OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Medical Dosimetry is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT) versus intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for the treatment of head and neck cancer: A dosimetric comparison	16
Characterization of 3D-printed bolus produced at different printing parameters	12
Systematic evaluation and plan quality assessment of the Leksell® gamma knife® lightning dose optimizer	12
Challenges in lung and heart avoidance for postmastectomy breast cancer radiotherapy: Is automated planning the answer?	12
Continuous positive airway pressure with deep inspiration breath hold in left-sided breast radiation therapy	11
Whole brain radiotherapy with hippocampal sparing using Varian HyperArc	10
Radiotherapy for the prophylaxis of heterotopic ossification after total hip arthroplasty: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trails	10
Evaluation of patient-specific motion management for radiotherapy planning computed tomography using a statistical method	9
Dose accumulation of daily adaptive plans to decide optimal plan adaptation strategy for head-and-neck patients treated with MR-Linac	9
Reduction of cardiac dose using respiratory-gated MR-linac plans for gastro-esophageal junction cancer	9
Case report of visual biofeedback-driven, magnetic resonance-guided single-fraction SABR in breath hold for early stage non–small-cell lung cancer	9
Fully automated planning and delivery of hippocampal-sparing whole brain irradiation	8
Dosimetric assessment of bolus for postmastectomy radiotherapy	8
RapidPlan hippocampal sparing whole brain model version 2—how far can we reduce the dose?	8
Mean parotid dose prediction model using machine learning regression method for intensity-modulated radiotherapy in head and neck cancer	8
The robustness of VMAT radiotherapy for breast cancer with tissue deformations	7
Performance evaluation of adaptive aperture's static and dynamic collimation in a compact pencil beam scanning proton therapy system: A dosimetric comparison study for multiple disease sites	7
Investigating the utilization of beam-specific apertures for the intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT) head and neck cancer plans	7
Stereotactic MR-guided online adaptive radiotherapy reirradiation (SMART reRT) for locally recurrent pancreatic adenocarcinoma: A case report	7
Patient-specific radiotherapy quality assurance for estimating actual treatment dose	7
Assessment of semi-automated stereotactic treatment planning for online adaptive radiotherapy in ethos	7
Treatment of glioblastoma using MRIdian® A3i BrainTx™: Imaging and treatment workflow demonstration	7
Daily online adaptive magnetic resonance image (MRI) guided stereotactic body radiation therapy for primary renal cell cancer	6
Radiosurgery treatment planning using conformal arc informed volumetric modulated arc therapy	6
A clinical and time savings evaluation of a deep learning automatic contouring algorithm	6

Proton beam therapy can achieve lower vertebral bone marrow dose than photon beam therapy during chemoradiation therapy of esophageal cancer	6
Treatment planning of scanned proton beams in RayStation	6
Description and evaluation of a new volumetric-modulated arc therapy plan complexity metric	6
Clinical target volume segmentation based on gross tumor volume using deep learning for head and neck cancer treatment	5
Comparing the robustness of different skin flash approaches using wide tangents, manual flash VMAT, and simulated organ motion robust optimization VMAT in breast and nodal radiotherapy	5
Does irregular breathing impact on respiratory gated radiation therapy of lung stereotactic body radiation therapy treatments?	5
Dosimetric assessment of brass mesh bolus and transparent polymer-gel type bolus for commonly used breast treatment delivery techniques	5
Investigation of approaches for internal target volume definition using 4-dimensional computed tomography in stereotactic body radiotherapy of lung cancer	5
Automatic feathering algorithm for VMAT craniospinal irradiation: A comprehensive comparison with other VMAT planning strategies	5
Prostate radiotherapy in the setting of bilateral hip prostheses: All commonly used photon-based radiation approaches are feasible	5
Comparative evaluation of treatment plan quality for a prototype biology-guided radiotherapy system in the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma	5
Convolutional neural network and transfer learning for dose volume histogram prediction for prostate cancer radiotherapy	5
Verification using in vivo optically stimulated luminescent dosimetry of the predicted skin surface dose in patients receiving postmastectomy radiotherapy	5
Patient setup accuracy in DIBH radiotherapy of breast cancer with lymph node inclusion using surface tracking and image guidance	5
Feasibility of hippocampal avoidance whole brain radiation in patients with hippocampal involvement: Data from a prospective study	5
Automatic one-click planning for hippocampal-avoidance whole-brain irradiation in RayStation	4
Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy Better Spares Non-Adjacent Organs and Reduces the Risk of Secondary Malignant Neoplasms in the Treatment of Sinonasal Cancers	4
Dynamic conformal arcs-based single-isocenter VMAT planning technique for radiosurgery of multiple brain metastases	4
Assessing tumor centrality in lung stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy (SABR): the effects of variations in bronchial tree delineation and potential for automated methods	4
Dosimetric benefits of 3D-printed modulated electron bolus following lumpectomy and whole-breast radiotherapy for left breast cancer	4
Management of multiple brain metastases via dual-isocenter VMAT stereotactic radiosurgery	4
Dosimetric comparison of intensity modulated radiotherapy and intensity modulated proton therapy in the treatment of recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma	4
Why all radiotherapy planning studies are wrong but some are useful	4
Effects of gas-filled temporary breast tissue expanders on radiation dose from modulated rotational photon beams	4
Impact of treatment planning quality assurance software on volumetric-modulated arc therapy plans for prostate cancer patients	4
