OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Medical Dosimetry is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Establishing a knowledge-based planning model for left-sided breast cancer patients receiving hypofractionated postmastectomy and regional nodal irradiation	30
Directed Journal Reading (DJR) Program, Winter 2024	17
HN-SIB-BPI: A single click, sub-site specific, dosimetric scorecard tuned RapidPlan model created from a foundation model for treating head and neck with bilateral neck	16
Geometric dose summation in adjuvant EBRT and VCBT for endometrial cancer: A retrospective dosimetric analysis	14
New Members List & Corporate Members List, Spring 2024	14
Risk evaluation of secondary malignancies after radiotherapy of breast cancer in light of the continuous development of planning techniques	13
Improved planning efficiency in multiple brain lesion SRS VMAT cases using Eclipse scripting	13
A feasibility study of adaptive radiation therapy for postprostatectomy prostate cancer	12
Dosimetric comparison of coplanar and noncoplanar volumetric modulated arc therapy for hippocampal-sparing whole-brain radiation therapy	11
Dosimetric comparison between RapidArc and HyperArc in hippocampal-sparing whole-brain radiotherapy with a simultaneous integrated boost	11
TEAM participation in the irradiation of IROC phantoms for cooperative group clinical trials	11
Effect of inter-planner variability on knowledge-based treatment planning in moderately hypofractionated prostate cancer	10
A planning-based feasibility study of MR-Linac treatment for anal cancer radiation therapy	7
Dosimetric impact of VMAT delivery angles for early glottic cancer treatment	7
Verification of Qfix Encompass™ couch modeling using the Acuros XB algorithm and HypeArc™ using a high-spatial-resolution two-dimensional diode array	7
Evaluation of the ITV-margin and variables affecting bladder and mesorectal deformation during long course neoadjuvant radiotherapy for rectal cancer	7
Evaluating Pareto optimal tradeoffs for hippocampal avoidance whole brain radiotherapy with knowledge-based multicriteria optimization	6
Feasibility of automated treatment planning for HyperArc-based stereotactic recurrent head and neck cancers using knowledge-based planning, multicriteria optimization, and dosimetric scorecards	6
2024 AAMD Outstanding Achievement Award	6
Assessing the impact of intrafraction motion correction on PTV margins and target and OAR dosimetry for single-fraction free-breathing lung stereotactic body radiation therapy	6
The Impact of COVID-19 on Medical Dosimetry Education: Students’ Perception on the Effectiveness of Program's Immediate Response	6
Difference in VMAT dose distribution for prostate cancer with/without rectal gas removal and/or adaptive replanning	6
The dosimetric impact of trade-off optimization in high-quality Craniospinal Irradiation plans based on volumetric modulated arc therapy technique	5
Systematic evaluation and plan quality assessment of the Leksell® gamma knife® lightning dose optimizer	5
Effects of minimum monitor unit per dynamic control point on intensity‐modulated radiotherapy planning for nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A retrospective study	5

Assessment of semi-automated stereotactic treatment planning for online adaptive radiotherapy in ethos	5
Feasibility study on using low dose CT for adaptive proton therapy	5
Machine learning prediction for lung dose in locally advanced esophageal cancer using volumetric modulated arc therapy	4
A Planning Comparison of IMRT vs. Pencil Beam Scanning for Deep Inspiration Breath Hold Lung Cancers	4
Comparative analysis of two dose-volume histogram prediction tools for treatment planning in volumetric-modulated arc therapy: A multi-planner study	4
It's the little THANGS: Recording frequently unreported errors for dosimetry quality improvement	4
Improving the accuracy of motion quantification using area detector computed tomography for real-time tumor-tracking irradiation in stereotactic ablative radiotherapy	4
Method to assess the need for re-planning HDR brachytherapy tandem and ring treatments	4
Dose accumulation of daily adaptive plans to decide optimal plan adaptation strategy for head-and-neck patients treated with MR-Linac	4
Balancing efficiency and quality: A dosimetric comparison of 6FFF and 10FFF for gated liver SMLC SBRT	4
