Abstracts

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Radiation Oncology - Atlas & Adaptive Timesavings

Pirozzi SD, Horvat M, Nelson AS, Piper JW. Atlas-based Segmentation: Evaluation of a Multi-Atlas Approach for Prostate Cancer. Accepted for Presentation at the ASTRO Annual Meeting 2012.
Pirozzi S, Horvat M, Piper J, Nelson AS. Atlas-based Segmentation: Evaluation of a Multi-Atlas Approach for Lung Cancer. Med Phys 2012; 39:3677.
Pirozzi SD, Nelson AS, Piper JW. Atlas-based Segmentation: Comparison of Multiple Segmentation Approaches for Lymph Level Targets and Normal Structures in Head and Neck Cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics 1 October 2011 (Vol.81, Issue 2, Supplement, Page S828).
Landau E, Hu K, Oppenheimer A, Skinner WKJ, Young A, Piper JW, Kalnicki S, Harrison LB. Automatic Contouring of Vital Swallowing Structures Using an Atlas-based Segmentation Method: A Time Saving and Toxicity Assessment. Accepted for Presentation at the ASTRO Annual Meeting 2009.
Ennis RD, Young AV, Wernick I, Evans AE. Increased Consistency and Time Savings for Delineation of Pelvic Lymph Nodes for Adjuvant Therapy of Endometrial Cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics. 1 November 2009 (Vol. 75, Issue 3, Supplement, Page S367).
Harrison AS, Piper JW, Kubicek G, Valicenti RK, Dicker AP, Galvin JM, Xiao Y. Feasibility Study of Atlas-Based IMRT Planning - What is the Accuracy if We Used the Best Matched IMRT Plan that We Apply Directly? IJROBP. 2008; 72(1) Suppl: S555.
Lin A, Kubicek G, Piper JW, Nelson AS, Dicker AP, Valicenti RK. Atlas-Based Segmentation in Prostate IMRT: Timesavings in the Clinical Workflow. IJROBP. 2008; 72(1) Suppl: S328-329.
Hu K, Lin A, Young A, Kubicek G, Piper JW, Nelson AS, Dolan J, Masino R, Machtay M. Timesavings for Contour Generation in Head and Neck IMRT: Multi-institutional Experience with an Atlas-based Segmentation Method. IJROBP. 2008; 72(1) Suppl: S391.
Choe J, Piper JW, Nelson AS, Nelson AD, Kuc N, Kulasekere R, Greskovich J. Comparison of Contour-to-CT Registration Techniques During Adaptive Re-planning of Radiation Therapy for Patients with Bulky Disease. IJROBP. 2007;69(3 Suppl S):S725.
Fragoso RC, Piper JW, Nelson AS, Harrison AS, Machtay M, Xiao Y. Evaluation of a Deformable Re-Contouring Method for Adaptive Therapy. ACRO Annual Meeting 2008 Poster Presentation.

Radiation Oncology - IGRT Reporting Tools

Liu H, Greskovich J, Koyfman S, Xia P. Evaluation of Volumetric Change and Dosimetric Discrepancy with Daily Cone-beam CT for Patients with Head-and-neck Cancer. Med Phys 2012; 39:3782.
Pukala J, Staton R, Langen K. What is the Importance of Dose Recalculation for Adaptive Radiotherapy Dose Assessment? Med Phys 2012; 39:3782.
Ferjani S, Huang G, Shang Q, Xia P. Using Shifting Planned Dose Matrix to Evaluate Daily Dose Changes for IMRT Prostate Treatment. Med Phys 2012; 39:3659.
Li W, Vassil A, Zhong Y, Xia P. Evaluation of Atlas-based Auto-segmentation on Daily In-room CT for Prostate Cancer. Med Phys 2012; 39:3676.
Dyess A, Seuntjens J, Poon E, Parker W. Dosimetric Assessment of Treatment using CBCT Images. Med Phys 2012; 39:3700.
Su F, Chen Z, Nath R. A Dosimetric Assessment of Rectum and Bladder using Deformable Registration in Image-guided Adaptive Prostate IMRT. Med Phys 2011; 38: 3448.
Poon E, Al-Wassia R, Freeman C, Parker W. Dosimetric Impact of Positioning and Anatomical Changes over the Course of Craniospinal Irradiation using Helical TomoTherapy. Med Phys 2011; 38:3451.

