Gustavo Olivera
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Recent Articles
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Sheng K, Jones R, Yang W, Saraiya S, Schneider B, Chen Q, et al.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys
. 2011 Mar;
82(2):1013-20.
PMID: 21362580
Purpose: To evaluate a three-dimensional dose verification method based on the exit dose using the onboard detector of tomotherapy. Methods And Materials: The study included 347 treatment fractions from 24...
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Dunlap N, McIntosh A, Sheng K, Yang W, Turner B, Shoushtari A, et al.
Med Dosim
. 2010 Nov;
35(4):312-9.
PMID: 21055611
Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) treatments have high-dose gradients and even slight patient misalignment from the simulation to treatment could lead to target underdosing or organ at risk (OAR) overdosing....
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Langen K, Papanikolaou N, Balog J, Crilly R, Followill D, Goddu S, et al.
Med Phys
. 2010 Oct;
37(9):4817-53.
PMID: 20964201
Helical tomotherapy is a relatively new modality with integrated treatment planning and delivery hardware for radiation therapy treatments. In view of the uniqueness of the hardware design of the helical...
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Westerly D, Soisson E, Chen Q, Woch K, Schubert L, Olivera G, et al.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys
. 2009 Apr;
74(4):1290-7.
PMID: 19394157
Purpose: To investigate delivery quality assurance (DQA) discrepancies observed for a subset of helical tomotherapy patients. Methods And Materials: Six tomotherapy patient plans were selected for analysis. Three had passing...
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Chen M, Lu W, Chen Q, Ruchala K, Olivera G
Phys Med Biol
. 2009 Mar;
54(7):2037-47.
PMID: 19287084
The gamma index is a tool for dose distribution comparison. It combines both dose difference (DD) and distance to agreement (DTA) into a single quantity. Though it is an effective...
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Langen K, Lu W, Willoughby T, Chauhan B, Meeks S, Kupelian P, et al.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys
. 2009 Feb;
74(4):1134-42.
PMID: 19231105
Purpose: To assess the dosimetric consequence of intrafraction prostate motion on helical tomotherapy plans. Methods And Materials: An electromagnetic tracking device was used to measure real-time prostate motion for 515...
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Soisson E, Sobering G, Lucas D, Chao E, Olivera G, Tome W
Technol Cancer Res Treat
. 2009 Jan;
8(1):39-49.
PMID: 19166241
This work reports on the development and testing of an intracranial stereotactic patient positioning system (ISPPS) for Tomotherapy. The ISPPS consists of the combination of a head frame, head frame...
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Langen K, Lu W, Ngwa W, Willoughby T, Chauhan B, Meeks S, et al.
Phys Med Biol
. 2008 Nov;
53(24):7073-86.
PMID: 19015580
The dosimetric impact of intrafraction prostate motion was investigated for helical tomotherapy treatments. Measured motion tracks were used to calculate the dosimetric impact on delivered target dose distributions. A dynamic...
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Lu W, Chen M, Chen Q, Ruchala K, Olivera G
Phys Med Biol
. 2008 Sep;
53(19):5495-511.
PMID: 18780961
Radiotherapy is fractionized to increase the therapeutic ratio. Fractionation in conventional treatment is determined as part of the prescription, and a fixed fraction size is used for the whole course...
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Chen M, Lu W, Chen Q, Ruchala K, Olivera G
Phys Med Biol
. 2008 Sep;
53(19):5513-25.
PMID: 18780956
Radiation therapy is fractionized to differentiate the cell killing between the tumor and organ at risk (OAR). Conventionally, fractionation is done by dividing the total dose into equal fraction sizes....