Electronic Portal Imaging Publications

Radiotherapy Portal Image Quality.
L.E. Reinstein, H.I. Amols, P.J. Biggs, R.T. Droege, A.B. Filimonov, W.R. Lutz, S. Shalev. AAPM Report No. 24 (1987)

Data base for radiation therapy images.
S. Shalev, S. Cosby, K. Leszczynski, T. Chu. Radiology 173(P), 89 (1989)

Video techniques for on-line portal imaging.
S. Shalev, T. Lee, K. Leszczynski, S. Cosby, T. Chu, L. Reinstein, A. Meek. Comput. Med. Imag. and Graphics, 13, 217-226 (1989)

A digital video system for on-line portal verification.
K. Leszczynski, S. Shalev, S. Cosby. SPIE 1231, 401-405 (1990)

The physical limitations of DQE in portal imaging systems.
S. Shalev. Medical Physics 18, 616 (1991)

Optimization of metal/phosphor screens for on-line portal imaging.
B. Wowk, S. Shalev, K. Leszczynski. Medical Physics 18, 616 (1991)

Analysis of portal beam displacements.
S. Shalev, X. Ding, K. McGee, X. Zhou. Medical Physics 18, 1079 (1991)

The physics of portal imaging.
S. Shalev, K. Leszczynski, S. Cosby, B. Wowk. Medical Physics 18, 1080 (1991)

Optimization of metal/phosphor screens for on-line portal imaging.
B. Wowk, K. Leszczynski, S. Shalev, M. Westmore. Medical Physics 18, 1080 (1991)

The theoretical limits of on-line portal imaging systems.
S. Shalev. Med. & Biol. Eng. & Comput., 29 Sup., 507 (1991)

The quantification of radiation treatment accuracy.
S. Shalev, X. Ding, R. Strachan, S. Ryder. Med. & Biol. Eng. & Comput., 29 Sup., 857 (1991)

Textured phosphor screens for on-line portal imaging.
B. Wowk, T. Radcliffe, S. Shalev. Medical Physics 19, 782 (1992)

Monte Carlo optimization of metal/phosphor screens for portal imaging.
T. Radcliffe, B. Wowk, S. Shalev. Medical Physics 19, 801 (1992)

Developments in portal imaging.
P. Munro, S. Shalev, M. Weinhous. Medical Physics 19, 852 (1992)

Portal imaging systems and applications.
S. Shalev. Rad. Oncol. 24 Sup., S96 (1992)

The design and clinical application of digital portal imaging systems.
S. Shalev. ASTRO Refresher Course, San Diego. Int.J.Rad.Onc.Biol.Phys. 24, Sup. 1, 104 (1992)

Brighter and better: Advances in the design of on-line portal imaging systems.
S. Shalev, B. Wowk, R. Rajapakshe. Proc. IX Congresso Nacional de Fisica Medica, Tenerife, 465-468 (1993)

Temporal and spatial statistics of image noise in real time video imaging: A study on on-line portal imaging.
R. Rajapakshe, T.R. Radcliffe, S. Shalev. SPIE 1896, 62-72 (1993)

Sources of random noise in real-time portal imaging.
R. Rajapakshe, S. Shalev. Medical Physics 20, 871 (1993)

The influence of quantization noise in on-line portal imaging.
R. Rajapakshe, S. Shalev. Medical Physics 20, 921 (1993).

A quality control test for on-line portal imaging.
R. Rajapakshe, S. Shalev. Medical Physics 20, 921 (1993)

Monte Carlo optimization of metal/phosphor screens at megavoltage energies.
T. Radcliffe, G. Barnea, B. Wowk, R. Rajapakshe, S. Shalev. Medical Physics 20, 1161-1169 (1993).

Grooved phosphor screens for on-line portal imaging.
B. Wowk, S. Shalev, T. Radcliffe. Medical Physics 20; 1641-1651 (1993)

The design and clinical application of digital portal imaging systems.
S. Shalev. ASTRO Refresher Course, New Orleans. Int.J.Rad.Onc.Biol.Phys. 27, Sup. 1, 109 (1993)

Optimization of metal/phosphor screens for on-line portal imaging.
B. Wowk, T. Radcliffe, K. W. Leszczynski , S. Shalev, R. Rajapakshe. Medical Physics 21, 227-235 (1994).

