objective(s): in this study, we aimed to describe the characteristics of portal vein tumor thrombosis (pvtt), complicating hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) in contrast-enhanced fdg pet/ct scan. methods: in this retrospective study, 9 hcc patients with fdg-avid pvtt were diagnosed by contrast-enhanced fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (fdg pet/ct), which is a comb...

PURPOSE We recently developed a novel, open-source in vivo dosimetry that uses the electronic portal imaging device to detect dose delivery discrepancies. We applied our method on patients with rectal cancer treated on a belly board device. METHODS In vivo dosimetry was performed on 10 patients with rectal cancer treated prone on the belly board with a 4-field box arrangement. Portal images w...

This paper presents a new robotic mechanism for ultrasound imaging. The device is placed on a patient's body by an operator, and an ultrasound expert controls the motions of the device to obtain ultrasound images. The paper focuses on the robotic mechanism that performs ultrasound imaging. The design of the mechanism is based on two approaches to produce center of motion for an ultrasound probe...

Successful delivery of conformal fields requires stringent immobilization and treatment verification, as well as knowledge of the setup reproducibility. [1] Before coming OBI, electronic portal imaging detector was used to detect the setup errors. EPID images are not clear vision to identify correctly and immediately because they were produced by megavoltage X-ray during treatment setup. In OBI...

Introduction: Electronic portal imaging devices (EPIDs) are extensively used for dosimetric information of pre-treatment field verification and in-vivo dosimetry for Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT). In the present work, we have implemented the newly developed portal dosimetry software using independent dose prediction algorithm EPIDose and evaluated this new tool for the pretreatment IM...

The Electronic Portal Imaging Device has become an important tool for the clinician to verify the shape and the location of the therapy beam with respect to the patient’s anatomy [13]. Electronic Portal Imaging Devices use the high-energy treatment beam to project the body interior of the patient onto a fluorescent screen that is scanned by a camera. After on-line digitization, the images are a...