Early in vivo Radiation Damage Quantification for Pediatric Craniospinal Irradiation Using Longitudinal MRI for Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy

Purpose: Proton vertebral body sparing craniospinal irradiation (CSI) treats the thecal sac while avoiding the anterior vertebral bodies in an effort to reduce myelosuppression and growth inhibition. However, robust treatment planning needs to compensate for proton range uncertainty, which contribut...

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Main Authors: Chih-Wei Chang, PhD, Matt Goette, PhD, Nadja Kadom, MD, Yinan Wang, MD, Jacob Wynne, MD, Tonghe Wang, PhD, Tian Liu, PhD, Natia Esiashvili, MD, Jun Zhou, PhD, Bree R. Eaton, MD, Xiaofeng Yang, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-09-01
Series:Advances in Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452109423000969