Publikationen

2024

  • Almeida A, Togno M, Ballesteros-Zebadua P, Franco-Perez J, Geyer R, Schaefer R, et al.
    Dosimetric and biologic intercomparison between electron and proton FLASH beams
    Radiotherapy and Oncology. 2024; 190: 109953 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2023.109953
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  • Amstutz F, Krcek R, Bachtiary B, Weber DC, Lomax AJ, Unkelbach J, et al.
    Treatment planning comparison for head and neck cancer between photon, proton, and combined proton-photon therapy - from a fixed beam line to an arc
    Radiotherapy and Oncology. 2024; 190: 109973 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2023.109973
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  • Amstutz F, D'Almeida PG, Wu X, Albertini F, Bachtiary B, Weber DC, et al.
    Quantification of deformable image registration uncertainties for dose accumulation on head and neck cancer proton treatments
    Physica Medica. 2024; 122: 103386 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmp.2024.103386
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  • Bobić M, Christensen JB, Lee H, Choulilitsa E, Czerska K, Togno M, et al.
    Optically stimulated luminescence dosimeters for simultaneous measurement of point dose and dose-weighted LET in an adaptive proton therapy workflow
    Frontiers in Oncology. 2024; 13: 1333039 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2023.1333039
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  • Duetschler A, Safai S, Weber DC, Lomax AJ, Zhang Y
    The impact of motion on onboard MRI-guided pencil beam scanned proton therapy treatments
    Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2024; 69(9): 095003 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ad3885
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  • Jenny T, Duetschler A, Giger A, Pusterla O, Safai S, Weber DC, et al.
    Technical note: towards more realistic 4DCT(MRI) numerical lung phantoms
    Medical Physics. 2024; 51(1): 579-590. https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.16451
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  • Lundberg M, Meijers A, Souris K, Deffet S, Weber DC, Lomax A, et al.
    Technical note: development of a simulation framework, enabling the investigation of locally tuned single energy proton radiography
    Biomedical Physics and Engineering Express. 2024; 10(2): 027002 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/2057-1976/ad20a8
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  • Meijers A, Daartz J, Knopf AC, van Heerden M, Bizzocchi N, Vazquez MV, et al.
    Possible association of dose rate and the development of late visual toxicity for patients with intracranial tumours treated with pencil beam scanned proton therapy
    Radiation Oncology. 2024; 19(1): 75 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13014-024-02464-z
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  • Missimer JH, Emert F, Lomax AJ, Weber DC
    Automatic lung segmentation of magnetic resonance images: a new approach applied to healthy volunteers undergoing enhanced Deep-Inspiration-Breath-Hold for motion-mitigated 4D proton therapy of lung tumors
    Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology. 2024; 29: 100531 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phro.2024.100531
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  • Peteani G, Paganelli C, Giovannelli AC, Bachtiary B, Safai S, Rogers S, et al.
    Retrospective reconstruction of four-dimensional magnetic resonance from interleaved cine imaging – A comparative study with four-dimensional computed tomography in the lung
    Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology. 2024; 29: 100529 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phro.2023.100529
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2023

  • Actis O, Mayor A, Meer D, Rechsteiner U, Bolsi A, Lomax AJ, et al.
    A bi-directional beam-line energy ramping for efficient patient treatment with scanned proton therapy
    Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2023; 68(17): 175001 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/acebb2
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  • Bachtiary B, Grawehr L, Grillo Ruggieri F, Held U, Weber DC
    Financial toxicity in Swiss Cancer patients treated with proton therapy: an observational cross-sectional study on self-reported outcome
    Cancers. 2023; 15(23): 5498 (15 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15235498
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  • Challa K, Paysan D, Leiser D, Sauder N, Weber DC, Shivashankar GV
    Imaging and AI based chromatin biomarkers for diagnosis and therapy evaluation from liquid biopsies
    npj Precision Oncology. 2023; 7: 135 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41698-023-00484-8
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  • Duetschler A, Prendi J, Safai S, Weber DC, Lomax AJ, Zhang Y
    Limitations of phase-sorting based pencil beam scanned 4D proton dose calculations under irregular motion
    Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2023; 68(1): 015015 (17 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/aca9b6
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  • Duetschler A, Huang L, Fattori G, Meier G, Bula C, Hrbacek J, et al.
    A motion model-guided 4D dose reconstruction for pencil beam scanned proton therapy
    Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2023; 68(11): 115013 (19 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/acd518
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  • Duetschler A, Winterhalter C, Meier G, Safai S, Weber DC, Lomax AJ, et al.
    A fast analytical dose calculation approach for MRI-guided proton therapy
    Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2023; 68(19): 195020 (17 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/acf90d
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  • Ehwald J, Togno M, Lomax AJ, Weber DC, Safai S, Winterhalter C
    Detailed Monte-Carlo characterization of a Faraday cup for proton therapy
    Medical Physics. 2023; 50(9): 5828-5841. https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.16464
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  • García-Marqueta M, Vázquez M, Krcek R, Kliebsch UL, Baust K, Leiser D, et al.
