Elena Nioutsikou

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Affiliation: Institute of Cancer Research
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi Quantifying the effect of respiratory motion on lung tumour dosimetry with the aid of a breathing phantom with deforming lungs
    Elena Nioutsikou
    Joint Department of Physics, The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Downs Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5PT, UK
    Phys Med Biol 51:3359-74. 2006
  2. ncbi Dosimetric investigation of lung tumor motion compensation with a robotic respiratory tracking system: an experimental study
    Elena Nioutsikou
    Joint Department of Physics, The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom
    Med Phys 35:1232-40. 2008
  3. ncbi Effective avoidance of a functional spect-perfused lung using intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): an update of a planning study
    Konstantin Lavrenkov
    Lung Research Unit, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, Surrey, UK
    Radiother Oncol 91:349-52. 2009
  4. ncbi Segmentation of IMRT plans for radical lung radiotherapy delivery with the step-and-shoot technique
    Elena Nioutsikou
    Joint Department of Physics, The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Trust, Downs Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5PT, United Kingdom
    Med Phys 31:892-901. 2004
  5. ncbi The incorporation of SPECT functional lung imaging into inverse radiotherapy planning for non-small cell lung cancer
    Judith A Christian
    The Institute of Cancer Research and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, UK
    Radiother Oncol 77:271-7. 2005
  6. ncbi Prediction of radiation-induced normal tissue complications in radiotherapy using functional image data
    Elena Nioutsikou
    Joint Department of Physics, The Institute of Cancer Research and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Downs Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5PT, UK
    Phys Med Biol 50:1035-46. 2005
  7. ncbi Effects of averaging over motion and the resulting systematic errors in radiation therapy
    Philip M Evans
    Joint Physics Department, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5PT, UK
    Phys Med Biol 51:N1-7. 2006
  8. ncbi Patient-specific planning for prevention of mechanical collisions during radiotherapy
    Elena Nioutsikou
    Joint Department of Physics, The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Trust, Downs Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5PT, UK
    Phys Med Biol 48:N313-21. 2003

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Publications8

  1. ncbi Quantifying the effect of respiratory motion on lung tumour dosimetry with the aid of a breathing phantom with deforming lungs
    Elena Nioutsikou
    Joint Department of Physics, The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Downs Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5PT, UK
    Phys Med Biol 51:3359-74. 2006
    ..It has been concluded that care should be taken to control the delivered fluence when delivering IMRT to the breathing lung, even when the PTV margin has been adequately chosen to include the extent of the breathing motion...
  2. ncbi Dosimetric investigation of lung tumor motion compensation with a robotic respiratory tracking system: an experimental study
    Elena Nioutsikou
    Joint Department of Physics, The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom
    Med Phys 35:1232-40. 2008
    ..For the signals applied here, a linear correspondence model provided an acceptable degree of motion compensation...
  3. ncbi Effective avoidance of a functional spect-perfused lung using intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): an update of a planning study
    Konstantin Lavrenkov
    Lung Research Unit, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, Surrey, UK
    Radiother Oncol 91:349-52. 2009
    ..If the dose to FL is shown to be the determinant of lung toxicity, IMRT would allow for effective dose escalation by specific avoidance of functional lung...
  4. ncbi Segmentation of IMRT plans for radical lung radiotherapy delivery with the step-and-shoot technique
    Elena Nioutsikou
    Joint Department of Physics, The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Trust, Downs Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5PT, United Kingdom
    Med Phys 31:892-901. 2004
    ..Among the IMRT situations examined, five-field treatment plans for the lung, utilizing a maximum of 40 segments in total, have proven to give a good approximation of the IMRT plans with continuous modulation...
  5. ncbi The incorporation of SPECT functional lung imaging into inverse radiotherapy planning for non-small cell lung cancer
    Judith A Christian
    The Institute of Cancer Research and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, UK
    Radiother Oncol 77:271-7. 2005
    ....
  6. ncbi Prediction of radiation-induced normal tissue complications in radiotherapy using functional image data
    Elena Nioutsikou
    Joint Department of Physics, The Institute of Cancer Research and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Downs Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5PT, UK
    Phys Med Biol 50:1035-46. 2005
    ..It can also be applied to positron emission tomography (PET)-CT or functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)-CT registered data and extended to the functional description of tumour control probability...
  7. ncbi Effects of averaging over motion and the resulting systematic errors in radiation therapy
    Philip M Evans
    Joint Physics Department, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5PT, UK
    Phys Med Biol 51:N1-7. 2006
    ..The error distribution may be particularly large if a scan at breath-hold is used for planning...
  8. ncbi Patient-specific planning for prevention of mechanical collisions during radiotherapy
    Elena Nioutsikou
    Joint Department of Physics, The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Trust, Downs Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5PT, UK
    Phys Med Biol 48:N313-21. 2003
    ..In the last case, the 3D map permitted significantly fewer set-up combinations. Good agreement between prediction and experiment confirmed the capability of the program and introduces a promising add-on for treatment planning...