UW-Madison researchers have developed a phantom for radiation treatment planning and medical imaging that allows for simulating organ motion typically seen in patients undergoing treatment or imaging....
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UW-Madison researchers have developed systems and methods for analysis of pediatric MB tumor sub-compartments using a transfer learning approach that learns tumor-specific patterns from adult brain tu...
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UW researchers have developed a software tool to assess a clinical radiation therapy treatment plan. The tool verifies a patient radiation treatment therapy plan for delivery using a given real-world ...
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A phantom for heavy ion radiation therapy provides characterization of an ion beam that may enter but not exit from the phantom. The phantom may include multiple materials and multiple spatially dispe...
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A single treatment catheter is provided for delivery of brachytherapy radiation in combination with intratumoral injection into tumor tissue with a single skin and tumor insertion site. The catheter a...
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Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is a specialized form of radiation therapy that uses a precise, highly localized photon beam to treat small tumors especially in the brain. Reducing beam energy from th...
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Microwave ablation is a minimally invasive method for treating cancer, especially solid tumors. The method uses an interstitial antenna that heats tissue with microwave energy. These antennas require...
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Radiosurgery is a non-invasive procedure that degrades tumors and other unhealthy tissue with high-energy beams of radiation. To spare surrounding tissue, it is critical that irradiation is precisely ...
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Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is a specialized form of radiation therapy that uses a precise, highly localized photon beam to treat small tumors. Although powerful and precise, the technique comes w...
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Radiation treatment plans are crafted on a case-by-case basis to target a patient’s tumor and spare healthy tissue. Plans are based on a radiation dose prescribed by a physician and computed using s...
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In conventional external beam radiation therapy, also called teletherapy, a linear accelerator (LINAC) is used to deliver a radiation beam to a target region inside a patient. The radiation is deliver...
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Elastography is a type of imaging technique that reveals the stiffness of tissues. It commonly is used to detect tumors and other abnormalities that cause changes in local tissue stiffness. Measuremen...
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Some commonly used diagnostic and interventional radiology procedures, principally CT scans and angiography, can expose individuals to levels of radiation that have been associated with excess cance...
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Computed tomography (CT) systems are used for medical imaging and produce images by measuring the loss in an X-ray beam’s strength. These measurements are used to reconstruct an image in 2-D or...
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Radiation therapy is a technique used to deliver ionizing radiation to a malignant tumor or other target tissue to control the growth of abnormal cells. If a critical structure such as a tissue sensi...
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In radiation therapy it is essential to target the malignancy while sparing healthy tissue. To help plan treatment, a tumor or other target is identified and delineated in medical images, along with a...
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Medical images are heavily relied upon to help plan radiation treatment and many other procedures. Not surprisingly, the success of any plan depends on the detail and accuracy of these images. Imagin...
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As an alternative to surgery, thermal ablation is a method of treating tumors of the liver, kidney, lung and other body parts. In the process, a slender antenna or probe is inserted through the skin t...
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In radiation therapy for breast cancer, the patient lies face down on a table with one breast compressed and the other pendant through a hole in the table where it is exposed to radiation. The skin is...
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External beam radiation therapy is a tumor treatment technique that directs one of more high-energy radiation beams to the tumor. External beam radiation systems treat tumors with multiple X-ray ...
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External beam radiation therapy is a tumor treatment technique that directs one or more high-energy radiation beams to the tumor. External beam radiation systems treat tumors with multiple X-ray fan b...
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External beam radiation therapy is a tumor treatment technique that directs one or more high-energy radiation beams to the tumor. External beam radiation systems treat tumors with multiple X-ray fan b...
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External beam radiation therapy is a tumor treatment technique that directs one or more high-energy radiation beams to the tumor. External beam radiation systems treat tumors with multiple X-ray ...
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External beam radiation therapy is a tumor treatment technique that directs one or more high-energy radiation beams to the tumor. Advanced external beam radiation systems treat tumors with multiple X-...
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Brachytherapy is a radiation therapy that places the source of irradiation, called a “seed,” into the tumor (interstitial brachytherapy) or inside a body cavity (intracavitary brachytherap...
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