Publications

2023

  • A bi-drectional beam-line energy ramping for efficient patient treatment with scanned proton therapy Actis O, Mayor A, Meer D, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2023).
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/acebb2 DORA PSI
  • Dosimetric and biologic intercomparison between electron and proton FLASH beams Almeida A, Togno M, Ballesteros-Zebadua P, et al.
    Radiother Oncol (2023).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2023.109953
  • Treatment planning comparison for head and neck cancer between photon, proton, and combined proton-photon therapy - From a fixed beam line to an arc Amstutz F, Krcek R, Bachtiary B, et al.
    Radiother Oncol (2023).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2023.109973 DORA PSI
  • A motion model-guided 4D dose reconstruction for pencil beam scanned proton therapy Duetschler A, Huang L, Fattori G, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2023).
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/acd518 DORA PSI
  • A fast analytical dose calculation approach for MRI-guided proton therapy Duetschler A, Winterhalter C, Meier G, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2023).
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/acf90d DORA PSI
  • Detailed Monte-Carlo characterization of a Faraday cup for proton therapy Ewald J, Togno M, Lomax AJ, et al.
    Med Phys (2023).
    DOI: 10.1002/mp.16464
  • Quality of Life, Clinical, and Patient-Reported Outcomes after Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Therapy Delivered for Intracranial Grade WHO 1–2 Meningioma in Children and Adolescents Garcia-Marqueta M, Vazquez M, Krcek R, et al.
    Cancers (2023).
    DOI: 10.3390/cancers15184447 DORA PSI
  • Exploring beamline momentum acceptance for tracking respiratory variability in lung cancer proton therapy: a simulation study Giovannelli AC, Köthe A, Safai S, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2023).
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/acf5c4 DORA PSI
  • Technical note: Towards more realistic 4DCT(MRI) numerical lung phantoms Jenny T, Duetschler A, Giger A, et al.
    Med Phys (2023).
    DOI: 10.1002/mp.16451 DORA PSI
  • Long Term Outcome and Quality of Life of Intracranial Meningioma Patients Treated with Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Therapy Krcek R, Leiser D, Garcia-Marqueta M, et al.
    Cancers (2023).
    DOI: 10.3390/cancers15123099 DORA PSI
  • Demonstration of momentum cooling to enhance the potential of cancer treatment with proton therapy Maradia V, Meer D, Doelling R, et al.
    Nature Physics (2023).
    DOI: 10.1038/s41567-023-02115-2 DORA PSI
  • Characterization of LiF:Mg,Ti thermoluminescence detectors in low-LET proton beams at ultra-high dose rates Motta S, Christensen JB, Togno M, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2023).
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/acb634 DORA PSI
  • Clinical Outcomes in AYAs (Adolescents and Young Adults) Treated with Proton Therapy for Uveal Melanoma: A Comparative Matching Study with Elder Adults Pica A, Weber DC, Schweizer C, et al.
    Cancers (2023).
    DOI: 10.3390/cancers15184652 DORA PSI
  • In situ correction of recombination effects in ultra-high dose rate irradiations with protons Schaefer R, Psoroulas S, Weber DC
    Phys Med Biol (2023).
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/accf5c DORA PSI
  • Inter- and intrafractional 4D dose accumulation for evaluating ΔNTCP robustness in lung cancer Smolders S, Hengeveld AC, Both S, et al.
    Radiother Oncol (2023).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2023.109488 DORA PSI
  • Patient-specific neural networks for contour propagation in online adaptive radiotherapy Smolders A, Lomax A, Weber DC, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2023).
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/accaca DORA PSI
  • Dosimetric comparison of autocontouring techniques for online adaptive proton therapy Smolders A, Choulilitsa E, Czerska K, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2023).
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ace307 DORA PSI
  • Deep learning based uncertainty prediction of deformable image registration for contour propagation and dose accumulation in online adaptive radiotherapy Smolders A, Lomax AJ, Weber DC, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2023).
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ad0282
  • Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Therapy for Adolescents and Young Adults with Head and Neck Sarcomas Vazquez M, Baust K, Ilundain A, et al.
    Int J Part Ther (2023).
    DOI: 10.14338/IJPT-23-00010.1
  • Clinical outcome after pencil beam scanning proton therapy and dysphagia/xerostomia NTCP calculations of proton and photon radiotherapy delivered to patients with cancer of the major salivary glands Walser M, Bachmann N, Kluckert J, et al.
    Br J Radiol (2023).
    DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20220672
  • Oncological Outcomes, Long-Term Toxicities, Quality of Life and Sexual Health after Pencil-Beam Scanning Proton Therapy in Patients with Low-Grade Glioma Willmann J, Leiser D, Weber DC
    Cancers (2023).
    DOI: 10.3390/cancers15215287
  • Patient-specific quality assurance for deformable IMRT/IMPT dose accumulation: Proposition and validation of energy conservation based validation criterion Wu X, Amstutz F, Weber DC, et al.
    Med Phys (2023).
    DOI: 10.1002/mp.16564
  • A survey of practice patterns for real-time intrafractional motion-management in particle therapy Zhang Y, Trnkova P, Toshito T, et al.
    Phys Imaging Radiat Oncol (2023).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.phro.2023.100439 DORA PSI

