A new real-time personal dosimeter with position monitoring based on a scintillator
Personal dosimeters are used to measure the amount of radiation exposure in individual radiation workers. We aimed to replace existing perso…
Utility of fast non-local means (FNLM) filter for detection of pulmonary nodules in chest CT for pediatric patient
Purpose: This study was aimed to evaluate the utility based on imaging quality of the fast non-local means (FNLM) filter in diagnosing lung …
Sensitivity of radio-photoluminescence glass dosimeters to accumulated doses
Background This study investigated the effect of accumulated doses on radio-photoluminescence glass dosimeters (RPLGDs) from measurements in…
Tumor treating fields (TTF) treatment enhances radiation-induced apoptosis inpancreatic cancer cells
Purpose:Tumor treating fields (TTF) therapy is a noninvasive method that uses alternating electric fields to treat various types of cancer. …
Clinical application of a gantry-attachable plastic scintillating plate dosimetry system in pencil beam scanning proton therapy beam monitoring
Purpose: The entrance beam fluence of therapeutic proton scanning beams can be monitored using a gantry-attachable plastic scintillating pla…
Feasibility Study of Beam Angle Optimization for Proton Treatment Planning Using a Genetic Algorithm
This study describes a method that uses a genetic algorithm to select optimal beam angles in proton therapy and evaluates the effectiveness …
Evaluating direct and indirect effects of low-energy electronsusing Geant4-DNA
Monte Carlo simulations can classify DNA damage into different types and predict the amount of energy deposited. Geant4-DNA was used to pred…
Biophysical Model Including a Potentially Lethal Damage Repair Parameter in Fractionated Carbon Beam
The amount of potentially lethal damage repair (PLDR) is a significant factor in the process of modeling the survival curves of cells irradi…
Development of a Daily-Treatment Beam-Monitoring System Based on Gafchromic EBT3 Film for Pencil-Beam Scanning Proton Therapy
This study describes the development of a simple method to assess inter-fractional deviations of delivered proton beams in treatment rooms. …
Feasibility study of a plastic scintillating plate-based treatment beam fluence monitoring system for use in pencil beam scanning proton therapy
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe a plastic scintillating plate-based gantryattachable dosimetry system for pencil beam sca…
Tumor-treating fields induce autophagy by blocking the Akt2/ miR29b axis in glioblastoma cells
Tumor-treating fields (TTFs) — a type of electromagnetic field-based therapy using low-intensity electrical fields — has recently been chara…
Effectiveness of a Fractionated Therapy Scheme in Tumor Treating Fields Therapy
This study aimed to evaluate the biological effectiveness of cancer therapy with tumor treating fields using a fractionated treatment scheme…
Quantitative study of fast non-local means-based denoising filter in chest X-ray imaging with lung nodule using three-dimensional printing
In chest radiography, a solitary pulmonary nodule, which may be a precursor of lung cancer, is a frequently detected finding. However, as th…
Toward a novel dosimetry system using acrylic disk radiation sensor for proton pencil beam scanning
Purpose: Fabricate an acrylic disk radiation sensor (ADRS) and characterize the photoluminescence signal generated from the optical device a…
Study on the Dose Uncertainties in the Lung during Passive Proton Irradiation with a Proton Beam Range Compensator
A moving phantom is manufactured for mimicking lung model to study the dose uncertainty from CT number-stopping power conversion and dose ca…