Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OPSCC) is by far the most predominant form of head and neck cancer in the United States. The survival rate for OPSCC is very high, which, while fortunate, yields many patients who are ...

The recently-developed single-isocenter multi-target volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) provides several clinical benefits including significantly decreased treatment time and cost-effectiveness compared to other traditional ...

Treatment errors can occur in high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy, but, currently, there is a lack of real-time treatment verification systems that are clinically available and thus many errors are only determined retrospectively, ...

Translational cancer research has been around for many years and has resultedin many advancements in cancer treatment. Preclinical radiation therapy is an importanttool used in some studies to better understand the biological ...

Purpose: Radiochromic film remains a useful and versatile clinical dosimetry tool. While simple to use, current film options are single use, with no forms of reusable film available commercially. Here we introduce a novel ...

The thesis has two parts. The first project relates to real time dosimetry in Gynecological (GYN) High Dose Rate (HDR) Brachytherapy Treatments and the second part investigates a new workflow for Image Guided Brachytherapy ...

Since 2010, Duke University Medical Center has used the single-isocenter technique to treat patients with multiple brain metastases. The purpose of this project is to compare treatment planning techniques for these patients ...

Project 1: Validation of Isodose Curves for AIRO Mobile CT Purpose: Validate isodose curves provided by the manufacturer for the Airo Mobile CT to determine if, indeed, it is safe for those who are operating the machine. ...

Automated assessment of perceptual image quality on clinical Computed Tomography (CT) data by computer algorithms has the potential to greatly facilitate data-driven monitoring and optimization of CT image acquisition protocols. ...

Background: Radiomics describes the study of converting medical images into high-dimensional quantitative features and following analysis for further decision making and genomics focuses on the understanding genomes of individual ...