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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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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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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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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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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External beam radiation therapy degrades the rapidly dividing cells of a tumor by directing high-energy radiation into the target of interest to eradicate it. The efficacy of the treatment is strongly...
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In radiation therapy, particularly with 4-D planning and adaptive radiotherapy, multiple images almost always are acquired and utilized as part of the therapy. A treatment plan is defined on an image ...
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Proton therapy is a form of external beam radiation therapy in which a particle accelerator is used to target a tumor with a beam of protons. Protons have a certain range, or stopping power, and few p...
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Optimizing design plans involving systems and methods for radiation therapy has been a widely researched topic. A common goal is to deliver varying doses of radiation during treatment (higher doses to...
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Radiation therapy methods such as external beam radiation therapy are administered by directing beams of radiation toward a defined target volume in a patient. A radiation therapy plan is used to dete...
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Conventional external beam radiation therapy is used for cancer treatment by irradiating a defined target region using beams of ionizing radiation. The purpose of a treatment plan is to accurately ide...
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Clinical hyperthermia involves elevating the temperature of targeted tissue for therapeutic means. In oncology, hyperthermia can be used to make cancer cells more susceptible to radiation therapy or c...
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Radiopharmaceuticals are radioactive materials that “target” specific tissues to allow imaging or treatment. During radiation therapy, the radiopharmaceutical must be administered to provi...
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Prostate cancer is often treated today by implanting tiny sources of radiation, known as seeds, in and around the tumorous tissue, a treatment known as brachytherapy. In order to deliver the prescribe...
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Radiation therapists must carefully determine beam angles and radiation dose to accurately target tumors while avoiding healthy tissue.  Of special importance are nearby organs-at-risk, which oft...
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