A proof-of-concept study of direct magnetic resonance imaging-based proton dose calculation for brain tumors via neural networks with Monte Carlo-comparable accuracy
This study demonstrated the feasibility of MC-quality proton dose calculations directly from MR images for brain tumor patients, achieving comparable accuracy with faster computation and simplified implementation.
Authors
- Carla Winterhalter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4289-984X)
- Sairos Safai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0459-4534)
- Muheng Li
- Ye Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1608-4467)
- Xia Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2284-1700)
- Antony Lomax (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0666-425X)
Institutions
- Paul Scherrer Institute (CH)
- ETH Zurich (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology
- Published
- 2025-07-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phro.2025.100806
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.08