Publications

    A Study of Homogeneity Parameters in Low Dose Rate Interstitial Brachytherapy; V. Chaswal, D.L. Henderson, B.R. Thomadsen, July 2007 [presented at the 49th Annual AAPM (American Association of Physicists in Medicine) Meeting, 22-26 July 2007, Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis MN]. (1 page, 444 kB)

    Radiation Treatment Planning Using Discrete Ordinates Codes; R.N. Slaybaugh, M.L. Williams, D. Ilas, D.E. Peplow, R.A. Lillie, B.L. Kirk, Y.Y. Azmy, T.L. Nichols, M.P. Langer, June 2007 [presented at the ANS Annual Meeting, 24-28 June 2007, Boston Marriott Copley Place Hotel, Boston, MA]. (28 pages, 1.1 MB)

V. Chaswal, B.R. Thomadsen, Liyong Lin and D.L. Henderson, "Interstitial Prostate Implant Brachtherapy using an Automated, 3-D Greedy Heuristic Optimization and I-125 Directional Sources," 28th Annual ABS (American Brachytherapy Society) Meeting, April 29 - May 1, 2007, Chicago, Illinois.

    Interstitial Prostate Implant Brachtherapy Using an Automated, 3-D Greedy Heuristic Optimization and I-125 Directional Sources; V. Chaswal, B.R. Thomadsen, Liyong Lin and D.L. Henderson, April 2007 [presented at the 28th Annual ABS (American Brachytherapy Society) Meeting, 29 April - 1 May 2007, Chicago IL]. (1 page, 3.0 MB)

    Radiation Treatment Planning Using Discrete Ordinates Codes; R. Slaybaugh, March 2007 [presented at the 2007 ANS Student Conference, Oregon State University, Corvallis OR, 29-31 March 2007; won Best Paper Award in the Health Physics category]. (28 pages, 1.8 MB)

S. Yoo, M.E. Kowalok, D.L. Henderson, and B.R. Thomadsen, "A Greedy Heuristic using Adjoint Functions for the Optimization of Seed and Needle Configurations in Prostate Seed Implant," Phys. Med. and Bio., 52, 815-828 (February 2007).

V. Chaswal, S. Yoo, B.R. Thomadsen, and D.L. Henderson, "Multi-species Prostate Implant Treatment-Plans incorporating 192-Ir and 125-I using a Greedy Heuristic based 3-D Optimization Algorithm," Medical Physics, 34, No. 2, 436-444 (February 2007).

L. Lin, B.R. Thomadsen, M. Ritter, J. Fowler, R. Patel, S. Bentzen, and D. L. Henderson,"New Directional Brachytherapy Sources Offer Improved Dosimetry and the Potential for Monotherapy in Higher Risk Prostate Tumors," 48th Annual ASTRO (American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology) Meeting, November 5-9, 2006, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Liyong Lin, R. Patel, B.R. Thomadsen and D.L. Henderson,"The use of Directional Interstitial Sources to Reduce Skin Dose in Breast Brachytherapy," 48th Annual AAPM (American Association of Physicists in Medicine) Meeting, July 23-27, 2006, Orlando, Florida.

    The Use of Directional Interstitial Sources to Reduce Skin Dose in Breast Brachytherapy; Liyong Lin, R. Patel, B.R. Thomadsen and D.L. Henderson, July 2006 [presented at the 48th Annual AAPM (American Association of Physicists in Medicine) Meeting, July 23-27, 2006, Orlando, FL]. (1 page, 3.6 MB)

M.E. Kowalok, D.L. Henderson, and T.R. Mackie,"A Method for Computing Energy Spectra for Multiple Orders of Compton-Scattered Photons," 47th Annual AAPM (American Association of Physicists in Medicine) Meeting, July 24-28, 2005, Seattle, Washington.

Liyong Lin, V. Chaswal, D.L. Henderson and B.R. Thomadsen,"Assessment of a Prostate Treatment Plan using Directional Brachytherapy", 47th Annual AAPM (American Association of Physicists in Medicine) Meeting, July 24-28, 2005, Seattle, Washington.

M.E. Kowalok, R. Jeraj, T.D. Bohm, T.R. Mackie, and D.L. Henderson, "Iterative Adjoint and Forward Monte Carlo transport for External Beam Treatment Planning," 46th Annual AAPM (American Association of Physicists in Medicine) Meeting, July 25-29, 2004, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

V. Chaswal, S. Yoo, B.R. Thomadsen, and D.L. Henderson, "Investigations into the use of Multi-species Seeds in Interstitial Prostate Implant Brachtherapy using the 3-D Treatment Optimization program based upon the Greedy Heuristic Algorithm," 46th Annual AAPM (American Association of Physicists in Medicine) Meeting, July 25-29, 2004, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Liyong Lin, B.R. Thomadsen and D.L. Henderson, "Design of a Directional Brachytherapy Source," 46th Annual AAPM (American Association of Physicists in Medicine) Meeting, July 25-29, 2004, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

S. Yoo, M.E. Kowalok, D.L. Henderson, and B.R. Thomadsen, "Treatment Planning for Prostate Brachytherapy using Region of Interest Adjoint Functions and a Greedy Heuristic," Phys. Med. and Bio., 48, 4077-4090 (December 2003).

M.E. Kowalok, R. Jeraj, T.D. Bohm, T.R. Mackie, and D.L. Henderson, "Performance of lattice- and mesh-based tallies in MCNP and MCNPX Monte Carlo codes," 45th Annual AAPM (American Association of Physicists in Medicine) Meeting, August 10-14, 2003, San Diego, California.

S. Yoo, M.E. Kowalok, D.L. Henderson, and B.R. Thomadsen, "Seed and Needle Optimization for Brachytherapy using a Greed Heuristic and Adjoint Functions," 45th Annual AAPM (American Association of Physicists in Medicine) Meeting, August 10-14, 2003, San Diego, California.

M. Kowalok, D.L. Henderson, and T.R. Mackie, "Region-of-Interest Adjoint Functions as an Initial Guess for Iterative Inverse Treatment Planning," 44th Annual AAPM (American Association of Physicists in Medicine) Meeting, July 14-18, 2002, Montreal, Canada.

S. Yoo, D.L. Henderson, and B.R. Thomadsen, "A Greedy Algorithm for the Optimization of Prostate Implant using the Adjoint Concept," 44th Annual AAPM (American Association of Physicists in Medicine) Meeting, July 14-18, 2002, Montreal, Canada.

M. Kowalok, D.L. Henderson, and T.R. Mackie, "An Adjoint Monte Carlo Method for External Beam Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning," 43rd Annual AAPM (American Association of Physicists in Medicine) Meeting, July 22-26, 2001, Salt Lake City, Utah.

    Optimization in Permanent Prostate Implant Treatment Planning Using the Adjoint Dose Calculation and the Source Influence Fields; S. Yoo, D.L. Henderson, B.R. Thomadsen, July 2001 [presented at the 43rd Annual AAPM (American Association of Physicists in Medicine) Meeting, 22-26 July 2001, Salt Lake City UT]. (1 page, 1.8 MB)

M. Kowalok and D.L. Henderson, "An Investigation of the Adjoint Method for External Beam Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning using Monte Carlo Transport,'' Proceedings of ICONE-9: 9th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, April 8-12, 2001, Nice, France.

S. Yoo, D.L. Henderson, and B.R. Thomadsen, "Optimization of Prostate Cancer Treatment Plans using the Adjoint Transport Method and Discrete Ordinates Codes,'' Proceedings of ICONE-9: 9th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, April 8-12, 2001, Nice, France.