hemodynamic atlases can add to the pathophysiological understanding of cardiac
diseases. This study proposes a method to create hemodynamic atlases using 4D Flow …

Left atrial 4D blood flow dynamics and hemostasis following electrical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation

M Cibis, TL Lindahl, T Ebbers, LO Karlsson… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Background: Electrical cardioversion in patients with atrial fibrillation is followed by a
transiently impaired atrial mechanical function, termed atrial stunning. During atrial stunning …

Statistical regularization of deformation fields for atlas-based segmentation of bone scintigraphy images

K Sjöstrand, M Ohlsson, L Edenbrandt - International Conference on …, 2009 - Springer
The construction and application of statistical models of deformations based on non-rigid
image registration methods have gained recent popularity. This paper presents the …