2023
Re: Letter to the editor with regards to “Impact of detector selection on commissioning of Leipzig surface applicators with improving immobilization in high-dose-rate brachytherapy” by Li et al.
Tien C, Draeger E, Pinkham D, Carlson D, Jay Chen Z. Re: Letter to the editor with regards to “Impact of detector selection on commissioning of Leipzig surface applicators with improving immobilization in high-dose-rate brachytherapy” by Li et al. Brachytherapy 2023, 22: 290. PMID: 36707330, DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2022.11.004.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersPreliminary dosimetric comparison between fixed and rotating source stereotactic radiosurgery systems
Draeger E, Chen Z, Hansen J, Chiang V, Tien C. Preliminary dosimetric comparison between fixed and rotating source stereotactic radiosurgery systems. Journal Of Applied Clinical Medical Physics 2023, 24: e13907. PMID: 36660774, PMCID: PMC10161057, DOI: 10.1002/acm2.13907.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConformity indexRadiation Therapy Oncology Group conformity indexGK plansSuperior conformity indexNon-metastatic casesPaddick conformity indexDosimetric plan qualityGK patientsBrain metastasesRadiosurgery systemTrigeminal neuralgiaPrescription dosesGamma Knife systemMetastatic casesArteriovenous malformationsPituitary adenomasConformality indexLarge cohortDosimetric comparisonStereotactic radiosurgery systemGK IconPatientsCohortTreatment timeDosimetric results
2020
Use of CT simulation and 3-D radiation therapy treatment planning system to develop and validate a total-body irradiation technique for the New Zealand White rabbit
Poirier Y, Prado C, Prado K, Draeger E, Jackson IL, Vujaskovic Z. Use of CT simulation and 3-D radiation therapy treatment planning system to develop and validate a total-body irradiation technique for the New Zealand White rabbit. International Journal Of Radiation Biology 2020, 97: s10-s18. PMID: 32924716, DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2019.1665215.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNew Zealand white rabbitsAcute radiation syndromeDose-response relationshipZealand white rabbitsTBI techniquePrescribed doseAverage doseWhite rabbitsTotal body irradiation (TBI) exposureRadiation dose-response relationshipTotal body irradiation techniqueMedical countermeasure efficacyMonitor unitsLeft decubitus positionTreatment planning systemMaximal doseRadiation syndromeIndividual organ dosesAnimal modelsRadiotherapy techniquesTherapy treatment planning systemCountermeasure efficacyExperienced dosimetristDecreased attenuationDose homogeneity
2019
A Dose of Reality: How 20 Years of Incomplete Physics and Dosimetry Reporting in Radiobiology Studies May Have Contributed to the Reproducibility Crisis
Draeger E, Sawant A, Johnstone C, Koger B, Becker S, Vujaskovic Z, Jackson IL, Poirier Y. A Dose of Reality: How 20 Years of Incomplete Physics and Dosimetry Reporting in Radiobiology Studies May Have Contributed to the Reproducibility Crisis. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2019, 106: 243-252. PMID: 31288053, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2019.06.2545.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHematological Effects of Non-Homogenous Ionizing Radiation Exposure in a Non-Human Primate Model
Jackson IL, Gibbs A, Poirier Y, Wathen L, Eley J, Draeger E, Gopalakrishnan M, Benjamin B, Vujaskovic Z. Hematological Effects of Non-Homogenous Ionizing Radiation Exposure in a Non-Human Primate Model. Radiation Research 2019, 191: 428-438. PMID: 30870098, DOI: 10.1667/rr15280.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLower half-body irradiationUpper half body irradiationHalf-body irradiationTotal body irradiationDose-volume effectsNon-human primatesBM toxicityRadiation exposureBone marrowClinical signs/symptomsRadiation dose-volume effectsNon-human primate modelHigh-grade feverSigns/symptomsBone marrow toxicityPeripheral blood samplesAcute radiation syndromeIonizing Radiation ExposureBlood-forming organsSevere neutropeniaRespiratory distressHematologic changesMarrow toxicityBM damagePrimate model