ReviewPractical radiation oncology
One Year of Clinic-Wide Cherenkov Imaging for Discovery of Quality Improvement Opportunities in Radiation Therapy.
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- Clinical implementation and impact of real-time Cherenkov imaging for treatment verification and patient safety in radiation therapy.Physics and imaging in radiation oncology · 2026Article
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- Experimental Validation and Calibration of Cherenkov Imaging for Real-Time Surface Dosimetry in Photon Breast Therapy.Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering · 2026Article
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- Design and characterization of a novel scintillator array for UHDR PBS proton therapy surface dosimetry.Medical physics · 2025Article
- Optimizing Breast Cancer Radiation therapy With Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy and Skin Flash: A Case Study Using Deep Inspiration Breath Hold and Cherenkov Imaging.Advances in radiation oncology · 2025Article
- Optical (Cherenkov) dosimetry to unravel the radiobiological effects of radioisotope based therapy.European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2025Article
- Cherenkov Imaged Bio-Morphological Features Verify Patient Positioning With Deformable Tissue Translocation in Breast Radiation Therapy.Advances in radiation oncology · 2025Article
- Hybrid Monte Carlo model for efficient tissue Cherenkov emission estimation to assess changes from beam size, energy and incidence.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) · 2025Article
- Consensus statement on the exploration of clinical translation and application of electron ultra-high dose rate FLASH radiotherapy.Precision radiation oncology · 2025Article
- Visual Dose Monitoring for Whole Breast Radiation Therapy Treatments via Combined Cherenkov Imaging and Scintillation Dosimetry.International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics · 2025Article
- Innovative approaches in precision radiation oncology: advanced imaging technologies and challenges which shape the future of radiation therapy.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Review
- Understanding the impact of patient-specific geometries on Cherenkov emission-to-dose relationship during External Beam Radiation Therapy (EBRT).Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering · 2025Article
- Noise & mottle suppression methods for cumulative Cherenkov images of radiation therapy delivery.Physics in medicine and biology · 2024Article
- Technical note: Visual, rapid, scintillation point dosimetry for in vivo MV photon beam radiotherapy treatments.Medical physics · 2024Article
- Review of Cherenkov imaging technology advances in radiotherapy: single-photon-level imaging in high ambient light and radiation backgrounds.Biophotonics discovery · 2024Review
- Superluminal Molecular and Nanomaterial Probes Based on Fast Ions or Electrons.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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Abstract
purposeCherenkov imaging is clinically available as a radiation therapy treatment verification tool. The aim of this work was to discover the benefits of always-on Cherenkov imaging as a novel incident detection and quality improvement system through review of all imaging at our center. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Multicamera Cherenkov imaging systems were permanently installed in 3 treatment bunkers, imaging continuously over a year. Images were acquired as part of normal treatment procedures and reviewed for potential treatment delivery anomalies.
resultsIn total, 622 unique patients were evaluated for this study. We identified 9 patients with treatment anomalies occurring over their course of treatment, which were only detected with Cherenkov imaging. Categorizing each event indicated issues arising in simulation, planning, pretreatment review, and treatment delivery, and none of the incidents were detected before this review by conventional measures. The incidents identified in this study included dose to unintended areas in planning, dose to unintended areas due to positioning at treatment, and nonideal bolus placement during setup.
conclusionsCherenkov imaging was shown to provide a unique method of detecting radiation therapy incidents that would have otherwise gone undetected. Although none of the events detected in this study reached the threshold of reporting, they identified opportunities for practice improvement and demonstrated added value of Cherenkov imaging in quality assurance programs.
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