Development of a performance status prediction model for use in administrative data analyses. Background: Technical studies suggest CT-based simulation can improve the therapeutic ratio for thoracic ...

CT imaging is the foundation of precision in radiation therapy planning, delivering accuracy to guide treatment. But as oncology teams face mounting demands for precision, efficiency, and consistency ...

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Phase II Study of Cetuximab in Combination With Chemoradiation in Patients With Stage IIIA/B Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: RTOG 0324 Thoracic radiation therapy (TRT) is commonly used in the management ...

The DirectDensity algorithm from Siemens Healthineers gives radiation oncologists and medical physicists ready access to CT images optimized for both patient contouring and dose calculation Clinical ...

When planning for palliative radiotherapy, clinicians can forgo an additional CT scan on the same day as treatment and instead use a recent diagnostic CT scan, according to a results from a randomized ...

TUSTIN, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--An estimated 1.8 million new cancer cases will be diagnosed in the U.S. this year alone. 1 With a disease so prevalent, treatments like radiation therapy are critical, ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect on the number of performed biopsies and costs associated with implementing positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (PET/CT) with 16α ...

Creating a CT image by forward projection of data using the Shepp and Logan Phantom Image in MATLAB. Developing Simple and Filtered Back Projection algorithms to get back the original image from the ...

Israel’s first MRI and CT simulation room opened at the Safra Children’s Hospital at Ramat Gan’s Sheba Medical Center this month. The room — designed specifically with children in mind — is meant to ...