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Dose uncertainty due to computed tomography (CT) slice thickness in CT-based high dose rate brachytherapy of the prostate cancerYongbok Kim
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, Mount Zion Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1600 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, California 94143 1708, USA
Med Phys 31:2543-8. 2004..A CT slice thickness of 3 mm appears to be a good compromise showing an acceptable average dose uncertainty of 1%, without unduly increasing the number of slices...- Expandable and rigid endorectal coils for prostate MRI: impact on prostate distortion and rigid image registrationYongbok Kim
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, Comprehensive Cancer Center 1600 Divisadero Street, Suite H1031, San Francisco, California 94143 1708, USA
Med Phys 32:3569-78. 2005..941 +/- 0.008 vs 0.899 +/- 0.033, for the rigid and expandable coils, respectively). In conclusion, the manual rigid-body alignment of prostate MR images acquired with and without the ERC can be improved through the use of a rigid ERC... - Measurement of craniocaudal catheter displacement between fractions in computed tomography-based high dose rate brachytherapy of prostate cancerYongbok Kim
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1600 Divisadero Street, Suite H1031, San Francisco, CA 94143 1708, USA
J Appl Clin Med Phys 8:2415. 2007..We found a pattern of catheter displacement using our technique. Based on our finding further improvement of our results may be possible by modification of our current technique... 
Long-term cosmesis after lumpectomy and brachytherapy in the management of carcinoma of the previously irradiated breastMark Trombetta
Department of Radiation Oncology, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA
Am J Clin Oncol 32:314-8. 2009..To evaluate the cosmetic outcome of brachytherapy after lumpectomy in the management of carcinoma of the previously irradiated breast...- A comprehensive analysis of cardiac dose in balloon-based high-dose-rate brachytherapy for left-sided breast cancerVladimir Valakh
Department of Radiation Oncology, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 82:1698-705. 2012..To investigate radiation dose to the heart in 60 patients with left-sided breast cancer who were treated with balloon-based high-dose-rate brachytherapy using MammoSite or Contura applicators... - Comparison of single and multiple dwell position methods in MammoSite high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy planningYongbok Kim
Department of Radiation Oncology, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212 4772, USA
J Appl Clin Med Phys 11:3235. 2010.... - Inverse planning for HDR prostate brachytherapy used to boost dominant intraprostatic lesions defined by magnetic resonance spectroscopy imagingJean Pouliot
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, 1600 Divisadero Street, Suite H1031, San Francisco, CA 94143 1708, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 59:1196-207. 2004..To dose escalate selected regions inside the prostate without compromising the dose coverage of the prostate and the protection to the urethra, rectum, and bladder for prostate cancer patients treated with high-dose-rate brachytherapy... - Investigation of interfraction variations of MammoSite balloon applicator in high-dose-rate brachytherapy of partial breast irradiationYongbok Kim
Department of Radiation Oncology, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 4772, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 71:305-13. 2008..To measure the interfraction changes of the MammoSite applicator and evaluate their dosimetric effect on target coverage and sparing of organs at risk... - Dosimetric impact of prostate volume change between CT-based HDR brachytherapy fractionsYongbok Kim
Department of Radiation Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, 1600 Divisadero Street, Suite H 1031, San Francisco, CA 94143 1708, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 59:1208-16. 2004..The objective is to evaluate the prostate volume change and its dosimetric consequences after the insertion of catheters for high-dose-rate brachytherapy... - Class solution in inverse planned HDR prostate brachytherapy for dose escalation of DIL defined by combined MRI/MRSIYongbok Kim
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 1708, USA
Radiother Oncol 88:148-55. 2008..To establish an inverse planning set of parameters (class solution) to boost dominant intra-prostatic lesion (DIL) defined by MRI/MRSI... - A feasibility study of using conventional jaws to deliver IMRT plans in the treatment of prostate cancerYongbok Kim
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1600 Divisadero Street, Suite H1031, San Francisco, CA 94143 1708, USA
Phys Med Biol 52:2147-56. 2007..61 +/- 0.07, 0.73 +/- 0.05 and 0.83 +/- 0.05, respectively. In conclusion, inverse IMRT plans using conventional jaws are clinically feasible, achieving better plan quality than 3D-CRT plans... - Registration of MR prostate images with biomechanical modeling and nonlinear parameter estimationRon Alterovitz
Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley, 4141 Etcheverry Hall, Berkeley, California 94720 1777, USA
Med Phys 33:446-54. 2006..5% for the balloon probe cases and 98.1% for the rigid probe cases. The method improves significantly over previous methods (P < 0.05) with greater improvement for balloon probe cases with larger tissue deformations... - Evaluation of the interfractional biological effective dose (BED) variation in MammoSite high dose rate brachytherapyYongbok Kim
Department of Radiation Oncology, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 4772, USA
J Appl Clin Med Phys 11:3228. 2010.... - Comparison of conservative management techniques in the re-treatment of ipsilateral breast tumor recurrenceMark Trombetta
Department of Radiation Oncology, Allegheny General Hospital, 320 East North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA
Brachytherapy 10:74-80. 2011..To compare brachytherapy and three-dimensional (3-D) conformal external beam radiotherapy for breast cancer presenting in the previously irradiated breast... - Objective method to report planner-independent skin/rib maximal dose in balloon-based high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy for breast cancerYongbok Kim
Department of Radiation Oncology, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212, USA
Med Phys 38:2053-7. 2011..An objective method was proposed and compared with a manual selection method to determine planner-independent skin and rib maximal dose in balloon-based high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy planning... - The allegheny general modification of the Harvard Breast Cosmesis Scale for the retreated breastMark Trombetta
Department of Radiation Oncology, Allegheny General Hospital, 320 East North Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA
Oncology (Williston Park) 23:954-6. 2009..We propose a modification of the scale for patients who undergo retreatment--the Allegheny General Modification of the Harvard/NSABP/RTOG scoring scale... - The use of the MammoSite balloon applicator in re-irradiation of the breastMark Trombetta
Department of Radiation Oncology, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA
Brachytherapy 7:316-9. 2008..To examine the feasibility of using the MammoSite brachytherapy applicator in the retreatment of the previously irradiated breast... - Predicting chest wall pain from lung stereotactic body radiotherapy for different fractionation schemesNeil M Woody
Department of Radiation Oncology, Taussig Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 83:427-34. 2012..This study developed a predictive model of chest wall pain incorporating radiobiologic effects, using clinical data from four distinct SBRT fractionation schemes... - Dosimetric comparison of partial and whole breast external beam irradiation in the treatment of early stage breast cancerYongbok Kim
Department of Radiation Oncology, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212, USA
Med Phys 34:4640-8. 2007..In addition, preliminary dermatologic adverse event assessment data suggested reduced skin toxicity for patients treated with the PBI technique... - Method to account for dose fractionation in analysis of IMRT plans: modified equivalent uniform doseClinton S Park
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA 94143-7108, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 62:925-32. 2005..CONCLUSION: The proposed mEUD, combining the gEUD with the biologically effective dose, preserves all advantages of the gEUD while reflecting the fractionation effects and linear and quadratic survival characteristics... - Pacemaker/implantable cardioverter-defibrillator dose in balloon high-dose-rate brachytherapy for breast cancer treatmentYongbok Kim
Department of Radiation Oncology, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 4772, USA
Brachytherapy 11:380-6. 2012..To retrospectively report pacemaker (PM)/implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) dose in balloon high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy and provide distance-dose graph and table to approximately estimate the maximal device dose...