2022

  • Combined proton-photon therapy for non-small cell lung cancer Amstutz F, Fabiano S, Marc L, et al.
    Med Phys (2022).
    DOI: 10.1002/mp.15715
  • Clinical Outcome After Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Therapy of Patients With Non-Metastatic Malignant and Benign Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors Bachmann N, Leiser D, Pica A, et al.
    Front Oncol (2022).
    DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.881665
  • Hearing Loss in Cancer Patients with Skull Base Tumors Undergoing Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Therapy: A Retrospective Cohort Study Bachtiary B, Veraguth D, Roos N, et al.
    Cancers (2022).
    DOI: 10.3390/cancers14163853
  • Impact of spot reduction on the effectiveness of rescanning in pencil beam scanned proton therapy for mobile tumours Bertschi S, Krieger M, Weber DC, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2022).
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ac96c5 DORA PSI
  • Improved simultaneous LET and dose measurements in proton therapy Christensen JB, Togno M, Bossin L, et al.
    Sci Rep (2022).
    DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-10575-4
  • Synthetic 4DCT(MRI) lung phantom generation for 4D radiotherapy and image guidance investigations Duetschler A, Baumann G, Bieri O, et al.
    Med Phys (2022).
    DOI: 10.1002/mp.15591 DORA PSI
  • Limitations of phase-sorting based pencil beam scanned 4D proton dose calculations under irregular motion Duetschler A, Prendi J, Safai S, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2022).
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/aca9b6 DORA PSI
  • Commissioning and quality assurance of a novel solution for respiratory-gated PBS proton therapy based on optical tracking of surface markers Fattori G, Hrbacek J, Regele H, et al.
    Z Med Phys (2022).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.zemedi.2020.07.001
  • Catalytic activity imperative for nanoparticle dose enhancement in photon and proton therapy Gerken LRH, Gogos A, Starsich FHL, et al.
    Nature Commun (2022).
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30982-5
  • Beam properties within the momentum acceptance of a clinical gantry beamline for proton therapy Giovannelli AC, Maradia V, Meer D, et al.
    Med Phys (2022).
    DOI: 10.1002/mp.15449
  • Treatment planning comparison in the PROTECT-trial randomising proton versus photon beam therapy in oesophageal cancer: Results from eight European centres Hoffmann L, Mortensen H, Shamshad M, et al.
    Radiother Oncol (2022).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2022.04.029
  • Comparing radiolytic production of H2 O2 and development of Zebrafish embryos after ultra high dose rate exposure with electron and transmission proton beams Kacem H, Psoroulas S, Boivin G, et al.
    Radiother Oncol (2022).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2022.07.011
  • The impact of organ motion and the appliance of mitigation strategies on the effectiveness of hypoxia-guided proton therapy for non-small cell lung cancer Köthe A, Lomax AJ, Giovannelli AC, et al.
    Radiother Oncol (2022).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2022.09.021 DORA PSI
  • A quantitative FLASH effectiveness model to reveal potentials and pitfalls of high dose rate proton therapy Krieger M, van de Water S, Volkerts MM, et al.
    Med Phys (2022).
    DOI: 10.1002/mp.15459
  • Increase of the transmission and emittance acceptance through a cyclotron-based proton therapy gantry Maradia V, Giovannelli AC, Meer D, et al.
    Med Phys (2022).
    DOI: 10.1002/mp.15505
  • Ultra-fast pencil beam scanning proton therapy for locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancers: Field delivery within a single breath-hold Maradia V, van de Water S, Meer D, et al.
    Radiother Oncol (2022).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2022.06.018
  • Universal and dynamic ridge filter for pencil beam scanning particle therapy: a novel concept for ultra-fast treatment delivery Maradia V, Colizzi I, Meer D, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2022).
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ac9d1f
  • GPU accelerated Monte Carlo scoring of positron emitting isotopes produced during proton therapy for PET verification McNamara K, Schiavi A, Borys D, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2022).
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/aca515
  • Low-Dose Computed Tomography Scanning Protocols for Online Adaptive Proton Therapy of Head-and-Neck Cancers Nesteruk KP, Bobic M, Sharp GC et al.
    Cancers (2022).
    DOI: 10.3390/cancers14205155 DORA PSI
  • NTCP modelling for high-grade temporal radionecrosis in a large cohort of patients receiving pencil beam scanning proton therapy for skull base and head and neck tumors Schroeder C, Koethe A, de Angelis C, et al.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys (2022).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2022.01.047
  • Ultra-high dose rate dosimetry for pre-clinical experiments with mm-small proton fields Togno M, Nesteruk KP, Schaefer R, et al.
    Phys Med (2022).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2022.10.019 DORA PSI
  • Early outcome after craniospinal irradiation with pencil beam scanning proton therapy for children, adolescents and young adults with brain tumors Vazquez M, Bachmann N, Pica, A, et al.
    Pediatr Blood Cancer (2022).
    DOI: 10.1002/pbc.30087
  • MRI and FUNDUS image fusion for improved ocular biometry in Ocular Proton Therapy Via R, Pica A, Antonioli L, et al.
    Radiother Oncol (2022).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2022.06.021
  • Quality-of-life evaluations in children and adolescents with Ewing sarcoma treated with pencil-beam-scanning proton therapy Weber DC, Beer J, Kliebsch UL, et al.
    Pediatr Blood Cancer (2022).
    DOI: 10.1002/pbc.29956

