Tomas Kron

Radiomics feature stability of open-source software evaluated on apparent diffusion coefficient maps in head and neck cancer.

James C Korte, Carlos Cardenas, Nicholas Hardcastle, Tomas Kron, Jihong Wang, Houda Bahig, Baher Elgohari, Rachel Ger, Laurence Court, Clifton D Fuller, Sweet Ping Ng

Journal article  |  2021  |  Sci Rep

Radiomics is a promising technique for discovering image based biomarkers of therapy response in cancer. Reproducibility of radiom..

A retrospective review of the long-term outcomes of online adaptive radiation therapy and conventional radiation therapy for muscle invasive bladder cancer

Janice Yeh, Mathias Bressel, Keen Hun Tai, Tomas Kron, Farshad Foroudi

Journal article  |  2021  |  CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RADIATION ONCOLOGY

Background and Purpose: To report long-term outcomes of online image-guided (IG) adaptive radiation therapy (aRT) versus conventio..

Single-Fraction vs Multifraction Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy for Pulmonary Oligometastases (SAFRON II) The Trans Tasman Radiation Oncology Group 13.01 Phase 2 Randomized Clinical Trial

Shankar Siva, Mathias Bressel, Tao Mai, Hien Le, Shalini Vinod, Harini de Silva, Sean Macdonald, Marketa Skala, Nicholas Hardcastle, Angela Rezo, David Pryor, Suki Gill, Braden Higgs, Kassandra Wagenfuehr, Rebecca Montgomery, Raef Awad, Brent Chesson, Thomas Eade, Wenchang Wong, Giuseppe Sasso, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  JAMA ONCOLOGY

Importance: Evidence is lacking from randomized clinical trials to guide the optimal approach for stereotactic ablative body radio..

Calculation algorithms and penumbra: Underestimation of dose in organs at risk in dosimetry audits

Jeremy Hughes, Jessica Elizabeth Lye, Fayz Kadeer, Andrew Alves, Maddison Shaw, Jeremy Supple, Stephanie Keehan, Francis Gibbons, Joerg Lehmann, Tomas Kron

Journal article  |  2021  |  MEDICAL PHYSICS

PURPOSE: The aim of this study is to investigate overdose to organs at risk (OARs) observed in dosimetry audits in Monte Carlo (MC..

Personalising treatment plan quality review with knowledge-based planning in the TROG 15.03 trial for stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy in primary kidney cancer

Nicholas Hardcastle, Olivia Cook, Xenia Ray, Alisha Moore, Kevin L Moore, David Pryor, Alana Rossi, Farshad Foroudi, Tomas Kron, Shankar Siva

Journal article  |  2021  |  RADIATION ONCOLOGY

INTRODUCTION: Quality assurance (QA) of treatment plans in clinical trials improves protocol compliance and patient outcomes. Retr..

Reducing the impact on renal function of kidney SABR through management of respiratory motion.

Mathieu Gaudreault, Shankar Siva, Tomas Kron, Nicholas Hardcastle

Journal article  |  2021  |  Phys Med

PURPOSE: Stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy (SABR) is as a viable treatment option to treat kidney cancer. This study quantif..

Out-of-field dose in stereotactic radiotherapy for paediatric patients

Lachlan Garrett, Nicholas Hardcastle, Adam Yeo, Peta Lonski, Rick Franich, Tomas Kron

Journal article  |  2021  |  PHYSICS & IMAGING IN RADIATION ONCOLOGY

Background and purpose: Stereotactic radiotherapy combines image guidance and high precision delivery with small fields to deliver..

A validation framework to assess performance of commercial deformable image registration in lung radiotherapy

K Kumar, O Gulal, RD Franich, T Kron, AU Yeo

Journal article  |  2021  |  PHYSICA MEDICA-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL PHYSICS

INTRODUCTION: Deformable image registration (DIR) can play an important role in the context of adaptive radiotherapy. The AAPM Tas..

Development of a physical geometric phantom for deformable image registration credentialing of radiotherapy centers for a clinical trial

Noriyuki Kadoya, Siwaporn Sakulsingharoj, Tomas Kron, Adam Yao, Nicholas Hardcastle, Alanah Bergman, Hiroyuki Okamoto, Nobutaka Mukumoto, Yujiro Nakajima, Keiichi Jingu, Mitsuhiro Nakamura

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF APPLIED CLINICAL MEDICAL PHYSICS

PURPOSE: This study aimed to develop a physical geometric phantom for the deformable image registration (DIR) credentialing of rad..

Contralateral breast dose with electronic compensators and conventional tangential fields - A clinical dosimetric study.

Prabhakar Ramachandran, Amanda Smith, Jim Hagekyriakou, Jeremy Hughes, Peta Lonski, Beth Howard, Glen Osbourne, Kylie Orr, Ravneet Kaur, Tomas Kron

Journal article  |  2021  |  Z Med Phys

Dose to the contralateral breast (CLB) from radiotherapy treatment has the potential to induce secondary breast cancer. Electronic..