Dose-response modeling and treatment plan assessment with a python software toolkit	4
Statistical analysis of correlation of gamma passing results for two quality assurance phantoms used for patient-specific quality assurance in volumetric modulated arc radiotherapy	4
Development and clinical implementation of a comprehensive multifractionation scheme HyperArc-based RapidPlan model for single and multiple brain metastases	4
Treatment planning of scanned proton beams in RayStation	4
A measurement validation of improved plan deliverability with monitor unit objective tool for spine stereotactic ablative radiotherapy	4
Whole-brain radiotherapy with hippocampus sparing and simultaneous integrated boost to metastases: A plan quality comparison study between Ethos, HyperArc, VMAT and Tomotherapy	4
Fully automated planning and delivery of hippocampal-sparing whole brain irradiation	4
A retrospective evaluation of mixed energy volumetric modulated arc therapy for anal cancers with lymph node involvement, Eskens et al. 45 (2020): 339-345	4
Evaluation of prostate movement trend using individual patient anatomical information for prostate volumetric modulated arc therapy	3
Breaking barriers: Stereotactic ablative proton and photon radiation therapy for renal cell carcinoma with extensive metastases: A case report	3
Automatic organ contour check: One essential step in autonomous treatment planning	3
Clinical efficacy of AI in lung SABR planning: A comparative retrospective analysis	3
Clinical impact of DVH uncertainties	3
Feasibility of a robust and homogeneous volumetric modulated arc therapy based total body irradiation technique and analysis of dose rate using Elekta solutions	3
An introduction to low dose radiation therapy for shoulder osteoarthritis	3
Contralateral breast radiation doses in breast cancer patients treated with helical tomotherapy	3
Application and dosimetric comparison of surface-guided deep inspiration breath-hold for lung stereotactic body radiotherapy	3
Dosimetric comparison of robotic- and LINAC-based treatment of spine stereotactic body radiotherapy	3
Implementation and evaluation of an iterative-based algorithm for automatic beam angle optimization in breast cancer treatment planning	3
Double-vertebral segment SBRT via novel ring-mounted Halcyon Linac: Plan quality, delivery efficiency and accuracy	3
Hypoglossal nerve delineation in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients may reduce the radiation dose and damage to the nerve	3
Optimal combination of collimator angles for dual-arc volumetric modulated arc therapy planning in stereotactic body radiotherapy for spinal metastases	3
Using dose volume histogram (DVH) predictions to improve the plan quality of helical tomotherapy (HT)	3
Impact of rectal gas on the planning target volume margin for pelvic bone and prostate matching in prostate cancer patients receiving volumetric-modulated arc therapy	3
Carbon ion therapy for laterally located tumors require multiple fixed ports or a rotating gantry	3
New Members List & Corporate Members List, Summer 2025	3
A survey of medical dosimetrists’ perceptions of efficiency and consistency of auto-contouring software	3
Dose-volume comparisons of proton therapy for pencil beam scanning with and without multi-leaf collimator and passive scattering in patients with lung cancer	3
Organ at risk dose-volume metrics in a series of hypofractionated breast radiotherapy with integrated boost	3
A dosimetric comparison of 3D DCAT vs VMAT for palliative and early-stage liver lesions using eclipse TPS	3
Direct dosimetric comparison of linear accelerator vs. Gamma Knife fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (fSRT) of large brain tumors	3
Novel application of an adapted virtual cone technique for the radiosurgical treatment of a 3 mm brain metastasis with a standard multileaf collimator	3
The novel universal conformity index and unconformity index algorithms for radiotherapy treatment plans	3
Assessing proton plans with 3 different beam lines vs photon plans for early-stage lung cancer	2
Validation of the Elekta iBEAM Evo couchtop modeling in the Monaco treatment planning system	2
Comparative dosimetric study of spot-scanning proton therapy versus volumetric-modulated radiation therapy for extrahepatic bile duct cancer	2
Lung SBRT: Dose gradient optimization based on target size	2
