The first real-world study on the role of carbon ion radiotherapy for oligo-metastatic, persistent, or recurrent (MPR) ovarian/fallopian tube cancer

Autor: Amelia Barcellini, Kazutoshi Murata, Giulia Fontana, Alessandro Vai, Chiara Cassani, Fabio Landoni, Laura Deborah Locati, Francesco Raspagliesi, Simona Secondino, Mattia Pecorilla, Shigeru Yamada, Noriyuki Okonogi, Ester Orlandi

Publikováno v: Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology, Vol 47, Iss , Pp 100781- (2024)

Introduction: In the multidisciplinary management of oligometastatic, persistent, or recurrent (MPR) ovarian cancer, radiotherapy (RT) is becoming a more and more worthwhile treatment to potentially improve the chronicity of the disease. Particle bea

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Investigating the use of virtual 4DCT from 4DMRI in gated carbon ion radiation therapy of abdominal tumors

Autor: Giorgia Meschini, Alessandro Vai, Chiara Paganelli, Silvia Molinelli, Davide Maestri, Giulia Fontana, Andrea Pella, Viviana Vitolo, Francesca Valvo, Mario Ciocca, Guido Baroni

Publikováno v: Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik, Vol 32, Iss 1, Pp 98-108 (2022)

Purpose: To generate virtual 4DCT from 4DMRI with field of view (FOV) extended to the entire involved patient anatomy, in order to evaluate its use in carbon ion radiation therapy (CIRT) of the abdominal site in a clinical scenario. Materials and met

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Consensus guide on CT-based prediction of stopping-power ratio using a Hounsfield look-up table for proton therapy

Autor: Nils Peters, Vicki Trier Taasti, Benjamin Ackermann, Alessandra Bolsi, Christina Vallhagen Dahlgren, Malte Ellerbrock, Francesco Fracchiolla, Carles Gomà, Joanna Góra, Patricia Cambraia Lopes, Ilaria Rinaldi, Koen Salvo, Ivanka Sojat Tarp, Alessandro Vai, Thomas Bortfeld, Antony Lomax, Christian Richter, Patrick Wohlfahrt

Publikováno v: Peters, N, Trier Taasti, V, Ackermann, B, Bolsi, A, Vallhagen Dahlgren, C, Ellerbrock, M, Fracchiolla, F, Gomà, C, Góra, J, Cambraia Lopes, P, Rinaldi, I, Salvo, K, Sojat Tarp, I, Vai, A, Bortfeld, T, Lomax, A, Richter, C & Wohlfahrt, P 2023, ' Consensus guide on CT-based prediction of stopping-power ratio using a Hounsfield look-up table for proton therapy ', Radiotherapy and Oncology, vol. 184, 109675 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2023.109675

Background and purpose: Studies have shown large variations in stopping-power ratio (SPR) prediction from computed tomography (CT) across European proton centres. To standardise this process, a step-by-step guide on specifying a Hounsfield look-up ta

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https://pure.au.dk/portal/da/publications/consensus-guide-on-ctbased-prediction-of-stoppingpower-ratio-using-a-hounsfield-lookup-table-for-proton-therapy(0f833db5-91e1-439c-8cad-765a81d4d640).html

Time‐resolved MRI for off‐line treatment robustness evaluation in carbon‐ion radiotherapy of pancreatic cancer

Autor: Giorgia Meschini, Alessandro Vai, Amelia Barcellini, Giulia Fontana, Silvia Molinelli, Edoardo Mastella, Andrea Pella, Viviana Vitolo, Sara Imparato, Ester Orlandi, Mario Ciocca, Guido Baroni, Chiara Paganelli

Publikováno v: Medical Physics. 49:2386-2395

In this study, we investigate the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the clinical evaluation of gating treatment robustness in carbon-ion radiotherapy (CIRT) of pancreatic cancer. Indeed, MRI allows radiation-free repeated scans and fast dyn

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https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.15510

Dosimetric validation of a GPU-based dose engine for a fast in silico patient-specific quality assurance program in light ion beam therapy

Autor: Giuseppe Magro, Martina Fassi, Alfredo Mirandola, Eleonora Rossi, Silvia Molinelli, Stefania Russo, Alessia Bazani, Alessandro Vai, Mario Ciocca, Marco Donetti, Andrea Mairani

Publikováno v: Medical physicsREFERENCES. 49(12)

With rapid evolutions of fast and sophisticated calculation techniques and delivery technologies, clinics are almost facing a daily patient-specific (PS) plan adaptation, which would make a conventional experimental quality assurance (QA) workflow un

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36196033