Improvements in portal image quality using target integration and Peltier cooling.
R. Rajapakshe, S. Shalev. Medical Physics 21, 922 (1994)

Linac output stability during the first three seconds.
R. Rajapakshe, S. Shalev. Medical Physics 21, 945 (1994)

Practical Limitations in Conformal Therapy.
S. Shalev. Medical Physics 21, 1010 (1994)

Noise analysis in real time portal imaging. Part I: Quantization noise.
R. Rajapakshe, S. Shalev. Medical Physics 21, 1263-1268 (1994)

Thick phosphor screens for on-line portal imaging.
B. Wowk, S. Shalev. Medical Physics 21, 1269-1276 (1994)

Progress in the evaluation of electronic portal imaging - Taking one step at a time.
S. Shalev. Int.J.Rad.Onc.Biol.Phys. 28, 1043-1045 (1994).

Portal imaging systems and their applications
S. Shalev. Phys. Med. Biol. 39a, 510 (1994).

Treatment verification using digital imaging.
S. Shalev. In "Radiation Therapy Physics" (Ed: A. Smith), Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1995, pp 155-173.

Interactive radiation therapy using electronic portal imaging.
S. Shalev, K. Luchka, R. Rajapakshe, G. Gluhchev. LH Gray Conf. on Quantitative Imaging in Oncology, Newcastle 1995.

Dynamic megavoltage fluoroscopy - applications in radiotherapy.
S. Shalev, K.B. Luchka, G. Gluhchev, R. Rajapakshe. LH Gray Conference on Quantitative Imaging in Oncology, Newcastle April 1995.

PIPS - An image processing system for radiation therapy.
S. Shalev, G. Gluhchev. In "Quantitative Imaging in Oncology" (Eds: K. Faulkner, B. Carey, A. Crellin, R.M. Harrison). Proc. LH Gray Conf. on Quantitative Imaging in Oncology, Newcastle April 1995. BIR , London 1996. pp. 123-125.

Exit dosimetry with electronic portal imaging devices.
R. Rajapakshe, H. Parsaei, J. Wolters, E. El-Khatib, K.B. Luchka, S. Shalev. Workshop on Electronic Portal Imaging, Amsterdam, June 1996.

Output stability of a linear accelerator during the first three seconds.
R. Rajapakshe, S. Shalev. Medical Physics 23, 517-519 (1996)

On-line portal imaging: Contributions and limitations in clinical practice.
S. Shalev. In "Three-dimensional Conformal Therapy" (Eds: J.L. Meyer and J.A. Purdy), Frontiers in Radiation Therapy and Oncology, Basel, Karger, 1996, pp 156-167.

Megavoltage Portal Imaging.
S. Shalev. In "Teletherapy Physics, Present and Future" (Eds: J.R. Palta and T.R. Mackie), AAPM Summer School Proceedings, Madison, Advanced Medical Publishing, 1996, pp 445-469.

Pelvic irradiation of the obese patient: A treatment strategy involving megavoltage simulation and intratreatment setup corrections.
K. Luchka, S. Shalev. Medical Physics 23, 1897-1902 (1996)

State of the Art in Electronic Portal Imaging.
S. Shalev. Proceedings XII International Conference on the Use of Computers in Radiation Therapy, Salt Lake City, May 1997 (Eds: D. D. Leavitt, G. Starkschall), Medical Physics Publishing, Madison WI 1997, pp 27-30.

PIPS - An image processing, analysis and display system for use in radiation therapy.
S. Shalev, D. Chen, K. Luchka, G. Gluhchev. Proc. COMP Annual Meeting, Vancouver, June 1997. pp. 280-281.

Image storage requirements for treatment planning and verification.
S. Shalev. Seminars in Radiation Oncology 7, No. 1, 67-75 (1997).

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