Planning target volume margin in head and neck cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy: Estimations derived from own data and literature	2
Dosimetric evaluation of dose shaping by adaptive aperture and its impact on plan quality	2
The impact of avoidance sectors on knowledge-based planning for esophageal cancer treatment	2

Various cost functions evaluation of commercial biologically based treatment planning system for nasopharyngeal cancer	2
Dosimetric comparison of glioblastoma radiotherapy treatment plans on a low-field MRI-guided linear accelerator compared to conventional C-arm linear accelerator	2
Dosimetric comparison of pencil beam scanning proton therapy with or without multi-leaf collimator versus volumetric-modulated arc therapy for treatment of malignant glioma	2
Evaluation of dose and anatomy variability for nasopharyngeal carcinoma radiotherapy with a new fully integrated CT-linac	2
Robust VMAT treatment planning for extremity soft tissue sarcomas	2
Dosimetric characterization of foam padding with posterior fields in palliative radiation therapy	2
Evaluation of the RadCalc collapsed cone dose calculation algorithm against measured data	2
Gyroscopic radiosurgery-based lattice therapy for intracranial tumors: A dosimetric study	2
Investigation of dose profile across the junction of deep inspiration breath hold, breast with supra-clavicle fossa treatments	2
Assessment of automated non-coplanar stereotactic radiosurgery planning in single isocenteric linac-based treatment for brain metastases with respect to planner’s experience	2
Interfraction dose deviation and catheter position in cervical interstitial and intracavitary image guided HDR brachytherapy	2
Target specific collimation within a VMAT trajectory delivery for stereotactic radiosurgery	2
Comparison of intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), 3D conformal proton therapy and intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT) for the treatment of metastatic brain cancer	2
Response to comments raised by a reader to the editor about our recently published paper “Validation of ClearCalc for efficient patient specific QA”	2
New Members List & Corporate Members List, Autumn 2025	2
A clinical and time savings evaluation of a deep learning automatic contouring algorithm	1
Ocular malignancies treated with iodine-125 low dose rate (LDR) brachytherapy at a single high-volume institution: A retrospective review	1
Advancing knowledge-based intensity modulated proton planning for adaptive treatment of high-risk prostate cancer	1
Efficacy of flattening filter-free beams with the acuros XB algorithm in thoracic spine stereotactic body radiation therapy	1
Predictive modeling of dose-volume parameters of carcinoma tongue cases using machine learning models	1
Assessing dosimetric advancements in spatially fractionated radiotherapy: From grids to lattices	1
Assessment of HDR brachytherapy-replicating prostate radiotherapy planning for tomotherapy, cyberknife and VMAT	1
Treating recurrent metastatic breast cancer to the skin with proton therapy	1
Directed Journal Reading (DJR) Program, Autumn 2024	1
The impact of prior authorization on medical dosimetrists: operational, economic, and professional challenges in radiation oncology	1
Automatic one-click planning for hippocampal-avoidance whole-brain irradiation in RayStation	1
Lung SBRT treatment planning: a study of VMAT arc selection guided by collision check software	1
Standardized review criteria improve the efficiency of verification CT workflows in adaptive proton therapy for head-and-neck cancers	1
From organ at risk to target organ: Dosimetric comparison of myocardial stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy between helical tomotherapy and volumetric arc therapy for refractory ventricular tachyc	1
Plan complexity metrics for head and neck VMAT competition plans	1
The influence of average electron density assignment on dose accuracy in MR-guided radiotherapy of rectum cancer	1
Collimator angle selection for prostate and lymph node volumes on the Varian halcyon machine	1
Directed Journal Reading (DJR) Program, Summer 2025	1
A case study of DIBH to spare abdominal organs at risk for renal cell carcinoma MR-guided radiotherapy	1
Impact of dose distribution on rotational setup errors in radiotherapy for prostate cancer	1