2021

  • An approach for estimating dosimetric uncertainties in deformable dose accumulation in pencil beam scanning proton therapy for lung cancer Amstutz F, Nenoff L, Albertini F, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2021).
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/abf8f5 DORA PSI
  • Al2O3:C optically stimulated luminescence dosimeters (OSLDs) for ultra-high dose rate proton dosimetry Christensen JB, Togno M, Nesteruk K, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2021).
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/abe554 DORA PSI
  • Enhanced Deep-Inspiration Breath Hold Superior to High-Frequency Percussive Ventilation for Respiratory Motion Mitigation: A Physiology-Driven, MRI-Guided Assessment Toward Optimized Lung Cancer Treatment With Proton Therapy Emert F, Missimer J, Eichenberger PA, et al.
    Front Oncol (2021).
    DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.621350 DORA PSI
  • Combining rescanning and gating for a time-efficient treatment of mobile tumors using pencil beam scanning proton therapy Gut P, Krieger M, Lomax T, et al.
    Radiother Oncol (2021).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2021.03.041 DORA PSI
  • Investigating the potential of proton therapy for hypoxia-targeted dose escalation in non-small cell lung cancer Köthe A, Bizzocchi N, Safai S, et al.
    Radiat Oncol (2021).
    DOI: 10.1186/s13014-021-01914-2Link to the podcast
  • Combining clinical and dosimetric features in a PBS proton therapy cohort to develop a NTCP model for radiation-induced optic neuropathy Köthe A, van Luijk P, Safai S, et al.
    Int J Rad Oncol Biol Phys (2021).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.12.052 DORA PSI
  • Assessment of Radiation-Induced Optic Neuropathy in a Multi-Institutional Cohort of Chordoma and Chondrosarcoma Patients Treated with Proton Therapy Köthe A, Feuvret L, Weber DC, et al.
    Cancers (2021).
    DOI: 10.3390/cancers13215327 DORA PSI
  • A Prospective Study on Health-Related Quality of Life and Patient-Reported Outcomes in Adult Brain Tumor Patients Treated with Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Therapy Kroeze SGC, Mackeprang PH, De Angelis C, et al.
    Cancers (2021).
    DOI: 10.3390/cancers13194892
  • A new emittance selection system to maximize beam transmission for low-energy beams in cyclotron-based proton therapy facilities with gantry Maradia V, Meer D, Weber DC, et al.
    Med Phys (2021).
    DOI: 10.1002/mp.15278
  • Clinical Outcomes after International Referral of Uveal Melanoma Patients for Proton Therapy Marinkovic M, Pors LJ, van den Berg V, et al.
    Cancers (2021).
    DOI: 10.3390/cancers13246241
  • Dosimetric influence of deformable image registration uncertainties on propagated structures for online daily adaptive proton therapy of lung cancer patients Nenoff L, Matter M, Amaya EJ, et al.
    Radiother Oncol (2021).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2021.03.021
  • Experimental validation of daily adaptive proton therapy Nenoff L, Matter M, Charmillot M, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2021).
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ac2b84Link to the podcast
  • A static beam delivery device for fast scanning proton arc-therapy Nesteruk KP, Bolsi A, Lomax AJ, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2021).
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/abe02b DORA PSI
  • FLASH Irradiation with Proton Beams: Beam Characteristics and Their Implications for Beam Diagnostics Nesteruk KP, Psoroulas S.
    Applied Sciences (2021).
    DOI: 10.3390/app11052170
  • Commissioning of a clinical pencil beam scanning proton therapy unit for ultra-high dose rates (FLASH) Nesteruk KP, Togno M, Grossmann M, et al.
    Med Phys (2021).
    DOI: 10.1002/mp.14933 DORA PSI
  • CT-on-Rails Versus In-Room CBCT for Online Daily Adaptive Proton Therapy of Head-and-Neck Cancers Nesteruk KP, Bobic M, Lalonde A, et al.
    Cancers (2021).
    DOI: 10.3390/cancers13235991
  • Roadmap: proton therapy physics and biology Paganetti H, Beltran C, Both S, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2021).
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/abcd16
  • Non-invasive recognition of eye torsion through optical imaging of the iris pattern in ocular proton therapy Spaccapaniccia C, Via R, Thominet V, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2021).
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ac0afb
  • Effects of deep inspiration breath hold on prone photon or proton irradiation of breast and regional lymph nodes Speleers B, Schoepen M, Belosi F, et al.
    Sci Rep (2021).
    DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-85401-4
  • Clinical Outcome of Sacral Chordoma Patients Treated with Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Therapy Walser M, Bojaxhiu B, Kawashiro S, et al.
    Clin Oncol (2021).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2021.07.012
  • Faraday cup for commissioning and quality assurance for proton pencil beam scanning beams at conventional and ultra-high dose rates Winterhalter C, Togno M, Nesteruk KP, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2021).
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/abfbf2 DORA PSI