Application of an automated dose accumulation workflow in high-risk prostate cancer - validation and dose-volume analysis between planned and delivered dose	4
The spatial accuracy of ring-mounted halcyon linac versus C-arm TrueBeam linac for single-isocenter/multi-target SBRT treatment	4
VMAT partial arc technique decreases dose to organs at risk in whole pelvic radiotherapy for prostate cancer when compared to full arc VMAT and IMRT	4
Left anterior descending artery avoidance in patients receiving breast irradiation	3
Statistical analysis of correlation of gamma passing results for two quality assurance phantoms used for patient-specific quality assurance in volumetric modulated arc radiotherapy	3
Dosimetric evaluation of image-guided radiation therapy for prostate cancer	3
Dose simulations of an early 20th century kilovoltage pneumonia radiotherapy technique performed with a modern fluoroscope	3
Dosimetric benefits of dynamic conformal arc therapy-combined with active breath-hold in lung stereotactic body radiotherapy	3
Application of hypoglossal nerve constraint in definitive radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A dosimetric feasibility study	3
Pituitary adenoma treatment plan quality comparison between linear accelerator volumetric modulated arc therapy and Leksell Gamma Knife® radiosurgery	3
Rationale for using a C-arm fluoroscope to deliver a kilovoltage radiotherapy treatment to COVID-19 patients	3
Dosimetric comparison of analytical anisotropic algorithm and the two dose reporting modes of Acuros XB dose calculation algorithm in volumetric modulated arc therapy of carcinoma lung and carcinoma p	3
Double-vertebral segment SBRT via novel ring-mounted Halcyon Linac: Plan quality, delivery efficiency and accuracy	3
A predictive model for determining rectum and bladder dose constraints in prostate volumetric modulated arc therapy	2
4D in vivo dose verification for real‐time tumor tracking treatments using EPID dosimetry	2
Measuring foetal dose from tomotherapy treatments	2
Improvement of target coverage using automated non-coplanar volumetric modulated arc therapy planning in stereotactic radiotherapy for cervical metastatic spinal tumors	2
Evaluation of treatment plan quality for head and neck IMRT: a multicenter study	2
High-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy vs external beam radiation for the treatment of complex keloids	2
Accelerated hypofractionated magnetic resonance-guided adaptive radiotherapy for oligoprogressive non-small cell lung cancer	2
New method for measurement of chest surface motion in lung cancer patients: Quantification using a technique of deformable image registration	2
A new index for evaluating the fit of dose distribution to target volume: Dose distribution fix index	2
Evaluating the plan quality of a general head-and-neck knowledge-based planning model versus separate unilateral/bilateral models	2
Comparison of setup errors of immobilization devices for thoracic radiotherapy	2
Magnetic resonance image-guided hypofractionated ablative radiation therapy for extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: Plan adaptation in changing anatomy	2

Leading past COVID-19: An analysis of remote work now and beyond	2
Feasibility of a TPS-integrated method to incorporate tumor motion in the margin recipe	2
The dosimetric advantages of perirectal hydrogel spacer in men with localized prostate cancer undergoing stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR)	2
Investigation of interfractional variation in lung tumor position under expiratory-phase breath hold using cone-beam computed tomography in stereotactic body radiation therapy	2
Improvement in plan quality after Implementation of clinical goals in a large network of cancer centers	2
Analysis of R50% location dependence on LINAC-based VMAT cranial stereotactic treatments	2
A Planning Comparison of IMRT vs. Pencil Beam Scanning for Deep Inspiration Breath Hold Lung Cancers	2
The robustness of prostate radiotherapy for patients with hip prosthesis	2
Dosimetric comparison and secondary malignancy risk estimation for linac-based and robotic stereotactic radiotherapy in uveal melanoma	2
Normal tissue exposure and second malignancy risk in vertebral-body-sparing craniospinal irradiation	2
Various cost functions evaluation of commercial biologically based treatment planning system for nasopharyngeal cancer	2
Lung SBRT treatment planning: a study of VMAT arc selection guided by collision check software	2
Analyzing changes in radiotherapy treatment planning error reporting during the COVID-19 pandemic	2
Evaluation of incidental testicular dose with thermoluminescence dosimetry during prostate radiotherapy	2
Dose–volume comparison of intensity modulated proton therapy and volumetric modulated arc therapy for cervical esophageal cancer	2
A novel approach to embed eye shields in customized bolus on nasal dorsum treatment for electron radiotherapy	2
A novel restricted single-isocenter stereotactic body radiotherapy (RESIST) method for synchronous multiple lung lesions to minimize setup uncertainties	2
Incidence of work related musculoskeletal disorders in medical dosimetry	2
Dosimetric assessment of the mono and dual-isocentric VMAT technique based on flattening filter-free beams for SBRT with non-contiguous spinal targets	2
The feasibility and efficacy of new SBRT technique HyperArc for recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma: noncoplanar cone-based robotic system vs. noncoplanar high-definition MLC based Linac system	2
Initial estimates of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) on heart volume, position and motion in patients receiving chest radiation	2
Dual-energy computed tomography image-based volumetric-modulated arc therapy planning for reducing the effect of contrast-enhanced agent on dose distributions	2
Multiple case dosimetric evaluation of VMAT scalp irradiation using 3D milled bolus	2
The transition in practice to reduce bolus use in post-mastectomy radiotherapy: A dosimetric study of skin and subcutaneous tissue	2
The Impact of COVID-19 on Medical Dosimetry Education: Students’ Perception on the Effectiveness of Program's Immediate Response	2
Case study of a bolus helmet used to maintain optic chiasm and nerve sparing while improving target coverage using IMPT	2