Radiation Oncology - PET Tools

Zhang G, Lu J, Liu T, Yin Y. Gradient-based Delineation of Primary GTV on FLT-PET in Esophageal Cancer and Influence to Radiotherapy Planning. Med Phys 2011;38:3454.
Nelson AS, Werner-Wasik M, Choi W, et al. Evaluation of Gradient PET Segmentation for Total Lesion Glycolysis Compared to Thresholds and Manual Contouring. J Nucl Med. 2011; 52 (Supplement 1):2077.
Nelson AS, Werner-Wasik M, Choi W et al. PET Tumor Segmentation: Multi-disciplinary Validation of a Gradient-based Method Using a NSCLC PET Phantom. J Nucl Med. 2010; 51 (Supplement 2):24.

For additional information on Contouring Lung Tumors on PET Scans, see the in-depth manuscript available (with subscription) from the IJROBP or read the abstract summary.
Nelson D, et al. PET Tumor Segmentation: Multi-observer Validation of a Gradient-based Method Using a NSCLC PET Phantom. IJROBP. 2009;75(3)Suppl:S627.
Fogh S, Karancke J, Nelson AS, McCue P, Axelrod R, Werner-Wasik W. Pathologic Correlation of PET-CT Based Auto-contouring for Radiation Planning in Lung Cancer. Accepted for presentation at the World Conference on Lung Cancer Meeting in 2009.
Piper J, Shen G, Nelson AD, Nelson AS. Partial Volume Correction in PET Images: a Single Correction Method Applied for Multiple Source to Background Ratios. Med Phys 2009; 36(6):2455.
Nelson AD, Brockway KD, Nelson AS, Piper JW. PET Tumor Segmentation: Validation of a Gradient-based Method Using a NSCLC PET Phantom. J Nucl Med. 2009; 50 (Supplement 2):1659
Fogh SE, Kubicek GJ, Axelrod R, Keane WM, Piper JW, Xiao Y, Machtay M. Utility of Deformable PET Fusion Gross Tumor Volumes in Head & Neck Malignancies. ASTRO Translational Advances in Radiation Oncology and Cancer Imaging 2008 Poster Presentation.
Nelson AD, Mehta L, Faulhaber PF, Devlin AL, O’Donnell JK. Automated Alignment Accuracy of FDG-PET and Simulation CT for Radiation Therapy Planning of Lung Cancer. J Nuc Med 45:5, 373p, 2004.
Shen G, Nelson D, Adler L. PET Tumor Segmentation: Comparison of Gradient-Based Algorithm to Constant Threshold Algorithm. Medical Physics June 2007; 34(6):2395.

Radiation Oncology - Deformable Registration

Horvat M, Nelson AS, Piper JW, Traughber BJ, Faulhaber PF. Time Savings for Liver Volume Generation: Comparison of Manual and Deformable Segmentation Methods. Accepted to the Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2012.
Fogh SE, Kubicek GJ, Axelrod R, Keane WM, Piper JW, Xiao Y, Machtay M. Utility of Deformable PET Fusion Gross Tumor Volumes in Head & Neck Malignancies. ASTRO Translational Advances in Radiation Oncology and Cancer Imaging 2008 Poster Presentation.
Piper JW. Evaluation of a CT to Cone-beam CT Deformable Registration Algorithm. IJROBP. 2007;69(3 Suppl S):S418-419.
Piper JW. Evaluation of An Intensity-Based Free-form Deformable Registration Algorithm. Medical Physics. June 2007;34(6):2353-2354.