2020

  • Dosimetric analysis of local failures in skull-base chordoma and chondrosarcoma following pencil beam scanning proton therapy Basler L, Poel R, Schröder C, et al.
    Radiat Oncol (2020).
    DOI: 10.1186/s13014-020-01711-3
  • Outcomes, Prognostic Factors and Salvage Treatment for Recurrent Chordoma After Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Therapy at the Paul Scherrer Institute Beer J, Kountouri M, Kole AJ, et al.
    Clin Oncol (2020).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2020.03.002
  • Pencil beam scanning proton therapy for the treatment of craniopharyngioma complicated with radiation-induced cerebral vasculopathies: a dosimetric and linear energy transfer (LET) evaluation Bolsi A, Placidi L, Pica A, et al.
    Radiother Oncol (2020).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2020.04.052
  • Anthropomorphic phantom for deformable lung and liver CT and MR imaging for radiotherapy Colvill E, Krieger M, Bosshard P, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2020).
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ab7508
  • Role of Complex Networks for Integrating Medical Images and Radiomic Features of Intracranial Ependymoma Patients in Response to Proton Radiotherapy Dominietto M, Pica A, Safai S, et al.
    Front Med (Lausanne) (2020).
    DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2019.00333
  • The potential of Gantry beamline large momentum acceptance for real time tumour tracking in pencil beam scanning proton therapy Fattori G, Zhang Y, Meer D, et al.
    Sci Rep (2020).
    DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-71821-1
  • Commissioning and Quality Assurance of a novel solution for respiratory-gated PBS proton therapy based on optical tracking of surface markers Fattori G, Hrbacek J, Regele H, et al.
    Z Med Phys (2020).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.zemedi.2020.07.001
  • Liver-ultrasound based motion modelling to estimate 4D dose distributions for lung tumours in scanned proton therapy Giger AT, Krieger M, Jud C, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2020).
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/abaa26
  • Prognostic impact of the “Sekhar grading system for cranial Chordomas” in patients treated with pencil beam scanning proton therapy: an institutional analysis Hottinger AL, Bojaxhiu B, Ahlhelm F, et al.
    Radiat Oncol (2020).
    DOI: 10.1186/s13014-020-01547-x
  • Impact of internal target volume definition for pencil beam scanned proton treatment planning in the presence of respiratory motion variability for lung cancer: A proof of concept Krieger M, Giger A, Salomir R, et al.
    Radiother Oncol (2020).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2019.12.001
  • Liver-ultrasound-guided lung tumour tracking for scanned proton therapy: a feasibility study Krieger M, Giger A, Jud C, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2020).
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/abcde6
  • Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Therapy for Paediatric Neuroblastoma with Motion Mitigation Strategy for Moving Target Volumes Lim PS, Pica A, Hrbacek J, et al.
    Cin Oncol (2020).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2020.02.002
  • Outcomes of adolescents and young adults treated for brain and skull base tumors with pencil beam scanning proton therapy Lim PS, Tran S, Kroeze SGC, et al.
    Pediatr Blood Cancer (2020).
    DOI: 10.1002/pbc.28664
  • Update on yesterday's dose - use of delivery log-files for daily adaptive proton therapy (DAPT) Matter M, Nenoff L, Marc L, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2020).
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ab9f5e
  • Practice considerations for proton beam radiotherapy of uveal melanoma during the COVID-19 pandemic: PTCOG Ocular experience Mishra KK, Afshar A, Thariat J, et al.
    Adv Radiat Oncol (2020).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.adro.2020.04.010
