Selected Publications

Topics


General

Image guidance for precise conformal radiotherapy.
Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys 56:1 (2003), 89–105.

TomoTherapy: A new concept for the delivery of dynamic conformal radiotherapy.
Med Phys 20:6 (1993).

An investigation of tomotherapy beam delivery.
Med Phys 24:3 (1997).

Is TomoTherapy the future of IMRT?
The British Journal of Radiology 77 (2004), 285–295.

MVCT/Imaging/Registration

Performance characterization of megavoltage computed tomography imaging on a helical tomotherapy unit
Med Phys 32 (8), August 2005

Prostate contouring uncertainty in MVCT images acquired with a helical tomotherapy unit during image-guided RT.
Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys 65:2 (2006), 595–607.

Serial megavoltage CT imaging during external beam radiotherapy for non-small-cell lung cancer:observations on tumor regression during treatment.
Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys 63:4 (2005), 1024–1028.

The utility of megavoltage computed tomography images from a helical tomotherapy system for setup verification purposes.
Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys 60:5 (2004), 1639–1644.

Shielding

Helical tomotherapy radiation leakage and shielding considerations.
Med Phys 32:3 (2005).

Helical tomotherapy shielding calculation for an existing LINAC treatment room: sample calculation and cautions
Phys Med Biol 51 (2006) N389–N392

Treatment Delivery/Beam Characteristics

Asymmetric fan beams for improvement of the craniocaudal dose distribution in helical tomotherapy delivery.
Med Phys 31:9 (2004).

Benchmarking beam alignment for a clinical helical tomotherapy device.
Med Phys 30:6 (2003).

Clinical helical tomotherapy commissioning dosimetry.
Med Phys 30:12 (2003).

Confirmation, refinement, and extension of a study in intrafraction motion interplay with sliding jaw motion
Med. Phys. 32:7 (2005).

Dose calibration of nonconventional treatment systems applied to helical tomotherapy.
Med Phys 32:2 (2005).

Interpolation and extrapolation of dose measurements with different detector sizes to improve the spatial resolution of radiotherapy dosimetry as demonstrated for helical tomotherapy
Phys Med Biol 49 (2004), 3665–3674.

Investigation of dose homogeneity for loose helical tomotherapy delivery in the context of breath-hold radiation therapy.
Phys Med Biol 50 (2005), 2387–2404.

A Monte Carlo derived TG-51 equivalent calibration for helical tomotherapy
Med. Phys. 32:5 (2005).

A novel method to correct for pitch and yaw patient setup errors in helical tomotherapy.
Med. Phys. 32:6 (2005).

Pitch, roll, and yaw variations in patient positioning.
Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys 66:5 (2006) 949-955.

Radiation characteristics of helical tomotherapy.
Med Phys 31:2 (2004).

Real-time respiration monitoring using the radiotherapy treatment beam and four-dimensional computed tomography (4DCT)—a conceptual study.
Phys Med Biol 51 (2006), 4469–4495.

Algorithm

Accurate convolution/superposition for multi-resolution dose calculation using cumulative tabulated kernels.
Phys Med Biol 50 (2005), 655–680.

Automatic re-contouring in 4D radiotherapy.
Phys Med Biol 51 (2006), 1077–1099.

Deformable registration of the planning image (kVCT) and the daily images (MVCT) for adaptive radiation therapy.
Phys Med Biol 51 (2006), 4357–4374.

Fast free-form deformable registration via calculus of variations.
Phys Med Biol 49 (2004), 3067–3087.

A feasible method for clinical delivery verification and dose reconstruction in tomotherapy.
Med Phys 28:4 ( 2001).

Iterative approaches to dose optimization in tomotherapy.
Phys Med Biol 45 (2000), 69–90.

Modelling simple helically delivered dose distributions.
Phys Med Biol 50 (2005), 1505–1517.

Motion-encoded dose calculation through fluence/sinogram modification.
Med Phys 32:1 (2005).