    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
    Cancers. 2023; 15(18): 4447 (18 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15184447
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  • Giovannelli AC, Köthe A, Safai S, Meer D, Zhang Y, Weber DC, et al.
    Exploring beamline momentum acceptance for tracking respiratory variability in lung cancer proton therapy: a simulation study
    Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2023; 68(19): 195013 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/acf5c4
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  • Krcek R, Leiser D, García-Marqueta M, Bolsi A, Weber DC
    Long term outcome and quality of life of intracranial meningioma patients treated with pencil beam scanning proton therapy
    Cancers. 2023; 15(12): 3099 (17 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15123099
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  • Li X, Bellotti R, Meier G, Bachtiary B, Weber D, Lomax A, et al.
    Uncertainty-aware MR-based CT synthesis for robust proton therapy planning of brain tumour
    Radiotherapy and Oncology. 2024; 191: 110056 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2023.110056
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  • Maradia V, Meer D, Dölling R, Weber DC, Lomax AJ, Psoroulas S
    Demonstration of momentum cooling to enhance the potential of cancer treatment with proton therapy
    Nature Physics. 2023; 19: 1437-1444. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-02115-2
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  • Motta S, Christensen JB, Togno M, Schäfer R, Safai S, Lomax AJ, et al.
    Characterization of LiF:Mg,Ti thermoluminescence detectors in low-LET proton beams at ultra-high dose rates
    Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2023; 68(4): 045017 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/acb634
    DORA PSI
  • Peteani G, Paganelli C, Giovannelli AC, Bachtiary B, Safai S, Rogers S, et al.
    Retrospective reconstruction of four-dimensional magnetic resonance from interleaved cine imaging – A comparative study with four-dimensional computed tomography in the lung
    Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology. 2024; 29: 100529 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phro.2023.100529
    DORA PSI
  • Pica A, Weber DC, Schweizer C, Chaouch A, Zografos L, Schalenbourg A
    Clinical outcomes in AYAs (adolescents and young adults) treated with proton therapy for uveal melanoma: a comparative matching study with elder adults
    Cancers. 2023; 15(18): 4652 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15184652
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  • Schaefer R, Psoroulas S, Weber DC
    In situ correction of recombination effects in ultra-high dose rate irradiations with protons
    Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2023; 68(10): 105013 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/accf5c
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  • Smolders A, Hengeveld AC, Both S, Wijsman R, Langendijk JA, Weber DC, et al.
    Inter- and intrafractional 4D dose accumulation for evaluating ΔNTCP robustness in lung cancer
    Radiotherapy and Oncology. 2023; 182: 109488 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2023.109488
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  • Smolders A, Lomax A, Weber DC, Albertini F
    Patient-specific neural networks for contour propagation in online adaptive radiotherapy
    Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2023; 68(9): 095010 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/accaca
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  • Smolders A, Choulilitsa E, Czerska K, Bizzocchi N, Krcek R, Lomax A, et al.
    Dosimetric comparison of autocontouring techniques for online adaptive proton therapy
    Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2023; 68(17): 175006 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ace307
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  • Smolders A, Lomax A, Weber DC, Albertini F
    Deep learning based uncertainty prediction of deformable image registration for contour propagation and dose accumulation in online adaptive radiotherapy
    Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2023; 68(24): 245027 (19 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ad0282
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  • Vázquez M, Bachmann N, Pica A, Bolsi A, De Angelis C, Lomax AJ, et al.
    Early outcome after craniospinal irradiation with pencil beam scanning proton therapy for children, adolescents and young adults with brain tumors
    Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2023; 70(2): e30087 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.30087
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  • Vázquez M, Baust K, Ilundain A, Leiser D, Bachtiary B, Pica A, et al.
    Pencil beam scanning proton therapy for adolescents and young adults with head and neck sarcomas
    International Journal of Particle Therapy. 2023; 10(2): 73-84. https://doi.org/10.14338/IJPT-23-00010.1
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  • Walser MA, Bachmann N, Kluckert J, Köthe A, Tully C, Leiser D, et al.
    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
    British Journal of Radiology. 2023; 96(1148): 20220672 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1259/bjr.20220672
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  • Willmann J, Leiser D, Weber DC
    Oncological outcomes, long-term toxicities, quality of life and sexual health after pencil-beam scanning proton therapy in patients with low-grade glioma
    Cancers. 2023; 15(21): 5287 (16 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15215287
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  • Wu X, Amstutz F, Weber DC, Unkelbach J, Lomax AJ, Zhang Y
    Patient-specific quality assurance for deformable IMRT/IMPT dose accumulation: proposition and validation of energy conservation based validation criterion
    Medical Physics. 2023; 50(11): 7130-7138. https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.16564
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  • Zhang Y, Trnkova P, Toshito T, Heijmen B, Richter C, Aznar M, et al.
