A5056733789- Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques
- Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems
- Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
- Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments
- Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
- Soft Robotics and Applications
- Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry
- Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies
- Neural Networks Stability and Synchronization
- Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
- Radiation Dose and Imaging
- Quantum chaos and dynamical systems
- Control and Stability of Dynamical Systems
- Management of metastatic bone disease
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging
- Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment
- Surgical Simulation and Training
- Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging
- Cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders research
- Stability and Controllability of Differential Equations
- MRI in cancer diagnosis
- Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management
- Nail Diseases and Treatments
Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center
2016-2025
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
2015-2025
Harvard University
2016-2025
Brigham and Women's Hospital
2015-2025
Advanced Radiation Therapy (United States)
2023-2024
Gynecologic Oncology Group
2023-2024
NYU Langone Health
2023-2024
Stellar Science (United States)
2023-2024
Spanish Oncology Genitourinary Group
2023-2024
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2023
Respiratory and cardiac motions induce displacement deformation of the tumor volumes in various internal organs. To accommodate this undesired movement other errors, physicians incorporate a large margin around to delineate planning target volume, so that clinical volume receives prescribed radiation dose under any scenario. Consequently, healthy tissue is irradiated sometimes it difficult spare critical organs adjacent tumor. In study we have proposed novel approach 4D active tracking...
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The surface brachytherapy Task Group report number 253 discusses the common treatment modalities and applicators typically used to treat lesions on body surface. Details of commissioning calibration systems are discussed examples given for a risk‐based analysis approach quality assurance measures that necessary consider when establishing program.
Recent advances in surface high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy imaging indicate that flap applicators, human skin, and fibromatosis can be visualized using MRI. Complete MR-only workflows would require skin marker identification to define clinical target edges. However, CT markers are not detected on MR images, common unsuitable for continuous tracing. In this paper, we proposed an alternative was evaluated MRI detectability contourability a treatment planning system (TPS). Commercially...
Purpose: This study presents the implementation and experimental results of a novel technique for 4D tumor tracking using commercially available commonly used treatment couch evaluates accuracy in clinical settings. Methods: Commercially is capable positioning patient accurately; however, currently there no provision compensating physiological movement real‐time. In this paper, real‐time control presented together with motion compensation four dimensions (superior‐inferior, lateral,...
AMA Lavelle M, Kaza E, Guthier C, et al. Feasibility and clinical implementation of MRI-guided surface brachytherapy. Journal Contemporary Brachytherapy. 2024. doi:10.5114/jcb.2024.135647. APA Lavelle, M., Kaza, E., Guthier, C., O’Farrell, D., Harris, T., & A. Cormack, R. (2024). https://doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2024.135647 Chicago Michael J., Evangelia Christian V. Desmond Thomas C. Robert Phillip M. Devlin "Feasibility brachytherapy". Harvard R., Devlin, P., Buzurovic, I. MLA J. brachytherapy."...
Respiratory and cardiac motions induce displacement deformation of the tumor-volume in various internal organs. To accommodate this undesired movement other errors, physicians incorporate a large margin around tumor to delineate Planning Target Volume (PTV), so that Clinical (CTV) receives prescribed radiation dose under any scenario. Consequently, volume healthy tissue is irradiated sometimes it difficult spare critical organs adjacent tumor. In study we have proposed novel approach 4D...
In contemporary brachytherapy procedure, needle placement at desired location is challenging due to a variety of reasons. We have designed and fabricated an image-guided robot-assisted system improve the seed delivery. this article we used two different predictive control strategies in order investigate insertion efficacy dynamics during prostate brachytherapy. First, neural network (NNPC) predict force. The NNPC uses linearized state-space model robotic future performances. Second,...
Purpose: Recently, several robotic systems have been developed to perform accurate and consistent image‐guided brachytherapy. Before introducing a new device into clinical operations, it is important assess the reliability mean time before failure (MTBF) of system. In this article, authors present preclinical evaluation analysis MTBF an autonomous system, which for prostate seed implantation. Methods: The considered three steps that are in growth analysis. These are: Identification isolation...
Prostate volume can affect whether patients qualify for brachytherapy (desired size ≥20 mL and ≤60 mL) and/or active surveillance PSA density ≤0.15 very low risk disease). This study examines variability in prostate measurements depending on imaging modality used (ultrasound versus MRI) calculation technique (contouring ellipsoid) quantifies the impact of this treatment recommendations men with favorable-risk cancer. We examined 70 who presented consecutively consideration cancer had...
ENWEndNote BIBJabRef, Mendeley RISPapers, Reference Manager, RefWorks, Zotero AMA Buzurovic I, Hansen J, Bhagwat M, et al. Clinical implementation of a novel applicator in high-dose-rate brachytherapy treatment esophageal cancer. Journal Contemporary Brachytherapy. 2016;8(4):319-325. doi:10.5114/jcb.2016.61933. APA Buzurovic, I., Hansen, J., Bhagwat, M., O’Farrell, D., Friesen, S., & Harris, T. (2016). Brachytherapy, 8(4), 319-325. https://doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2016.61933 Chicago Ivan Jorgen...
Biopsies are the gold standard for clinical diagnosis. However, a discrepancy between biopsy sample and target tissue because of misplacement spoon can lead to errors in diagnosis subsequent treatment. Thus, correctly determining whether needle tip is tumor crucial accurate results.A system was designed with steerable, flexible, superelastic concentric tube; electrodes monitor electrical resistivity; load cells insertion force. The degrees freedom were analyzed two working modes:...
Tumors in thorax region incur significant amount of motion and deformation due to respiratory cardiac cycles. To accommodate this undesired movement, physicians incorporate a large standard margin around the tumor delineate Planning Target Volume (PTV), so that Clinical (CTV) receives prescribed dose under any scenario. Consequently, volume healthy tissue might be irradiated sometimes it is difficult spare critical organs adjacent tumor. For compensating motion, techniques such as...