  • Prognostic factors for spinal chordomas and chondrosarcomas treated with postoperative pencil-beam scanning proton therapy: a large, single-institution experience Murray FR, Snider JW, Schneider RA, et al.
    J Neurosurg Spine (2020).
    DOI: 10.3171/2019.11.SPINE1927
  • Deformable image registration uncertainty for inter-fractional dose accumulation of lung cancer proton therapy Nenoff L, Ribeiro CO, Matter M, et al.
    Radiother Oncol (2020).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2020.04.046
  • Daily Adaptive Proton Therapy: Is it Appropriate to Use Analytical Dose Calculations for Plan Adaption? Nenoff L, Matter M, Jarhall AG, et al.
    Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys (2020).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.03.036
  • Geometry optimisation of graphite energy degrader for proton therapy Oponowicz E, Owen HL, Psoroulas S, et al.
    Phys Med (2020).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2020.06.023
  • Quantification of a human reliability analysis method for radiotherapy applications based on expert judgment aggregation Pandya D, Podofillini L, Emert F, et al.
    Reliab Engin & Syst Safety (2020).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2019.05.001
  • Clinical outcomes of head and neck adenoid cystic carcinoma patients treated with pencil beam-scanning proton therapy Pelak MJ, Walser M, Bachtiary, et al.
    Oral Oncol (2020).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2020.104752
  • Good long-term visual outcomes of parapapillary choroidal melanoma patients treated with proton therapy: a comparative study Pica A, Weber DC, Vallat L, et al.
    Int Ophtalmol (2020).
    DOI: 10.1007/s10792-020-01594-z
  • Assessing the advantages of CFR-PEEK over titanium spinal stabilization implants in proton therapy - a phantom study Poel R, Belosi MF, Albertini F, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2020).
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ab8ba0
  • Mean excitation energy determination for Monte Carlo simulations of boron carbide as degrader material for proton therapy Psoroulas S, Meer, D, Oponowicz E, et al.
    Phys Med (2020).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2020.09.017
  • Benchmarking a commercial proton therapy solution: The Paul Scherrer institut experience Rosas S, Belosi FM, Bizzocchi N, et al.
    Br J Radiol (2020).
    DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20190920
  • Clinical outcomes and quality of life in children and adolescents with primary brain tumors treated with pencil beam scanning proton therapy Tran S, Lim PS, Bojaxhiu B, et al.
    Pediatr Blood Cancer (2020).
    DOI: 10.1002/pbc.28465
  • Shortening delivery times for intensity-modulated proton therapy by reducing the number of proton spots: an experimental verification Van de Water S, Belosi FM, Albertini F, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2020).
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ab7e7c
  • Technical Note: Benchmarking automated eye tracking and human detection for motion monitoring in ocular proton therapy Via R, Hennings F, Fattori G, et al.
    Med Phys (2020).
    DOI: 10.1002/mp.14087
  • Potential and pitfalls of 1.5 T MRI imaging for target volume definition in ocular proton therapy Via R, Hennings F, Pica A, et al.
    Radiother Oncol (2020).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2020.08.023
  • Proton therapy and the European Particle Therapy Network: The past, present and future Weber DC, Langendijk JA, Grau C, et al.
    Cancer Radiother (2020).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.canrad.2020.05.002
  • Proton Therapy for Intracranial Meningioma for the Treatment of Primary/Recurrent Disease Including Re-Irradiation Weber DC, Bizzocchi N, Bolsi A, et al.
    Front Oncol (2020).
    DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2020.558845
  • Pitfalls in the beam modelling process of Monte Carlo calculations for proton pencil beam scanning Winterhalter C, Aitkenhead A, Oxley D, et al.
    Br J Radiol (2020).
    DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20190919