    A survey of practice patterns for real-time intrafractional motion-management in particle therapy
    Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology. 2023; 26: 100439 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phro.2023.100439
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2022

  • Amstutz F, Fabiano S, Marc L, Weber DC, Lomax AJ, Unkelbach J, et al.
    Combined proton‐photon therapy for non‐small cell lung cancer
    Medical Physics. 2022; 49(8): 5374-5386. https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.15715
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  • Bachmann N, Leiser D, Pica A, Bachtiary B, Weber DC
    Clinical outcome after pencil beam scanning proton therapy of patients with non-metastatic malignant and benign peripheral nerve sheath tumors
    Frontiers in Oncology. 2022; 12: 881665 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2022.881665
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  • Bachtiary B, Veraguth D, Roos N, Pfiffner F, Leiser D, Pica A, et al.
    Hearing loss in cancer patients with skull base tumors undergoing pencil beam scanning proton therapy: a retrospective cohort study
    Cancers. 2022; 14(16): 3853 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers14163853
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  • Bertschi S, Krieger M, Weber DC, Lomax AJ, van de Water S
    Impact of spot reduction on the effectiveness of rescanning in pencil beam scanned proton therapy for mobile tumours
    Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2022; 67(21): 215019 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ac96c5
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  • Christensen JB, Togno M, Bossin L, Pakari OV, Safai S, Yukihara EG
    Improved simultaneous LET and dose measurements in proton therapy
    Scientific Reports. 2022; 12(1): 8262 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-10575-4
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  • Duetschler A, Bauman G, Bieri O, Cattin PC, Ehrbar S, Engin-Deniz G, et al.
    Synthetic 4DCT(MRI) lung phantom generation for 4D radiotherapy and image guidance investigations
    Medical Physics. 2022; 49(5): 2890-2903. https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.15591
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  • Fattori G, Hrbacek J, Regele H, Bula C, Mayor A, Danuser S, et al.
    Commissioning and quality assurance of a novel solution for respiratory-gated PBS proton therapy based on optical tracking of surface markers
    Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik. 2022; 3(1): 52-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zemedi.2020.07.001
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  • Gerken LRH, Gogos A, Starsich FHL, David H, Gerdes ME, Schiefer H, et al.
    Catalytic activity imperative for nanoparticle dose enhancement in photon and proton therapy
    Nature Communications. 2022; 13(1): 3248 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30982-5
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  • Giovannelli AC, Maradia V, Meer D, Safai S, Psoroulas S, Togno M, et al.
    Beam properties within the momentum acceptance of a clinical gantry beamline for proton therapy
    Medical Physics. 2022; 49(3): 1417-1431. https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.15449
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  • Hoffmann L, Mortensen H, Shamshad M, Berbee M, Bizzocchi N, Bütof R, et al.
    Treatment planning comparison in the PROTECT-trial randomising proton versus photon beam therapy in oesophageal cancer: results from eight European centres
    Radiotherapy and Oncology. 2022; 172: 32-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2022.04.029
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  • Kacem H, Psoroulas S, Boivin G, Folkerts M, Grilj V, Lomax T, et al.
    Comparing radiolytic production of H2O2 and development of zebrafish embryos after ultra high dose rate exposure with electron and transmission proton beams
    Radiotherapy and Oncology. 2022; 175: 197-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2022.07.011
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  • Köthe A, Lomax AJ, Giovannelli AC, Safai S, Bizzocchi N, Roelofs E, et al.
    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
    Radiotherapy and Oncology. 2022; 176: 208-214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2022.09.021
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  • Krieger M, van de Water S, Folkerts MM, Mazal A, Fabiano S, Bizzocchi N, et al.
    A quantitative FLASH effectiveness model to reveal potentials and pitfalls of high dose rate proton therapy
    Medical Physics. 2022; 49(3): 2026-2038. https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.15459
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  • Maradia V, Giovannelli AC, Meer D, Weber DC, Lomax AJ, Schippers JM, et al.
    Increase of the transmission and emittance acceptance through a cyclotron-based proton therapy gantry
    Medical Physics. 2022; 49(4): 2183-2192. https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.15505
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  • Maradia V, van de Water S, Meer D, Weber DC, Lomax AJ, Psoroulas S
    Ultra-fast pencil beam scanning proton therapy for locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancers: field delivery within a single breath-hold
    Radiotherapy and Oncology. 2022; 174: 23-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2022.06.018
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  • Maradia V, Colizzi I, Meer D, Weber DC, Lomax AJ, Actis O, et al.
    Universal and dynamic ridge filter for pencil beam scanning particle therapy: a novel concept for ultra-fast treatment delivery
    Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2022; 67(22): 225005 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ac9d1f
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  • McNamara K, Schiavi A, Borys D, Brzezinski K, Gajewski J, Kopeć R, et al.