The use of megavoltage CT (MVCT) images for dose recomputations.
Phys Med Biol 50 (2005), 4259–4276.

QA

Evaluation of a diode array (Tomo Dose) for QA measurements on a helical tomotherapy unit.
Med Phys 32:11 (2005), 3424–3430.

Evaluation of the gamma dose distribution comparison method.
Med Phys 30:9 (2003).

Fast radiographic film calibration procedure for helical tomotherapy intensity modulated radiation therapy dose verification.
Med Phys 32:6 (2005).

Helical tomotherapy dynamic quality assurance
Med Phys 33:10 (2006), 3939–3950.

Interpolation and extrapolation of dose measurements with different detector sizes to improve the spatial resolution of radiotherapy dosimetry as demonstrated for helical tomotherapy.
Phys Med Biol 49 (2004), 3665–3674.

Out-of-field dosimetry measurements for a helical tomotherapy system.
J Applied Clin Med Phys 7:3 (2006).

Output and energy fluctuations of the tomotherapy Hi·Art helical tomotherapy system.
Med Phys 31:7 (2004).

Quality assurance of a helical tomotherapy machine.
Phys Med Biol 49 (2004), 2933–2953.

A technique for the quantitative evaluation of dose distributions.
Med Phys 25:5 (1998).

The use of a commercial QA device for daily output check of a helical tomotherapy unit
Med Phys 33:10 (2006).

Clinical

Head and Neck

Comparing step-and-shoot IMRT with dynamic helical tomotherapy imrt plans for head-and-neck cancer.
Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys 62:5 (2005), 1535–1539.

A dosimetric comparison of non-coplanar IMRT versus Helical Tomotherapy for nasal cavity and paranasal sinus cancer.
Radiotherapy and Oncology 82 (2007), 174–178.

Evaluation of image-guidance protocols in the treatment of head-and-neck cancers.
Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys 67:3 (2007), 670–677.

Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) dosimetry of the head and neck: a comparison of treatment plans using linear accelerator–based imrt and helical tomotherapy
Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys 65:3 (2006), 917–923.

Intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for carcinoma of the maxillary sinus: a comparison of imrt planning systems.
Med Dosimetry 31:3 (2006), 224–232.

Significant improvement in normal tissue sparing and target coverage for head and neck cancer by means of helical tomotherapy.
Radiotherapy and Oncology 78 (2006), 276–282

Lung

Feasibility report of image guided stereotactic body radiotherapy (IG-SBRT) with tomotherapy for early stage medically inoperable lung cancer using extreme hypofractionation.
Acta Oncologica 45 (2006), 890–896.

A new approach to dose escalation in non–small-cell lung cancer.
Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys 49:1 (2001), 23–33.

Planning evaluation of radiotherapy for complex lung cancer cases using helical tomotherapy.
Phys Med Biol 49 (2004), 3675–3690.

Reduction in radiation dose to lung and other normal tissues using helical tomotherapy to treat lung cancer, in comparison to conventional field arrangements.
Am J Clin Oncol (CCT) 26:1 (2003), 70–78.

A technique for adaptive image-guided helical tomotherapy for lung cancer.
Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys 64:4 (2006), 1237–1244.

Breast

Evaluation of two tomotherapy-based techniques for the delivery of whole-breast intensity-modulated radiation therapy.
Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys 65:1 (2006), 284–290.

Helical tomotherapy as a means of delivering accelerated partial breast irradiation.
Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment 3:6 (2004).

Abdomen/Pelvis

A comparison of prostate IMRT and helical tomotherapy class solutions.
Radiotherapy and Oncology 80 (2006), 374–377.

Daily variations in the position of the prostate bed in patients with prostate cancer receiving postoperative external beam radiation therapy.
Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys 66:2 (2006), 593–596.

Dosimetric comparison of helical tomotherapy treatment and step-and-shoot intensity-modulated radiotherapy of retroperitoneal sarcoma.
Radiotherapy and Oncology 1:26 (2006).

Dosimetric and in vivo verification for conformal avoidance treatment of anal carcinoma using helical TomoTherapy.
Med Dos 32:1 (2007), 33–37.