2016-2019

  • Precise beam delivery for proton therapy with dynamic energy modulation Actis O, Mayor A, Meer D, et al.
    J Phys (2018).
    DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1067/9/092002
  • A comprehensive and efficient daily quality assurance for PBS proton therapy Actis O, Meer D, König S, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2017).
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/aa5131
  • Online daily adaptive proton therapy Albertini F, Matter M, Nenoff L, et al.
    Br J Radiol (2019).
    DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20190594
  • Pencil beam scanning proton therapy for pediatric intracranial ependymoma Ares C, Albertini F, Frei-Welte M, et al.
    Neuro-Oncol (2016).
    DOI: 10.1007/s11060-016-2090-4
  • Clinical and Radiologic Outcomes in Adults and Children Treated with Pencil-Beam Scanning Proton Therapy for Low-Grade Glioma Badiyan S, Ulmer S, Ahlhelm FJ, et al.
    Int J Particle Ther (2017).
    DOI: 10.14338/IJPT-16-00031.1
  • Treatment log files as a tool to identify treatment plan sensitivity to inaccuracies in scanned proton beam delivery Belosi MF, van der Meer R, Garcia de Acilu Laa P, et al.
    Radiother Oncol (2017).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2017.09.037
  • Advanced treatment planning using direct 4D optimisation for pencil-beam scanned particle therapy Bernatowicz K, Zhang Y, Perrin RL, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2017).
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/aa7ab8
  • Four-Dimensional Dose Reconstruction for Scanned Proton Therapy Using Liver 4DCT-MRI Bernatowicz K, Peroni M, Perrin R, et al.
    Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys (2016).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2016.02.050
  • Radiation Necrosis and White Matter Lesions in Pediatric Patients With Brain Tumors Treated With Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Therapy Bojaxhiu B, Ahlhelm F, Walser M, et al.
    Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys (2018).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2017.11.037
  • Dynamic beam current control for improved dose accuracy in PBS proton therapy Bula C, Belosi MF, Eichin M, et al.
    Phys Med Biol Phys (2019).
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ab3317
  • Whole-ventricular irradiation for intracranial germ cell tumors: Dosimetric comparison of pencil beam scanned protons, intensity-modulated radiotherapy and volumetric-modulated arc therapy Correia D, Terribilini D, Zepter S, et al.
    Clin Transl Radiat Oncol (2019).
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  • Can Technological Improvements Reduce the Cost of Proton Radiation Therapy? Schippers JM, Lomax A, Garonna A, et al.
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  • Neutrons in active proton therapy: Parameterization of dose and dose equivalent Schneider U, Haelg RA, Lomax T
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  • Long-Term Outcomes and Prognostic Factors After Pencil-Beam Scanning Proton Radiation Therapy for Spinal Chordomas: A Large, Single-Institution Cohort Snider JW, Schneider RA, Poelma-Tap D et al.
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  • Noninvasive eye localization in ocular proton therapy through optical eye tracking: A proof of concept Via R, Hennings F, Fattori G, et al.
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  • Pencil beam scanned protons for the treatment of patients with Ewing sarcoma Weber DC, Murray FR, Correia D, et al.
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  • Long-term outcomes and prognostic factors of skull-base chondrosarcoma patients treated with pencil-beam scanning proton therapy at the Paul Scherrer Institute Weber DC, Badiyan S, Malyapa R, et al.
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  • Long term outcomes of patients with skull-base low-grade chondrosarcoma and chordoma patients treated with pencil beam scanning proton therapy Weber DC, Malyapa R, Albertini F, et al.
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  • Validating a Monte Carlo approach to absolute dose quality assurance for proton pencil beam scanning Winterhalter C, Fura E, Tian Y, et al.
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  • Log file based Monte Carlo calculations for proton pencil beam scanning therapy Winterhalter C, Meier G, Oxley D, et al.
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  • A study of lateral fall-off (penumbra) optimisation for pencil beam scanning (PBS) Proton therapy Winterhalter C, Lomax AJ, Oxley D, et al.
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  • Dosimetric uncertainties as a result of temporal resolution in 4D dose calculations for PBS proton therapy Zhang Y, Huth I, Weber DC, et al.
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  • A statistical comparison of motion mitigation performances and robustness of various pencil beam scanned proton systems for liver tumour treatments Zhang Y, Huth I, Weber DC, et al.
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2011-2015