    GPU accelerated Monte Carlo scoring of positron emitting isotopes produced during proton therapy for PET verification
    Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2022; 67(24): 244001 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/aca515
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  • Nesteruk KP, Bobić M, Sharp GC, Lalonde A, Winey BA, Nenoff L, et al.
    Low-dose computed tomography scanning protocols for online adaptive proton therapy of head-and-neck cancers
    Cancers. 2022; 14(20): 5155 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers14205155
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  • Schröder C, Köthe A, De Angelis C, Basler L, Fattori G, Safai S, et al.
    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
    International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics. 2022; 113(2): 448-455. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2022.01.047
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  • Togno M, Nesteruk KP, Schäfer R, Psoroulas S, Meer D, Grossmann M, et al.
    Ultra-high dose rate dosimetry for pre-clinical experiments with mm-small proton fields
    Physica Medica. 2022; 104: 101-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmp.2022.10.019
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  • Via R, Pica A, Antonioli L, Paganelli C, Fattori G, Spaccapaniccia C, et al.
    MRI and FUNDUS image fusion for improved ocular biometry in Ocular Proton Therapy
    Radiotherapy and Oncology. 2022; 174: 16-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2022.06.021
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  • Weber DC, Beer J, Kliebsch UL, Teske C, Baust K, Walser M, et al.
    Quality-of-life evaluations in children and adolescents with Ewing sarcoma treated with pencil-beam-scanning proton therapy
    Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2022; 69(12): e29956 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.29956
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2021

  • Amstutz F, Nenoff L, Albertini F, Ribeiro CO, Knopf AC, Unkelbach J, et al.
    An approach for estimating dosimetric uncertainties in deformable dose accumulation in pencil beam scanning proton therapy for lung cancer
    Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2021; 66(10): 105007 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/abf8f5
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  • Christensen JB, Togno M, Nesteruk KP, Psoroulas S, Meer D, Weber DC, et al.
    Al2O3:C optically stimulated luminescence dosimeters (OSLDs) for ultra-high dose rate proton dosimetry
    Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2021; 66(8): 085003 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/abe554
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  • Emert F, Missimer J, Eichenberger PA, Walser M, Gmür C, Lomax AJ, et al.
    Enhanced-deep-inspiration breath hold superior to high-frequency percussive ventilation for respiratory motion mitigation: a physiology-driven, MRI-guided assessment towards optimized lung cancer treatment with proton therapy
    Frontiers in Oncology. 2021; 11: 621350 (17 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2021.621350
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  • Fattori G, Lomax AJ, Weber DC, Safai S
    Technical assessment of the NDI Polaris Vega optical tracking system
    Radiation Oncology. 2021; 16(1): 87 (4 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13014-021-01804-7
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  • Gut P, Krieger M, Lomax T, Weber DC, Hrbacek J
    Combining rescanning and gating for a time-efficient treatment of mobile tumors using pencil beam scanning proton therapy
    Radiotherapy and Oncology. 2021; 160: 82-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2021.03.041
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  • Köthe A, Bizzocchi N, Safai S, Lomax AJ, Weber DC, Fattori G
    Investigating the potential of proton therapy for hypoxia-targeted dose escalation in non-small cell lung cancer
    Radiation Oncology. 2021; 16(1): 199 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13014-021-01914-2
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  • Köthe A, van Luijk P, Safai S, Kountouri M, Lomax AJ, Weber DC, et al.
    Combining clinical and dosimetric features in a PBS proton therapy cohort to develop a NTCP model for radiation-induced optic neuropathy
    International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics. 2021; 110(2): 587-595. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.12.052
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  • Köthe A, Feuvret L, Weber DC, Safai S, Lomax AJ, Fattori G
    Assessment of radiation-induced optic neuropathy in a multi-institutional cohort of chordoma and chondrosarcoma patients treated with proton therapy
    Cancers. 2021; 13(21): 5327 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13215327
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  • Krieger M, Giger A, Jud C, Duetschler A, Salomir R, Bieri O, et al.
    Liver-ultrasound-guided lung tumour tracking for scanned proton therapy: a feasibility study
    Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2021; 66(3): 035011 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/abcde6
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  • Kroeze SGC, Mackeprang PH, De Angelis C, Pica A, Bachtiary B, Kliebsch UL, et al.
    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
    Cancers. 2021; 13(19): 4892 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13194892
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  • Maradia V, Meer D, Weber DC, Lomax AJ, Schippers JM, Psoroulas S
    A new emittance selection system to maximize beam transmission for low-energy beams in cyclotron-based proton therapy facilities with gantry
    Medical Physics. 2021; 48(12): 7613-7622. https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.15278
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  • Marinkovic M, Pors LJ, van den Berg V, Peters FP, Schalenbourg A, Zografos L, et al.
