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Ultrasound Imaging in Radiation Therapy: From Interfractional to Intrafractional Guidance.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.
- Evaluating Curvature-Induced Variation in Deep Learning-Based Beamforming for Flexible Transducers in Ultrasound-Guided Radiation Therapy.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Artificial intelligence-based motion tracking in cancer radiotherapy: A review.Journal of applied clinical medical physics · 2024Review
- Deep learning-based motion tracking using ultrasound images.Medical physics · 2021Article
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- First-in-human imaging using a MR-compatible e4D ultrasound probe for motion management of radiotherapy.Physica medica : PM : an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology : official journal of the Italian Association of Biomedical Physics (AIFB) · 2021Article
- The Treatment of Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer with Image-Guided Superficial Radiation Therapy: An Analysis of 2917 Invasive and In Situ Keratinocytic Carcinoma Lesions.Oncology and therapy · 2021Article
- 3D dosimetric validation of ultrasound-guided radiotherapy with a dynamically deformable abdominal phantom.Physica medica : PM : an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology : official journal of the Italian Association of Biomedical Physics (AIFB) · 2021Article
- Cross-modality deep learning: Contouring of MRI data from annotated CT data only.Medical physics · 2021Article
- Patient perceptions and preferences about prostate fiducial markers and ultrasound motion monitoring procedures in radiation therapy treatment.Journal of medical radiation sciences · 2021Article
- Remotely Activated Nanoparticles for Anticancer Therapy.Nano-micro letters · 2020Review
- Development of a robot-assisted ultrasound-guided radiation therapy (USgRT).International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery · 2020Article
- Analysis and optimization of the robot setup for robotic-ultrasound-guided radiation therapy.International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery · 2019Article
- Analyses of the factors influencing the accuracy of three-dimensional ultrasound in comparison with cone-beam CT in image-guided radiotherapy for prostate cancer with or without pelvic lymph node irradiation.Radiation oncology (London, England) · 2019Article
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- Feasibility study of ultrasound imaging for stereotactic body radiation therapy with active breathing coordinator in pancreatic cancer.Journal of applied clinical medical physics · 2017Article
- System Integration and In Vivo Testing of a Robot for Ultrasound Guidance and Monitoring During Radiotherapy.IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering · 2017Article
- Monte Carlo modeling of ultrasound probes for image guided radiotherapy.Medical physics · 2015Article
- Acute Toxicity in Hypofractionated/Stereotactic Prostate Radiotherapy of Elderly Patients: Use of the Image-guided Radio Therapy (IGRT) Clarity System.In vivo (Athens, Greece)Article
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Abstract
External beam radiation therapy (EBRT) is included in the treatment regimen of the majority of cancer patients. With the proliferation of hypofractionated radiotherapy treatment regimens, such as stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), interfractional and intrafractional imaging technologies are becoming increasingly critical to ensure safe and effective treatment delivery. Ultrasound (US)-based image guidance systems offer real-time, markerless, volumetric imaging with excellent soft tissue contrast, overcoming the limitations of traditional X-ray or computed tomography (CT)-based guidance for abdominal and pelvic cancer sites, such as the liver and prostate. Interfractional US guidance systems have been commercially adopted for patient positioning but suffer from systematic positioning errors induced by probe pressure. More recently, several research groups have introduced concepts for intrafractional US guidance systems leveraging robotic probe placement technology and real-time soft tissue tracking software. This paper reviews various commercial and research-level US guidance systems used in radiation therapy, with an emphasis on hardware and software technologies that enable the deployment of US imaging within the radiotherapy environment and workflow. Previously unpublished material on tissue tracking systems and robotic probe manipulators under development by our group is also included.
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