  • Experimental verification of IMPT treatment plans in an anthropomorphic phantom in the presence of delivery uncertainties Albertini F, Casiraghi M, Lorentini S, Rombi B, Lomax AJ
    Phys Med Biol (2011).
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  • Is it necessary to plan with safety margins for actively scanned proton therapy? Albertini F, Hug EB, Lomax AJ
    Phys Med Biol (2011).
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  • Quantifying the impact of respiratory-gated 4D CT acquisition on thoracic image quality: A digital phantom study Bernatowicz K, Keall P, Mishra P, et al.
    Med Phys (2015).
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  • Advantages and limitations of the "worst case scenario" approach in IMPT treatment planning Casiraghi M, Albertini F, Lomax AJ
    Phys Med Biol (2013).
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  • Could hyperthermia with proton therapy mimic carbon ion therapy? Exploring a thermo-radiobiological rationale Datta NR, Puric E, Schneider R, et al.
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  • The effect of surgical titanium rods on proton therapy delivered for cervical bone tumors: experimental validation using an anthropomorphic phantom Dietlicher I, Casiraghi M, Ares C, et al.
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  • Pediatric anesthesia for proton radiotherapy : medicine remote from the medical centre Frei-Welte M, Weiss M, Neuhaus D, et al.
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  • Experimental validation of beam quality correction factors for proton beams Goma C, Hofstetter-Boillat B, Safai S, Vörös S
    Phys Med Biol (2015).
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  • Benchmarking of a treatment planning system for spot scanning proton therapy: Comparison and analysis of robustness to setup errors of photon IMRT and proton SFUD treatment plans of base of skull meningioma Harding R, Trnková P, Weston SJ, et al.
    Med Phys (2014).
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  • In the context of radiosurgery: Pros and cons of rescanning as a solution for treating moving targets with scanned particle beams Knopf AC, Lomax AJ
    Physica Medica (2014).
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  • Dose-painting intensity-modulated Proton therapy for intermediate- and high-risk meningioma Madani I, Lomax AJ, Albertini F, etc.
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  • Defining robustness protocols: a method to include and evaluate robustness in clinical plans McGowan SE, Albertini F, Thomas SJ, Lomax AJ
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  • Independent dose calculations for commissioning, quality assurance and dose reconstruction of PBS proton therapy Meier G, Besson R, Nanz A, et al.
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  • Temporal lobe toxicity analysis after proton radiation therapy for skull base tumors Pehlivan B, Ares C, Lomax AJ, et al.
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  • Proton therapy for uveal melanoma in 43 juvenile patients: long-term results Petrovic A, Bergin C, Schalenbourg A, et al.
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  • Spot-scanning proton radiation therapy for pediatric chordoma and chondrosarcoma: clinical outcome of 26 patients treated at Paul Scherrer Institute Rombi B, Ares C, Hug EB, et al.
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  • First experimental results of motion mitigation by continuous line scanning of protons Schatti A, Meer D, Lomax AJ
    Phys Med Biol (2014).
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  • The effectiveness of combined gating and re-scanning for treating mobile targets with proton spot scanning. An experimental and simulation-based investigation Schatti A, Zakova M, Meer D, et al.
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  • Experimental verification of motion mitigation of discrete proton spot scanning by re-scanning Schatti A, Zakova M, Meer D, et al.
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  • Small bowel toxicity after high dose spot scanning-based proton beam therapy for paraspinal/retroperitoneal neoplasms Schneider R, Vitolo V, Albertini F, et al.
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  • Spot-scanning based proton therapy for extracranial chordoma Staab A, Rutz HP, Ares C, et al.
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  • Dose to the developing dentition during therapeutic Irradiation: organ at risk determination and clinical implications Thompson RF, Schneider RA, Albertini F, et al.
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  • Tumor control and QoL outcome of very young children with atypical teratoid/rhabdoid Tumor treated with focal only chemo-radiation therapy using pencil beam scanning proton therapy Weber DC, Ares C, Malyapa R, et al.
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  • Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Therapy for Pediatric Parameningeal Rhabdomyosarcomas: Clinical Outcome of Patients Treated at the Paul Scherrer Institute Weber DC, Ares C, Albertini F, et al.
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  • Long-term outcome of patients with spinal myxopapillary ependymoma: treatment results from the MD Anderson Cancer Center and institutions from the Rare Cancer Network Weber DC, Wang Y, Miller R, et al.
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  • IMRT credentialing for prospective trials using institutional virtual phantoms: results of a joint European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer and Radiological Physics Center project Weber DC, Vallet V, Molineu A, et al.
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  • Outcome impact and cost-effectiveness of quality assurance for radiotherapy planned for the EORTC 22071-24071 prospective study for head and neck cancer Weber DC, Hurkmans CW, Melidis C, et al.
    Radiother Oncol (2014).
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  • Spot scanning-based proton therapy for intracranial meningioma: long-term results from the Paul Scherrer Institute Weber DC, Schneider R, Goitein G, et al.
    Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys (2012).
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  • Improving 4D plan quality for PBS-based liver tumour treatments by combining online image guided beam gating with rescanning Zhang Y, Knopf AC, Weber DC, et al.
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  • Online image guided tumour tracking with scanned proton beams: a comprehensive simulation study Zhang Y, Knopf A, Tanner C, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2014).
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  • Respiratory liver motion estimation and its effect on scanned proton beam therapy Zhang Y, Boye D, Tanner C, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2012).
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2006-2010

