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Method for Converting Cone Beam CT Values into Hounsfield Units for Radiation Treatment Planning
... a radiation treatment planning system (RTPS) are performed using an HU-ED or HU-PD conversion table that converts Houns- field units (HUs) in simCT images into electron densities (EDs) or ...
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A survey of radiation treatment planning peer-review activities in a provincial radiation oncology programme: current practice and future directions
... monitor system performance; assessing progress in peer-review initiatives routinely at provincial meetings of clinic programme heads; and exploring the use of technology to improve consistency 21 and facilitate ...
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Dose volume constrained optimization in intensity modulated radiation therapy treatment planning
... continuous system has the same convergence property on solutions as that of the difference ...continuous system possesses a good characteristic that its solutions converge asymptotically to an equilib- rium ...
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Feasibility of a Direct Conversion Method from Magnetic Susceptibility to Relative Electron Density for Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning
... Imaging system, cone-beam computed tomography, Elec- tronic Portal Imaging Device, orthogonal X-ray imaging system (Exac Track, BrainLAB AG, Germany), and Megavoltage computed tomography (Tomothe- rapy, ...
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Imaging and Dosimetric Consideration for Titanium Prosthesis Implanted within the Irradiated Region by Cobalt 60 Teletherapy Unit
... a treatment of cancer with ionizing ...beam radiation therapy (telethe- rapy); where the source of radiation is in remote from the patient’s region to be treated and brachytherapy; where ...
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An Application Of Ct Based Magat Gel Dosimetry To Measure 3D Dose Distribution
... dosimetry system for measuring 3D dose distributions in radiation ...by treatment planning system (TPS) using the established CT- based gel dosimetry and compare it with film dosimetry ...
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3DCRT Versus RapidArc in Terms of Iso-Dose Distribution, Dose Volume Histogram (DVH) and Organs at Risk for Esophageal Cancer (EC) Dosimetric Study
... used radiation technique and is regarded as a new generation linear-accelerator ...substantial radiation dose to the tumor while avoiding the delivery of an excess dose to the healthy tissues in the tumor ...
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Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT): a clinical reality for cancer treatment, "any fool can understand this". The 2004 Silvanus Thompson Memorial Lecture.
... Sutton, planning was initially using the NOMOS CORVUS system, then the Nucletron HELAX system and then the ADAC PINNACLE system ...[33]. Treatment planning at Chelsea used the ...
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<p>Impact of bladder volume on treatment planning and clinical outcomes of radiotherapy for patients with cervical cancer</p>
... The treatment planning system was consulted to obtain the bladder volume (EBRT: external radiation positioning of the patient, ICBT: bladder volume in each treatment of CT images) and ...
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A Practical Method to Evaluate and Verify Dose Calculation Algorithms in the Treatment Planning System of Radiation Therapy
... a treatment planning system (TPS) and to commission the Anisotropic Ana- lytical Algorithm (AAA) with inhomogeneity correction in Varian Eclipse ...The treatment plans with a 6-Megavolt (MV) ...
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Lessons from mixing OR methods in practice : using DES and SD to explore a radiotherapy treatment planning process
... the system to cope with demand, and reduce patient referral to first treatment ...The system copes on paper, but when the variation in arrivals of patients is taken into account there is a high chance ...
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Coupling treatment planning with navigation system: a new technological approach in treatment of head and neck tumors by electrochemotherapy
... A treatment planning method has been developed for the treatment of deep seated tumors ...in treatment of liver metastases [16,17], and now also a web based application is under development ...
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Environmental justice in SEPA's environmental protection activities: a report for the Scottish Environment Protection Agency
... noise, radiation or waste, including radioactive waste, emissions, discharges and other releases into the environment, affecting or likely to affect the elements of the environment referred to in (a); (c) measures ...
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A dosimetric comparison of real-time adaptive and non-adaptive radiotherapy: A multi-institutional study encompassing robotic, gimbaled, multileaf collimator and couch tracking.
... Real-time adaptive technologies will evolve and improve fur- ther in their geometric and dosimetric fidelity as localization methods improve, latency times are reduced, prediction algo- rithms improve, and hardware ...
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Intensity-modulated radiation therapy for early-stage breast cancer: is it ready for prime time?
... The trial arm was FP FIF IMRT, and the control arm was standard conventional tangents. Endpoints were acute skin reaction, pain, and QoL. The Canadian trial demonstrated that FP FIF IMRT significantly improved dosimetry. ...
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Clarifying Meal Planning Information
... meal planning Does this system satisfy your need Does this system satisfy your user Is the information in this Is this Is meal planning meal system a sufficient menu selection Will these[r] ...
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... system (TPS), BRACHYVISION™ has been made available along with heterogeneity algorithm through the implementation of a grid-based Boltzmann equation solver, AcurosTM BV algorithm. Gafchromic films were exposed to ...
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Patient and treatment related factors responsible for radiation pneumonitis in postmastectomy radiation and the impact of supraclavicular radiation
... wall radiation along with internal mammary, infra-clavicular and supraclavicular nodal ...regional radiation and the impact of regional nodal irradiation especially supraclavicular radiation and its ...
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The EU compendium of spatial planning systems and policies: Denmark Regional Development Studies No 28C, 1999
... The Danish planning policy framework The Danish four-level planning system Summary of planning policy instruments in Denmark Illustration from the national planning perspective Illustrat[r] ...
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How Serious Is Threat of Radiological Terrorism?
... liberate use of radioactive material to cause destruction, contamination, and injury (18). Terrorists can employ a va- riety of active and passive methods to disseminate or expo- se people to the radioactive material. ...
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