Initial experience with megavoltage (MV) CT guidance for daily prostate alignments.
Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys 62:5 (2005), 1517–1524.

Optimization of helical tomotherapy treatment plans for prostate cancer.
Phys Med Biol 48 (2003), 1933–1943.

Pelvic nodal dose escalation with prostate hypofractionation using conformal avoidance defined (H-CAD) intensity modulated radiation therapy.
Acta Oncologica 45 (2006), 717–727.

SRS/SRT/SBRT/Hypofractionation

Comparison of advanced irradiation techniques with photons for benign intracranial tumours.
Radiotherapy and Oncology 80 (2006), 268–273.

Dose as a function of liver volume and planning target volume in helical tomotherapy, intensity-modulated radiation therapy–based stereotactic body radiation therapy for hepatic metastasis.
Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys 66:2 (2006), 620–625.

Dosimetric comparisons of helical tomotherapy treatment plans and step-and-shoot intensity-modulated radiosurger treatment plans in intracranial stereotactic radiosurgery.
Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys65:2 (2006), 608–616.

Feasibility report of image guided stereotactic body radiotherapy (IG-SBRT) with tomotherapy for early stage medically inoperable lung cancer using extreme hypofractionation
Acta Oncologica 45 (2006), 890–896.

Tomotherapy planning of small brain tumours.
Radiotherapy and Oncology 74 (2005), 49–52.

Adaptive

Clinical implementation of adaptive helical tomotherapy: a unique approach to image-guided intensity modulated radiotherapy technology in cancer research and treatment.
Technol Cancer Res Treat 5:5 (2006), 465-79.

Deformable registration of the planning image (kVCT) and the daily images (MVCT) for adaptive radiation therapy.
Phys Med Biol 51 (2006), 4357–4374.

Helical tomotherapy: image guidance and adaptive dose guidance
Front Radiat Ther Oncol 40 (2007) 162–178.

A technique for adaptive image-guided helical tomotherapy for lung cancer
Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys 64:4 (2006), 1237–1244.

The use of megavoltage CT (MVCT) images for dose recomputations.
Phys Med Biol 50 (2005), 4259–4276.

Specialized

Feasibility of cranio-spinal axis radiation with the Hi•Art tomotherapy system.
Radiotherapy and Oncology 76 (2005), 72–78.

Feasibility study of helical tomotherapy for total body or total marrow irradiation.
Med Phys 32:10 (2005).

Helical tomotherapy for craniospinal radiation.
The British Journal of Radiology, 78 (2005), 548–552.

Targeted total marrow irradiation using three-dimensional image guided tomographic intensity-modulated radiation therapy: an alternative to standard total body irradiation.
Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 12:3 (2006), 306–315.

Total scalp irradiation using helical tomotherapy.
Medical Dosimetry 30:3 (2005), 162–168.

Comparison studies

Comparison of advanced irradiation techniques with photons for benign intracranial tumours.
Radiotherapy and Oncology 80 (2006), 268–273.

Dosimetric and in vivo verification for conformal avoidance treatment of anal carcinoma using helical TomoTherapy.
Med Dos 32:1 (2007), 33–37.

Dosimetric comparisons of helical tomotherapy treatment plans and step-and-shoot intensity-modulated radiosurger treatment plans in intracranial stereotactic radiosurgery.
Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys65:2 (2006), 608–616.

Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) dosimetry of the head and neck: a comparison of treatment plans using linear accelerator–based imrt and helical tomotherapy
Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys 65:3 (2006), 917–923.

Intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for carcinoma of the maxillary sinus: a comparison of IMRT planning systems.
Med Dos 31:3 (2006), 224–232.

A prospective evaluation of helical tomotherapy.
Int J Rad Onc Biol Phy 68:2 (2007),632–41.

Significant improvement in normal tissue sparing and target coverage for head and neck cancer by means of helical tomotherapy.
Radiotherapy and Oncology 78 (2006), 276–282.