    Clinical outcomes after international referral of uveal melanoma patients for proton therapy
    Cancers. 2021; 13(24): 6241 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13246241
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  • Nenoff L, Matter M, Amaya EJ, Josipovic M, Knopf A-C, Lomax AJ, et al.
    Dosimetric influence of deformable image registration uncertainties on propagated structures for online daily adaptive proton therapy of lung cancer patients
    Radiotherapy and Oncology. 2021; 159: 136-143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2021.03.021
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  • Nenoff L, Matter M, Charmillot M, Krier S, Uher K, Weber DC, et al.
    Experimental validation of daily adaptive proton therapy
    Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2021; 66(20): 205010 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ac2b84
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  • Nesteruk KP, Bolsi A, Lomax AJ, Meer D, Van De Water S, Schippers JM
    A static beam delivery device for fast scanning proton arc-therapy
    Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2021; 66(5): 055018 (15 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/abe02b
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  • Nesteruk KP, Psoroulas S
    Flash irradiation with proton beams: Beam characteristics and their implications for beam diagnostics
    Applied Sciences. 2021; 11(5): 2170 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/app11052170
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  • Nesteruk KP, Togno M, Grossmann M, Lomax AJ, Weber DC, Schippers JM, et al.
    Commissioning of a clinical pencil beam scanning proton therapy unit for ultra-high dose rates (FLASH)
    Medical Physics. 2021; 48(7): 4017-4026. https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.14933
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  • Nesteruk KP, Bobić M, Lalonde A, Winey BA, Lomax AJ, Paganetti H
    Ct-on-rails versus in-room cbct for online daily adaptive proton therapy of head-and-neck cancers
    Cancers. 2021; 13(23): 5991 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13235991
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  • Paganetti H, Beltran C, Both S, Dong L, Flanz J, Furutani K, et al.
    Roadmap: proton therapy physics and biology
    Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2021; 66(5): 05RM01 (61 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/abcd16
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  • Spaccapaniccia C, Via R, Thominet V, Liffey A, Baroni G, Pica A, et al.
    Non-invasive recognition of eye torsion through optical imaging of the iris pattern in ocular proton therapy
    Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2021; 66(13): 135014 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ac0afb
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  • Speleers B, Schoepen M, Belosi F, Vakaet V, De Neve W, Deseyne P, et al.
    Effects of deep inspiration breath hold on prone photon or proton irradiation of breast and regional lymph nodes
    Scientific Reports. 2021; 11(1): 6085 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85401-4
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  • Walser M, Bojaxhiu B, Kawashiro S, Tran S, Beer J, Leiser D, et al.
    Clinical outcome of sacral chordoma patients treated with pencil beam scanning proton therapy
    Clinical Oncology. 2021; 33(12): 578-585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clon.2021.07.012
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  • Winterhalter C, Togno M, Nesteruk KP, Emert F, Psoroulas S, Vidal M, et al.
    Faraday cup for commissioning and quality assurance for proton pencil beam scanning beams at conventional and ultra-high dose rates
    Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2021; 66(12): 124001 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/abfbf2
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2020

  • Basler L, Poel R, Schröder C, Bolsi A, Lomax A, Tanadini-Lang S, et al.
    Dosimetric analysis of local failures in skull-base chordoma and chondrosarcoma following pencil beam scanning proton therapy
    Radiation Oncology. 2020; 15(1): 266 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13014-020-01711-3
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  • Beer J, Kountouri M, Kole AJ, Murray FR, Leiser D, Kliebsch U, et al.
    Outcomes, prognostic factors and salvage treatment for recurrent chordoma after pencil beam scanning proton therapy at the Paul Scherrer Institute
    Clinical Oncology. 2020; 32(8): 537-544. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clon.2020.03.002
    DORA PSI
  • Bolsi A, Placidi L, Pica A, Ahlhelm FJ, Walser M, Lomax AJ, et al.
    Pencil beam scanning proton therapy for the treatment of craniopharyngioma complicated with radiation-induced cerebral vasculopathies: a dosimetric and linear energy transfer (LET) evaluation
    Radiotherapy and Oncology. 2020; 149: 197-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2020.04.052
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  • Colvill E, Krieger M, Bosshard P, Steinacher P, Rohrer Schnidrig BA, Parkel T, et al.
    Anthropomorphic phantom for deformable lung and liver CT and MR imaging for radiotherapy
    Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2020; 65(7): 07NT02 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ab7508
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  • Dominietto M, Pica A, Safai S, Lomax AJ, Weber DC, Capobianco E
    Role of complex networks for integrating medical images and radiomic features of intracranial ependymoma patients in response to proton radiotherapy
    Frontiers in Medicine. 2020; 6: 333 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2019.00333
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  • Fattori G, Zhang Y, Meer D, Weber DC, Lomax AJ, Safai S
    The potential of Gantry beamline large momentum acceptance for real time tumour tracking in pencil beam scanning proton therapy
    Scientific Reports. 2020; 10(1): 15325 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-71821-1
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  • Fattori G, Hrbacek J, Regele H, Bula C, Mayor A, Danuser S, et al.
