Essays about: "External Beam Radiation Therapy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words External Beam Radiation Therapy.

  1. 1. STANDARDIZED ORGAN AT RISK VOLUME FOR EXTERNAL BEAM RADIATION THERAPY IN PROSTATE CANCER AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO VOLUMES DEFINED BY CLINICAL PRACTICE

    University essay from

    Author : Dang Thao; [2022-01-13]
    Keywords : Medical physics; Radiation therapy; Prostate cancer; Organs at risk;

    Abstract : Background/ Purpose: In radiation therapy (RT), the radiation dose calculated in tumours and normal tissue depends on how the volumes are defined. It is difficult to standardize how tumour volumes should be defined because their anatomical extension can differ greatly between individuals. READ MORE

  3. 2. Production and Evaluation of a Bombesin Analogue Conjugated to the Albumin-Binding Domain and DOTA for Prostate Cancer Radiotherapy

    University essay from KTH/Proteinvetenskap

    Author : Fredrika Landmark; [2021]
    Keywords : bombesin; prostate cancer; radiotherapy; human serum albumin; half-life extension; bombesin; prostatacancer; radioterapi; humant serumalbumin; halveringstidsförlängning;

    Abstract : Prostate cancer is one of the most common types of cancer worldwide and claims hundreds of thousands of lives annually. Currently the most common treatment for prostate cancer is external beam radiotherapy, however, this treatment comes with serious side effects since it lacks selectivity for the cancer cells. READ MORE

  4. 3. Machine learning and augmented data for automated treatment planning in complex external beam radiation therapy

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för elektronik, matematik och naturvetenskap

    Author : Michael Lempart; [2019]
    Keywords : Machine Learning; Deep Learning; Data Augmentation; Treatment Planning; External Beam Radiation Therapy;

    Abstract : External beam radiation therapy is currently one of the most commonly used modalities for treating cancer. With the rise of new technologies and increasing computational power, machine learning, deep learning and artificial intelligence applications used for classification and regression problems have begun to find their way into the field of radiation oncology. READ MORE

  5. 4. Needle Navigation for Image Guided Brachytherapy of Gynecologic Cancer

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för kemi, bioteknologi och hälsa (CBH)

    Author : Alireza Mehrtash; [2019]
    Keywords : Image Guided Surgery; Surgical Navigation System; Needle Navigation system; Brachytherapy; MRI; 3D Slicer;

    Abstract : In the past twenty years, the combination of the advances in medical imaging technologies and therapeutic methods had a great impact in developing minimally invasive interventional procedures. Although the use of medical imaging for the surgery and therapy guidance dates back to the early days of x-ray discovery, there is an increasing evidence in using the new imaging modalities such as computed tomography (CT), magnetic reso- nance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound in the operating rooms. READ MORE

  6. 5. Robust optimization of radiotherapy treatment plans considering time structures of the delivery

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för datalogi

    Author : Erik Orvehed Hiltunen; [2018]
    Keywords : Radiation therapy; optimization; interplay effect; lung cancer; 4DCT; RayStation; Strålterapi; optimering; interplay; lungcancer;

    Abstract : Cancer is the second largest mortal disease in Sweden, and high efforts are made to develop the treatment of cancer. One of the main treatment methods is radiotherapy, which uses ionizing radiation to damage the cancerous cells. This has the chance of stopping the cell reproduction, and the goal is to reduce the tumor and stop the tumor growth. READ MORE