[HTML][HTML] The physics of radioembolization

R Bastiaannet, SC Kappadath, B Kunnen, AJAT Braat… - EJNMMI physics, 2018 - Springer
Radioembolization is an established treatment for chemoresistant and unresectable liver
cancers. Currently, treatment planning is often based on semi-empirical methods, which yield …

Application of circularly polarized light for non‐invasive diagnosis of cancerous tissues and turbid tissue‐like scattering media

B Kunnen, C Macdonald, A Doronin… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Polarization‐based optical techniques have become increasingly popular in the field of
biomedical diagnosis. In the current report we exploit the directional awareness of circularly and/…

[HTML][HTML] Accelerated SPECT image reconstruction with FBP and an image enhancement convolutional neural network

MMA Dietze, W Branderhorst, B Kunnen, MA Viergever… - EJNMMI physics, 2019 - Springer
Background Monte Carlo-based iterative reconstruction to correct for photon scatter and
collimator effects has been proven to be superior over analytical correction schemes in single-…

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of image-guided and surface-guided radiotherapy for breast cancer patients treated in deep inspiration breath-hold: A single institution experience

…, C van Wanrooij, S Quint, B Kunnen… - Technical Innovations & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction Nowadays, deep inspiratory breath-hold is a common technique to reduce
heart dose in left-sided breast radiotherapy. This study evaluates the evolution of the breath-hold …

Dose–response and dose–toxicity relationships for glass 90Y radioembolization in patients with liver metastases from colorectal cancer

…, MW Barentsz, MLJ Smits, B Kunnen… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2021 - Soc Nuclear Med
Radioembolization based on personalized treatment planning requires established dose–response
and dose–toxicity relationships. The aim of this study was to investigate dose–…

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of the Biograph Vision and Biograph mCT for quantitative 90Y PET/CT imaging for radioembolisation

B Kunnen, C Beijst, MGEH Lam, MA Viergever… - EJNMMI physics, 2020 - Springer
Background New digital PET scanners with improved time of flight timing and extended
axial field of view such as the Siemens Biograph Vision have come on the market and are …

Dose-response and dose-toxicity relationships for yttrium-90 glass radioembolization in patients with colorectal cancer liver metastases

…, MW Barentsz, MLJ Smits, B Kunnen… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2021 - Soc Nuclear Med
Purpose Radioembolization based on personalized treatment planning requires established
dose-response and dose-toxicity relationships. The aim of this study was to investigate dose…

Radioembolization lung shunt estimation based on a 90Y pretreatment procedure: A phantom study

B Kunnen, S van der Velden, R Bastiaannet… - Medical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Prior to 90 Y radioembolization, a pretreatment procedure is performed, in which
99m Tc‐macroaggerated albumin ( 99m Tc‐ MAA ) is administered to estimate the amount of …

A dual-layer detector for simultaneous fluoroscopic and nuclear imaging

S van der Velden, B Kunnen, WJC Koppert… - Radiology, 2019 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To develop and evaluate a dual-layer detector capable of acquiring intrinsically
registered real-time fluoroscopic and nuclear images in the interventional radiology suite. …

Respiratory motion compensation in interventional liver SPECT using simultaneous fluoroscopic and nuclear imaging

MMA Dietze, R Bastiaannet, B Kunnen… - Medical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Quantitative accuracy of the single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)
reconstruction of the pretreatment procedure of liver radioembolization is crucial for …