    Commissioning and quality assurance of a novel solution for respiratory-gated PBS proton therapy based on optical tracking of surface markers
    Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik. 2022; 3(1): 52-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zemedi.2020.07.001
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  • Giger A, Krieger M, Jud C, Duetschler A, Salomir R, Bieri O, et al.
    Liver-ultrasound based motion modelling to estimate 4D dose distributions for lung tumours in scanned proton therapy
    Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2020; 65(23): 235050 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/abaa26
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  • Grau C, Durante M, Georg D, Langendijk JA, Weber DC
    Particle therapy in Europe
    Molecular Oncology. 2020; 14(7): 1492-1499. https://doi.org/10.1002/1878-0261.12677
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  • Hottinger A-L, Bojaxhiu B, Ahlhelm F, Walser M, Bachtiary B, Zepter S, et al.
    Prognostic impact of the "Sekhar grading system for cranial chordomas" in patients treated with pencil beam scanning proton therapy: an institutional analysis
    Radiation Oncology. 2020; 15(1): 96 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13014-020-01547-x
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  • Krieger M, Giger A, Salomir R, Bieri O, Celicanin Z, Cattin PC, et al.
    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
    Radiotherapy and Oncology. 2020; 145: 154-161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2019.12.001
    DORA PSI
  • Lim PS, Pica A, Hrbacek J, Bachtiary B, Walser M, Lomax AJ, et al.
    Pencil beam scanning proton therapy for paediatric neuroblastoma with motion mitigation strategy for moving target volumes
    Clinical Oncology. 2020; 32(7): 467-476. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clon.2020.02.002
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  • Lim PS, Tran S, Kroeze SGC, Pica A, Hrbacek J, Bachtiary B, et al.
    Outcomes of adolescents and young adults treated for brain and skull base tumors with pencil beam scanning proton therapy
    Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2020; 67(12): e28664 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.28664
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  • Matter M, Nenoff L, Marc L, Weber DC, Lomax AJ, Albertini F
    Update on yesterday's dose – use of delivery log-files for daily adaptive proton therapy (DAPT)
    Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2020; 65(19): 195011 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ab9f5e
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  • Mishra KK, Afshar A, Thariat J, Shih HA, Scholey JE, Daftari IK, et al.
    Practice considerations for proton beam radiation therapy of uveal melanoma during the coronavirus disease pandemic: particle therapy co-operative group ocular experience
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  • Murray FR, Snider JW, Schneider RA, Walser M, Bolsi A, Pica A, et al.
    Prognostic factors for spinal chordomas and chondrosarcomas treated with postoperative pencil-beam scanning proton therapy: a large, single-institution experience
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  • Nenoff L, Ribeiro CO, Matter M, Hafner L, Josipovic M, Langendijk JA, et al.
    Deformable image registration uncertainty for inter-fractional dose accumulation of lung cancer proton therapy
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  • Nenoff L, Matter M, Jarhall AG, Winterhalter C, Gorgisyan J, Josipovic M, et al.
    Daily adaptive proton therapy: is it appropriate to use analytical dose calculations for plan adaption?
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  • Oponowicz E, Owen HL, Psoroulas S, Meer D
    Geometry optimisation of graphite energy degrader for proton therapy
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  • Pandya D, Podofillini L, Emert F, Lomax AJ, Dang VN, Sansavini G
    Quantification of a human reliability analysis method for radiotherapy applications based on expert judgment aggregation
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  • Pelak MJ, Walser M, Bachtiary B, Hrbacek J, Lomax AJ, Kliebsch UL, et al.
    Clinical outcomes of head and neck adenoid cystic carcinoma patients treated with pencil beam-scanning proton therapy
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  • Pica A, Weber DC, Vallat L, Bergin C, Hrbacek J, Schweizer C, et al.
    Good long-term visual outcomes of parapapillary choroidal melanoma patients treated with proton therapy: a comparative study
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  • Poel R, Belosi F, Albertini F, Walser M, Gisep A, Lomax AJ, et al.
    Assessing the advantages of CFR-PEEK over titanium spinal stabilization implants in proton therapy - a phantom study
    Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2020; 65(24): 245031 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ab8ba0
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  • Psoroulas S, Meer D, Oponowicz E, Owen H
    Mean excitation energy determination for Monte Carlo simulations of boron carbide as degrader material for proton therapy
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  • Rosas S, Belosi FM, Bizzocchi N, Böhlen T, Zepter S, Morach P, et al.
    Benchmarking a commercial proton therapy solution: the Paul Scherrer Institut experience
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  • Tran S, Lim PS, Bojaxhiu B, Teske C, Baust K, Zepter S, et al.