Radiology/Nuclear Medicine

Pirozzi SD, Nelson AS, Nelson AD, Piper JS, Traughber BJ, Faulhaber PF, O'Donnell JK, Wojtylak PF. Comparison of QGS, 4D-MSPECT, and MIMcardiac for the Evaluation of Left Ventricular Functional Parameters for Gated Myocardial SPECT. J Nucl Med 2012 53: 2297
Horvat MS, Nelson AS, Piper JW, Traughber BJ, Faulhaber PF. Time Savings for Liver Volume Generation: Comparison of Manual and Deformable Segmentation Methods. J Nucl Med 2012 53: 2264.
Yu N, Xia P. Liver Dose Calculation for 90Y Radioembolization with PET/CT. Med Phys 2012; 39: 3695.
Zhang G, Lu J, Liu T, Yin Y. Gradient-based Delineation of Primary GTV on FLT-PET in Esophageal Cancer and Influence to Radiotherapy Planning. Med Phys 2011;38:3454.
Nelson AS, Werner-Wasik M, Choi W, et al. Evaluation of Gradient PET Segmentation for Total Lesion Glycolysis Compared to Thresholds and Manual Contouring. J Nucl Med. 2011; 52 (Supplement 1):2077.
Nelson AS, Werner-Wasik M, Choi W et al. PET Tumor Segmentation: Multi-disciplinary Validation of a Gradient-based Method Using a NSCLC PET Phantom. J Nucl Med. 2010; 51 (Supplement 2):24.
Nelson D, et al. PET Tumor Segmentation: Multi-observer Validation of a Gradient-Based method Using a NSCLC PET Phantom. IJROBP. 2009;75(3)Suppl:S627.
Fogh S, Karancke J, Nelson AS, McCue P, Axelrod R, Werner-Wasik W. Pathologic Correlation of PET-CT Based Auto-contouring for Radiation Planning in Lung Cancer. Accepted for Presentation at the World Conference on Lung Cancer Meeting in 2009.
Piper J, Shen G, Nelson AD, Nelson AS. Partial Volume Correction in PET Images: a Single Correction Method Applied for Multiple Source to Background Ratios. Med Phys 2009; 36(6):2455.
Farghaly HR, et al. Cerebral Perfusion SPECT - Comparison of Three Different Interpretation Approaches. Accepted for Presentation at the SNM Annual Meeting 2009.
Nelson AD, Brockway KD, Nelson AS, Piper JW. PET Tumor Segmentation: Validation of a Gradient-based Method Using a NSCLC PET Phantom. J Nucl Med. 2009; 50 (Supplement 2):1659
Piper JW, Nelson AS. Automated Quantitative Analysis Methods for the Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease with 11C-PIB PET and 18F-FDG PET. World Molecular Imaging Congress Poster Presentation, 2008.
Piper JW, Nelson AS. Probabilistic Human Brain Atlas: Part 2, Validation with ADNI Data. J Nucl Med. 2008;49 (Supplement 1):379p.
Piper JW, Nelson AS. Probabilistic Human Brain Atlas: Part 1, a Surrogate for Manual VOI Definition. J Nucl Med. 2008;49 (Supplement 1):378p.
Piper JW. Validation of an Artificial Neural Network Computer-aided Diagnosis Scheme for Alzheimer’s Disease Using FDG-PET. Presented orally at the AMI/SMI Joint Molecular Imaging Conference, 2007.
Piper JW. Quantitative Comparison of Spatial Normalization Algorithms for 3D PET Brain Scans. J Nucl Med. 2007;48 Suppl 2:S403.
Nelson AS, Piper JW, Friedland RP, Freeman B. Probabilistic Human Brain Atlas for Functional Imaging: Comparison to Single Brain Atlases. J Nucl Med. 2007;48 Suppl 2:S403
Piper JW. Evaluation of a CT to Cone-beam CT Deformable Registration Algorithm. IJROBP. 2007;69(3 Suppl S):S418-419.
Piper JW. Evaluation of An Intensity-Based Free-form Deformable Registration Algorithm. Medical Physics. June 2007;34(6):2353-2354.
Mehta L, Nelson AD, Devlin AL, Kraly BM, Faulhaber PF, Sodee DB, O'Donnell JK, Greskovich JP. Manual Fusion Reproducibility with ProstScint/CT Image Volumes. J Nuc Med 44:5, 267p, 2003.
Nelson AD, Mehta L, Faulhaber PF, Devlin AL, O’Donnell JK. Automated Alignment Accuracy of FDG-PET and Simulation CT for Radiation Therapy Planning of Lung Cancer. J Nuc Med 45:5, 373p, 2004.
Shen G, Nelson D, Adler L. PET Tumor Segmentation: Comparison of Gradient-Based Algorithm to Constant Threshold Algorithm. Medical Physics June 2007; 34(6):2395.

Neuroimaging

Farghaly HR, et al. Cerebral Perfusion SPECT - Comparison of Three Different Interpretation Approaches. Accepted for Presentation at the SNM Annual Meeting 2009.
Piper JW, Nelson AS. Automated Quantitative Analysis Methods for the Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease with 11C-PIB PET and 18F-FDG PET. World Molecular Imaging Congress Poster Presentation, 2008.
Piper JW, Nelson AS. Probabilistic Human Brain Atlas: Part 2, Validation with ADNI Data. J Nucl Med. 2008;49 (Supplement 1):379p.
Piper JW, Nelson AS. Probabilistic Human Brain Atlas: Part 1, a Surrogate for Manual VOI Definition. J Nucl Med. 2008;49 (Supplement 1):378p.
Piper JW. Validation of an Artificial Neural Network Computer-Aided Diagnosis Scheme for Alzheimer’s Disease Using FDG-PET. Presented orally at the AMI/SMI Joint Molecular Imaging Conference, 2007.
Piper JW. Quantitative Comparison of Spatial Normalization Algorithms for 3D PET Brain Scans. J Nucl Med. 2007;48 Suppl 2:S403.
Nelson AS, Piper JW, Friedland RP, Freeman B. Probabilistic Human Brain Atlas for Functional Imaging: Comparison to Single Brain Atlases. J Nucl Med. 2007;48 Suppl 2:S403