Preservation of organs related to future sexual function during prostate stereotactic body radiotherapy: feasibility analysis through a re-optimization process	1
A retrospective study to establish recommendations for plan quality metrics in Lung SBRT	1
Efficacy of hydrogel spacer compared with intensity-modulated radiotherapy for 3-dimensional conformal radiotherapy for prostate cancer	1
Automated single-isocenter stereotactic body radiotherapy for multiple metastases from breast cancer: A case study	1
Patient setup accuracy in DIBH radiotherapy of breast cancer with lymph node inclusion using surface tracking and image guidance	1
Evaluation of the utility of rescans in the treatment of prostate and pelvic nodes with pencil beam scanning protons	1
Treatment plan quality for stereotactic treatment of multiple cranial metastases: Comparison of C-arm and O-ring treatment platforms	1
Proton versus photon comprehensive nodal breast irradiation	1
Effectiveness of 4-dimensional maximum intensity projection (4D-MIP) for respiratory motion management with uncertain interobserver delineation	1
Medical dosimetry virtual clinical education: Mentors’ perspectives	1
Improvement of target coverage using automated non-coplanar volumetric modulated arc therapy planning in stereotactic radiotherapy for cervical metastatic spinal tumors	1
Dosimetric benefits of dynamic conformal arc therapy-combined with active breath-hold in lung stereotactic body radiotherapy	1
Comparing the robustness of different skin flash approaches using wide tangents, manual flash VMAT, and simulated organ motion robust optimization VMAT in breast and nodal radiotherapy	1
Dose verification of 2 targets simultaneously for single-isocenter stereotactic radiation therapy and radiosurgery plans	1
Dosimetric significance of manual density overrides in oropharyngeal cancer	1
The dosimetric advantages of perirectal hydrogel spacer in men with localized prostate cancer undergoing stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR)	1
Dosimetric effect of intensity-modulated radiation therapy for postoperative non-small cell lung cancer with and without air cavity in the planning target volume	1
Diversity of medical dosimetry applicants and graduates	1
Ratio of PTV to normal lung volumes as a dosimetric predictor for lung metrics in peripheral lung SBRT	1
Based on 0.35 T magnetic resonance-guided radiotherapy, what are the nonisotropic PTV margins required for conventional prostate radiotherapy?	1
Dosimetric comparison of IMPT vs VMAT for multiple lung lesions: an NTCP model-based decision-making strategy	1
Novel hybrid treatment planning approach for irradiation a pediatric craniospinal axis	1
A case study on postoperative radiation therapy of the big toe	1
Dosimetry implications of VMAT delivery angles and intra-fraction motion for SBRT prostate treatments	1
Clinical evaluation of deep learning and atlas-based auto-segmentation for organs at risk delineation	1
Convolutional neural network-based prediction of gamma pass rate in volumetric modulated arc therapy using 3d fluence maps and complexity metrics	1
Analyzing changes in radiotherapy treatment planning error reporting during the COVID-19 pandemic	1
Optimizing posterior neck coverage in regional nodal irradiation for breast cancer	1
Dose reduction of hippocampus using HyperArc planning in postoperative radiotherapy for primary brain tumors	1
DIBH reduces right coronary artery and lung radiation dose in right breast cancer loco-regional radiotherapy	1
Evaluation of the trend of set-up errors during the treatment period using set-up margin in prostate radiotherapy	1
A Dosimetric evaluation of a high dose rate cobalt-60 brachytherapy source using shielded, single and multi-channel cylinder applicators for gynecological cancers	1
Robust optimization used to mitigate setup uncertainties in vulvar patients receiving VMAT	1
Plan evaluation tool for spatially fractionated radiation therapy for unresectable large tumors via spatial biological effective dose modeling in combination therapy	1
Evaluation of two treatment planning systems for single isocenter multiple metastases stereotactic radiosurgery treatment planning and delivery	1
VMAT partial arc technique decreases dose to organs at risk in whole pelvic radiotherapy for prostate cancer when compared to full arc VMAT and IMRT	1