    Clinical outcomes and quality of life in children and adolescents with primary brain tumors treated with pencil beam scanning proton therapy
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  • Van De Water S, Belosi MF, Albertini F, Winterhalter C, Weber DC, Lomax AJ
    Shortening delivery times for intensity-modulated proton therapy by reducing the number of proton spots: An experimental verification
    Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2020; 65(9): 095008 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ab7e7c
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  • Via R, Hennings F, Fattori G, Pica A, Lomax A, Weber DC, et al.
    Technical note: benchmarking automated eye tracking and human detection for motion monitoring in ocular proton therapy
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  • Via R, Hennings F, Pica A, Fattori G, Beer J, Peroni M, et al.
    Potential and pitfalls of 1.5T MRI imaging for target volume definition in ocular proton therapy
    Radiotherapy and Oncology. 2021; 154: 53-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2020.08.023
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  • Weber DC, Langendijk JA, Grau C, Thariat J
    Proton therapy and the European Particle Therapy Network: the past, present and future
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  • Weber DC, Bizzocchi N, Bolsi A, Jenkinson MD
    Proton therapy for intracranial meningioma for the treatment of primary/recurrent disease including re-irradiation
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  • Winterhalter C, Aitkenhead A, Oxley D, Richardson J, Weber DC, MacKay RI, et al.
    Pitfalls in the beam modelling process of Monte Carlo calculations for proton pencil beam scanning
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2016-2019

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    Med Phys (2016).
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  • Towards FLASH proton therapy: the impact of treatment planning and machine characteristics on achievable dose rates van de Water S, Safai S, Schippers JM, et al.
    Acta Oncol (2019).
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  • Anatomical robust optimization to account for nasal cavity filling Variation during intensity-modulated proton therapy: a comparison with conventional and adaptive planning strategies van de Water S, Albertini F, Weber DC, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2017).
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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.
    Med Phys (2018).
    DOI: 10.1002/mp.12841
  • Proton therapy for brain tumours in the area of evidence-based medicine Weber DC, Lim PS, Tran S, et al.
    Br J Radiol (2019).
    DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20190237
  • Bringing Europe together in building clinical evidence for proton therapy – the EPTN–ESTRO–EORTC endeavor Weber DC, Grau C, Lim PS, et al.
    Acta Oncol (2019).
    DOI: 10.1080/0284186X.2019.1624820
  • Long term outcome of skull-base chondrosarcoma patients treated with high-dose proton therapy with or without conventional radiation therapy Weber DC, Murray FR, Combescure C, et al.
    Radiother Oncol (2018).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2018.06.040
  • Proton therapy for pediatric malignancies: Fact, figures and costs. A joint consensus statement from the pediatric subcommittee of PTCOG, PROS and EPTN Weber DC, Habrand JL, Hoppe BS, et al.
    Radiother Oncol (2018).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2018.05.020
  • Adjuvant postoperative high-dose radiotherapy for atypical and malignant meningioma: A phase-II parallel non-randomized and observation study (EORTC 22042-26042) Weber DC, Ares C, Villa S, et al.
    Radiother Oncol (2018).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2018.06.018
  • Pencil beam scanned protons for the treatment of patients with Ewing sarcoma Weber DC, Murray FR, Correia D, et al.
    Pediatr Blood Cancer (2017).
    DOI: 10.1002/pbc.26688
  • Profile of European proton and carbon ion therapy centers assessed by the EORTC facility questionnaire Weber DC, Murray FR, Correia D, et al.
    Radiother Oncol (2017).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2017.07.012
  • 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.
    Neuro-Oncol (2016).
    DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nov154
  • 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.
    Radiother Oncol (2016).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2016.05.011
  • Rhabdoid Tumour of the Orbit in a Child Wilms V, Jaeger M, Schlamann M, et al.
    Klin Monbl Augenheilkd (2019).
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  • Evaluation of the ray-casting analytical algorithm for pencil beam scanning proton therapy Winterhalter C, Zepter S, Shim S, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2019).
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  • Comment on 'Collimated proton pencil-beam scanning for superficial targets: impact of the order of range shifter and aperture' Winterhalter C, Lomax AJ, Oxley D, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2018).
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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.
    Phys Med Biol (2018).
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/aad3ae
  • Contour scanning, multi-leaf collimation and the combination thereof for proton pencil beam scanning Winterhalter C, Meier G, Oxley D, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2018).
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/aaf2e8
  • Log file based Monte Carlo calculations for proton pencil beam scanning therapy Winterhalter C, Meier G, Oxley D, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2018).
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/aaf82d
  • A study of lateral fall-off (penumbra) optimisation for pencil beam scanning (PBS) Proton therapy Winterhalter C, Lomax AJ, Oxley D, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2018).
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/aaa2ad
  • Dosimetric uncertainties as a result of temporal resolution in 4D dose calculations for PBS proton therapy Zhang Y, Huth I, Weber DC, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2019).
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ab1d6f
  • 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.
