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Automatic vessel lumen segmentation and stent strut detection in intravascular optical coherence tomography
Stavros Tsantis, George C. Kagadis, Konstantinos Katsanos et al.
Purpose: Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a catheter-based imaging method that employs near-infrared light to produce high-resolution cross-sectional intravascular images. The authors propose a segmentation technique for automatic lumen area extraction and stent strut detection in intravascular OCT images for the purpose of quantitative analysis of neointimal hyperplasia (NIH).
Gold nanoparticle-aided brachytherapy with vascular dose painting: Estimation of dose enhancement to the tumor endothelial cell nucleus
Wilfred Ngwa, G. Mike Makrigiorgos, and Ross I. Berbeco
Purpose: Theoretical microdosimetry at the subcellular level is employed in this study to estimate the dose enhancement to tumor endothelial cell nuclei, caused by radiation-induced photo/Auger electrons originating from gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) targeting the tumor endothelium, during brachytherapy.
Biological-based optimization and volumetric modulated arc therapy delivery for stereotactic body radiation therapy
Quentin Diot, Brian Kavanagh, and Moyed Miften et al.
Purpose: To describe biological-based optimization and Monte Carlo (MC) dose calculation-based treatment planning for volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) delivery of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) in lung, liver, and prostate patients.
Antiscatter grids in mobile C-arm cone-beam CT: Effect on image quality and dose
S. Schafer, J. W. Stayman, and W. Zbijewski et al.
Purpose: X-ray scatter is a major detriment to image quality in cone-beam CT (CBCT). Existing geometries exhibit strong differences in scatter susceptibility with more compact geometries, e.g., dental or musculoskeletal, benefiting from antiscatter grids, whereas in more extended geometries, e.g., IGRT, grid use carries tradeoffs in image quality per unit dose. ...
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X-Ray Computed Tomography: Advances in Image Formation
Medical Physics is pleased to publish online only a series of papers that were presented at The First International Meeting on Image Formation in X-ray Computed Tomography, June 6-9, 2010, Salt Lake City, Utah. This was a very successful international meeting that was conceived and organized by Frederic Noo, Ph.D. Papers that were accepted for publication through the peer review process have been posted here. These papers are not available in a print version, although authors can download the papers from the web site. This series of papers represents many aspects of the state-of-the-art science of x-ray computed tomography and is a valuable contribution to the state of knowledge in the science of computed tomography.
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