  • The influence of the optimization starting conditions on the robustness of intensity-modulated proton therapy plans Albertini F, Hug EB, Lomax AJ
    Phys Med Biol (2010).
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  • Sensitivity of intensity modulated proton therapy plans to changes in patient weight Albertini F, Bolsi A, Lomax AJ, et al.
    Radiother Oncol (2008).
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  • Postoperative Proton Radiotherapy for Localized and Locoregional Breast Cancer: Potential for Clinically Relevant Improvements? Ares C, Khan S, MacArtain AM, et al.
    Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys (2010).
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  • Effectiveness and safety of spot scanning proton radiation therapy for chordomas and chondrosarcomas of the skull base: first long-term report Ares C, Hug EB, Lomax AJ, et al.
    Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys (2009).
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  • Experiences at the Paul Scherrer Institute with a remote patient positioning procedure for high-throughput proton radiation therapy Bolsi A, Lomax AJ, Pedroni E, et al.
    Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys (2008).
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  • More than 10 years experience of beam monitoring with the Gantry 1 spot scanning proton therapy facility at PSI Lin S, Boehringer T, Coray A, et al.
    Med Phys (2009).
    DOI: 10.1118/1.3244034
  • Postoperative spot-scanning proton radiation therapy for chordoma and chondrosarcoma in children and adolescents: initial experience at Paul Scherrer Institute Rutz HP, Weber DC, Goitein G, et al.
    Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys (2008).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.09.014
  • Spot-scanning proton therapy for rhabdomyosarcomas of early childhood. First experiences at PSI Timmermann B, Schuck A, Niggli F, et al.
    Strahlenther Onkol (2006).
    DOI: 10.1007/s00066-006-1592-y
  • Spot-scanning proton therapy for malignant soft tissue tumors in childhood: First experiences at the Paul Scherrer Institute Timmermann B, Schuck A, Niggli F, et al.
    Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys (2007).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.08.053
  • Spot scanning proton therapy in the curative treatment of adult patients with sarcoma: the Paul Scherrer Institute experience Weber DC, Rutz HP, Bolsi A, et al.
    Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys (2007).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.04.034

2001-2005

  • Eye retention after proton beam radiotherapy for uveal melanoma Egger E, Zografos L, Schalenbourg A, et al.
    Int J Rad Oncol Biol Phys (2003).
    DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)04200-1
  • Maximizing local tumor control and survival after proton beam radiotherapy of uveal melanoma Egger E, Schalenbourg A, Zografos L, et al.
    Int J Rad Oncol Biol Phys (2001).
    DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)01560-7
  • Potential role of intensity-modulated photons and Protons in the Treatment of the breast and regional nodes Lomax AJ, Cella L, Weber D, et al.
    Int J Rad Oncol Biol Phys (2003).
    DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)04210-4
  • Results of spot-scanning proton radiation therapy for chordoma and chondrosarcoma of skull base: The Paul Scherrer Institut experience Weber DC, Rutz HP, Pedroni ES, et al.
    Int J Rad Oncol Biol Phys (2005).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.02.023
  • Spot-scanning proton radiation therapy for recurrent, residual or untreated intracranial meningiomas Weber DC, Lomax AJ, Rutz HP, et al.
    Radiother Oncol (2004).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2004.02.011

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Paul Scherrer Institute
Center for Proton Therapy
5232 Villigen PSI West, Switzerland
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For any questions please refer to our patient office:
Tel: +41 56 310 35 24
Fax: +41 56 310 35 15
E-mail: protonentherapie@psi.ch

Head and Chairman:
Prof. Dr. med.
Damien Charles Weber

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