    Radiother Oncol (2018).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2018.01.019
  • Surface as a motion surrogate for gated re-scanned pencil beam proton therapy Zhang Y, Huth I, Wegner M, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2017).
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/aa66c5
  • An evaluation of rescanning technique for liver tumor treatments using a commercial PBS proton therapy system Zhang Y, Huth I, Wegner M, et al.
    Radiother-Oncol (2016).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2016.09.011

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).
    DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/14/012
  • Is it necessary to plan with safety margins for actively scanned proton therapy? Albertini F, Hug EB, Lomax AJ.
    Phys Med Biol (2011).
    DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/14/011
  • 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).
    DOI: 10.1118/1.4903936
  • Advantages and limitations of the "worst case scenario" approach in IMPT treatment planning Casiraghi M, Albertini F, Lomax AJ
    Phys Med Biol (2013).
    DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/5/1323
  • Could hyperthermia with proton therapy mimic carbon ion therapy? Exploring a thermo-radiobiological rationale Datta NR, Puric E, Schneider R, et al.
    Int J Hyperthermia (2014).
    DOI: 10.3109/02656736.2014.963703
  • 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.
    Phys Med Biol (2014).
    DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/59/23/7181
  • Pediatric anesthesia for proton radiotherapy : medicine remote from the medical centre Frei-Welte M, Weiss M, Neuhaus D, et al.
    Anaesthesist (2012).
    DOI: 10.1007/s00101-012-2085-2
  • Experimental validation of beam quality correction factors for proton beams Goma C, Hofstetter-Boillat B, Safai S, Vörös S
    Phys Med Biol (2015).
    DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/60/8/3207
  • 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).
    DOI: 10.1118/1.4897571
  • 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).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2014.03.010
  • Dose-painting intensity-modulated Proton therapy for intermediate- and high-risk meningioma Madani I, Lomax AJ, Albertini F, et al.
    Radiat Oncol (2015).
    DOI: 10.1186/s13014-015-0384-x
  • Defining robustness protocols: a method to include and evaluate robustness in clinical plans McGowan SE, Albertini F, Thomas SJ, Lomax AJ
    Phys Med Biol (2015).
    DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/60/7/2671
  • Independent dose calculations for commissioning, quality assurance and dose reconstruction of PBS proton therapy Meier G, Besson R, Nanz A, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2015).
    DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/60/7/2819
  • Temporal lobe toxicity analysis after proton radiation therapy for skull base tumors Pehlivan B, Ares C, Lomax AJ, et al.
    Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys (2012).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.10.042
  • Proton therapy for uveal melanoma in 43 juvenile patients: long-term results Petrovic A, Bergin C, Schalenbourg A, et al.
    Ophthalmology (2014).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2013.10.032
  • 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.
    Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys (2013).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.02.026
  • First experimental results of motion mitigation by continuous line scanning of protons Schatti A, Meer D, Lomax AJ
    Phys Med Biol (2014).
    DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/59/19/5707
  • 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.
    Phys Med Biol (2014).
    DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/59/14/3813
  • Experimental verification of motion mitigation of discrete proton spot scanning by re-scanning Schatti A, Zakova M, Meer D, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2013).
    DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/23/8555
  • Small bowel toxicity after high dose spot scanning-based proton beam therapy for paraspinal/retroperitoneal neoplasms Schneider R, Vitolo V, Albertini F, et al.
    Strahlenther Onkol (2013).
    DOI: 10.1007/s00066-013-0432-0
  • Spot-scanning based proton therapy for extracranial chordoma Staab A, Rutz HP, Ares C, et al.
    Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys (2011).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.02.018
  • Dose to the developing dentition during therapeutic Irradiation: organ at risk determination and clinical implications Thompson RF, Schneider RA, Albertini F, et al.
    Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys (2013).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.11.041
  • 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.
    J Neurooncol (2015).
    DOI: 10.1007/s11060-014-1648-2
  • 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.
    Pediatr Blood Cancer (2015).
    DOI: 10.1002/pbc.25864
  • 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.
    Neuro Oncol (2015).
    DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nou293
  • 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.
    Radiat Oncol (2014).
    DOI: 10.1186/1748-717X-9-123
  • 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).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2014.04.015
  • 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).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.08.027
  • 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.
    Phys Med Biol (2015).
    DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/60/20/8141
  • 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).
    DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/59/24/7793
  • Respiratory liver motion estimation and its effect on scanned proton beam therapy Zhang Y, Boye D, Tanner C, et al.
    Phys Med Biol (2012).
    DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/7/1779

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).
    DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/10/005
  • Sensitivity of intensity modulated proton therapy plans to changes in patient weight Albertini F, Bolsi A, Lomax AJ, et al.
    Radiother Oncol (2008).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2007.11.032
  • 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).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.02.062
  • 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).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.12.055
  • 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).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.02.079
  • 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