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| Dorin A TodorSummaryAffiliation: Virginia Commonwealth University Country: USA Publications
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Moving toward focal therapy in prostate cancer: dual-isotope permanent seed implants as a possible solutionDorin A Todor
Department of Radiation Oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298 0058, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 81:297-304. 2011..To compare the ability of single- and dual-isotope prostate seed implants to escalate biologically effective dose (BED) to foci of disease while reducing prescription dose to the prostate...
Reconstruction of brachytherapy seed positions and orientations from cone-beam CT x-ray projections via a novel iterative forward projection matching methodDamodar Pokhrel
Department of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298, USA
Med Phys 38:474-86. 2011..To generalize and experimentally validate a novel algorithm for reconstructing the 3D pose (position and orientation) of implanted brachytherapy seeds from a set of a few measured 2D cone-beam CT (CBCT) x-ray projections...
Localizing intracavitary brachytherapy applicators from cone-beam CT x-ray projections via a novel iterative forward projection matching algorithmDamodar Pokhrel
Department of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298, USA
Med Phys 38:1070-80. 2011..To present a novel method for reconstructing the 3D pose (position and orientation) of radio-opaque applicators of known but arbitrary shape from a small set of 2D x-ray projections in support of intraoperative brachytherapy planning...
Ultrashort courses of adjuvant breast radiotherapy: wave of the future or a fool's errand?Atif J Khan
Department of Radiation Oncology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
Cancer 118:1962-70. 2012..This review article summarizes the current data on ultrashort courses of adjuvant breast radiotherapy and highlights both the promise and the potential pitfalls of the abbreviated treatment...
A novel method for accurate needle-tip identification in trans-rectal ultrasound-based high-dose-rate prostate brachytherapyDandan Zheng
Department of Radiation Oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
Brachytherapy 10:466-73. 2011..To address this problem, we developed a method based on physical measurements with simple and practical implementation to improve the accuracy and robustness of needle-tip identification...
Clinical application and validation of an iterative forward projection matching algorithm for permanent brachytherapy seed localization from conebeam-CT x-ray projectionsDamodar Pokhrel
Department of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298, USA
Med Phys 37:5092-101. 2010..To experimentally validate a new algorithm for reconstructing the 3D positions of implanted brachytherapy seeds from postoperatively acquired 2D conebeam-CT (CBCT) projection images...
Improvements in critical dosimetric endpoints using the Contura multilumen balloon breast brachytherapy catheter to deliver accelerated partial breast irradiation: preliminary dosimetric findings of a phase iv trialDouglas W Arthur
Department of Radiation Oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298 0058, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 79:26-33. 2011..Dosimetric findings in patients treated with the Contura multilumen balloon (MLB) breast brachytherapy catheter to deliver accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) on a multi-institutional Phase IV registry trial are presented...
Demonstration of a forward iterative method to reconstruct brachytherapy seed configurations from x-ray projectionsMartin J Murphy
Department of Radiation Oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
Phys Med Biol 50:2715-37. 2005..The method has been shown to work robustly in simulation tests that simultaneously allow for unknown individual seed positions, uncertainties in the imaging viewpoints and variable image distortion...
