Adaptive radiotherapy planning on decreasing gross tumor volumes as seen on megavoltage computed tomography images

C Woodford, S Yartsev, AR Dar, G Bauman… - International Journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To evaluate gross tumor volume (GTV) changes for patients with non–small-cell
lung cancer by using daily megavoltage (MV) computed tomography (CT) studies acquired …

Target margins in radiotherapy of prostate cancer

S Yartsev, G Bauman - The British journal of radiology, 2016 - birpublications.org
We reviewed the literature on the use of margins in radiotherapy of patients with prostate
cancer, focusing on different options for image guidance (IG) and technical issues. The search …

Inter-and intrafraction uncertainty in prostate bed image-guided radiotherapy

…, D Scott, D McGregor, S Gaede, S Yartsev… - International Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: The goals of this study were to measure inter- and intrafraction setup error and
prostate bed motion (PBM) in patients undergoing post-prostatectomy image-guided …

Dosimetric comparison of helical tomotherapy, RapidArc, and a novel IMRT & Arc technique for esophageal carcinoma

S Martin, JZ Chen, AR Dar, S Yartsev - Radiotherapy and Oncology, 2011 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To compare radiotherapy treatment plans for mid- and distal-esophageal cancer
with primary involvement of the gastroesophageal (GE) junction using a novel IMRT & Arc …

Phase I trial of simultaneous in-field boost with helical tomotherapy for patients with one to three brain metastases

G Rodrigues, S Yartsev, B Yaremko, F Perera… - International Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Stereotactic radiosurgery is an alternative to surgical resection for selected
intracranial lesions. Integrated image-guided intensity-modulated-capable radiotherapy platforms …

Proliferation saturation index in an adaptive Bayesian approach to predict patient-specific radiotherapy responses

…, R Brady, EG Moros, JJ Caudell, S Yartsev… - … journal of radiation …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: Radiotherapy prescription dose and dose fractionation protocols vary little between
individual patients having the same tumor grade and stage. To personalize radiotherapy a …

Planning evaluation of radiotherapy for complex lung cancer cases using helical tomotherapy

T Kron, G Grigorov, E Yu, S Yartsev… - Physics in Medicine …, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
Lung cancer treatment is one of the most challenging fields in radiotherapy. The aim of the
present study was to investigate what role helical tomotherapy (HT), a novel approach to the …

Delivery quality assurance with ArcCHECK

C Neilson, M Klein, R Barnett, S Yartsev - Medical Dosimetry, 2013 - Elsevier
Radiation therapy requires delivery quality assurance (DQA) to ensure that treatment is
accurate and closely follows the plan. We report our experience with the ArcCHECK phantom …

The effects of field-of-view and patient size on CT numbers from cone-beam computed tomography

KYT Seet, A Barghi, S Yartsev… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) is used for patient alignment before treatment and
is ideal for use in adaptive radiotherapy to account for tumor shrinkage, organ deformation …

A prospective evaluation of helical tomotherapy

G Bauman, S Yartsev, G Rodrigues, C Lewis… - International Journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
Purpose: To report results from two clinical trials evaluating helical tomotherapy (HT).
Methods and Materials: Patients were enrolled in one of two prospective trials of HT (one for …