List of works - Dirk Verellen

A (short) history of image-guided radiotherapy.

scientific article published on January 2008

A Comparative Evaluation of 3 Different Free-Form Deformable Image Registration and Contour Propagation Methods for Head and Neck MRI: The Case of Parotid Changes During Radiotherapy

scientific article published on January 2017

A comparison of two clinical correlation models used for real-time tumor tracking of semi-periodic motion: A focus on geometrical accuracy in lung and liver cancer patients

scientific article published on 14 May 2015

A complementary dual-modality verification for tumor tracking on a gimbaled linac system.

scientific article published on 14 November 2013

A dosimetric comparison of real-time adaptive and non-adaptive radiotherapy: A multi-institutional study encompassing robotic, gimbaled, multileaf collimator and couch tracking.

scientific article published on 22 March 2016

A feasibility study of high dose rate brachytherapy in solitary urinary bladder cancer ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 July 1997

A feasibility study of image-guided hypofractionated conformal arc therapy for inoperable patients with localized non-small cell lung cancer

scientific article published on 27 August 2007

A multi-centre analysis of treatment procedures and error components in dynamic tumour tracking radiotherapy

scientific article published on 18 May 2015

A phase I dose-escalation trial of stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy for non-spine bone and lymph node metastases (DESTROY-trial)

scientific article published on 20 August 2018

A phase III randomized-controlled, single-blind trial to improve quality of life with stereotactic body radiotherapy for patients with painful bone metastases (ROBOMET)

scientific article published on 04 September 2019

A simple theoretical verification of monitor unit calculation for intensity modulated beams using dynamic mini-multileaf collimation.

scientific article published in May 2004

Activated macrophages as a novel determinant of tumor cell radioresponse: the role of nitric oxide-mediated inhibition of cellular respiration and oxygen sparing.

scientific article published on April 2010

Alanine/EPR dosimetry applied to the verification of a total body irradiation protocol and treatment planning dose calculation using a humanoid phantom.

scientific article published on December 2010

An assessment of the use of skin flashes in helical tomotherapy using phantom and in-vivo dosimetry.

scientific article published on 27 June 2007

An in-house developed resettable MOSFET dosimeter for radiotherapy.

scientific article

Analysis of the targeting uncertainty of a stereotactic frameless radiosurgery technique for arteriovenous malformation.

scientific article published on 29 October 2014

Assessment of intrafractional movement and internal motion in radiotherapy of rectal cancer using megavoltage computed tomography.

scientific article published in July 2008

Assessment of secondary patient motion induced by automated couch movement during on-line 6 dimensional repositioning in prostate cancer treatment.

scientific article published on 17 May 2007

Automation in intensity modulated radiotherapy treatment planning-a review of recent innovations

article

Breast conserving treatment for breast cancer: dosimetric comparison of different non-invasive techniques for additional boost delivery

scientific article published on 27 January 2014

Breast conserving treatment for breast cancer: dosimetric comparison of sequential versus simultaneous integrated photon boost

scientific article

Characteristics and clinical application of a treatment simulator with Ct-option

scientific article published on 01 March 1999

Computer-aided analysis of star shot films for high-accuracy radiation therapy treatment units.

scientific article

Delivering affordable cancer care in high-income countries

article

ESTRO ACROP consensus guideline on implementation and practice of stereotactic body radiotherapy for peripherally located early stage non-small cell lung cancer.

scientific article published on 4 July 2017

Evaluation of a dedicated brain metastases treatment planning optimization for radiosurgery: a new treatment paradigm?

scientific article published on 2 February 2016

Evaluation of the clinical usefulness for using verification images during frameless radiosurgery

scientific article published on 25 May 2013

Evaluation of the optimal combinations of modulation factor and pitch for Helical TomoTherapy plans made with TomoEdge using Pareto optimal fronts

scientific article published on 17 September 2015

Experimental determination of the energy response of alanine pellets in the high dose rate 192Ir spectrum

scientific article published on 23 September 2011

Fast Helical Tomotherapy in a head and neck cancer planning study: is time priceless?

scientific article published on 23 December 2015

Feasibility of markerless tumor tracking by sequential dual-energy fluoroscopy on a clinical tumor tracking system

scientific article published on 3 September 2015

Feasibility of using the Vero SBRT system for intracranial SRS.

scientific article published on 6 January 2014

Fiducial marker and marker-less soft-tissue detection using fast MV fluoroscopy on a new generation EPID: investigating the influence of pulsing artifacts and artifact suppression techniques.

scientific article published in October 2014

From linac to tomotherapy: new possibilities for cure?

scientific article published on January 2006

Gating and tracking, 4D in thoracic tumours.

scientific article published on 31 July 2010

Geometric Verification of Dynamic Wave Arc Delivery With the Vero System Using Orthogonal X-ray Fluoroscopic Imaging

scientific article published on 5 March 2015

Global harmonization of quality assurance naming conventions in radiation therapy clinical trials

scientific article published on December 2014

Helical tomotherapy with simultaneous integrated boost for high-risk and lymph node-positive prostate cancer: early report on acute and late toxicity

scientific article published on 01 October 2009

Hypoxic tumor cell radiosensitization through nitric oxide.

scientific article published on 24 April 2008

IFN-gamma+ CD8+ T lymphocytes: possible link between immune and radiation responses in tumor-relevant hypoxia.

scientific article

Image guided radiotherapy for prostate cancer.

scientific article

Impact of inadequate respiratory motion management in SBRT for oligometastatic colorectal cancer.

scientific article published on 28 November 2014

Implementation of HybridArc treatment technique in preoperative radiotherapy of rectal cancer: dose patterns in target lesions and organs at risk as compared to helical Tomotherapy and RapidArc

scientific article published on 31 July 2012

Implementation of alanine/EPR as transfer dosimetry system in a radiotherapy audit programme in Belgium

scientific article published on 11 March 2011

Importing measured field fluences into the treatment planning system to validate a breathing synchronized DMLC-IMRT irradiation technique.

scientific article published on 14 March 2006

Improvement of European translational cancer research. Collaboration between comprehensive cancer centers.

scientific article published in March 2008

Improving the intra-fraction update efficiency of a correlation model used for internal motion estimation during real-time tumor tracking for SBRT patients: fast update or no update?

scientific article published in September 2014

In regards to Caudell et Al. (Int j radiat oncol biol phys 2007;65:640-645).

scientific article published in December 2007

In vivo dosimetry for patients with prostate cancer to assess possible impact of bladder and rectum preparation

scientific article published on 24 November 2020

Initial assessment of tumor tracking with a gimbaled linac system in clinical circumstances: a patient simulation study.

scientific article published on 8 February 2013

Initial characterization, dosimetric benchmark and performance validation of Dynamic Wave Arc.

scientific article published on 29 April 2016

Initial clinical experience with infrared-reflecting skin markers in the positioning of patients treated by conformal radiotherapy for prostate cancer.

scientific article

Initial experience with intensity-modulated conformal radiation therapy for treatment of the head and neck region ⬇️

scientific article published on August 1, 1997

Innovations in image-guided radiotherapy.

scientific article

Longitudinal assessment of parotid function in patients receiving tomotherapy for head-and-neck cancer

scientific article published on 01 August 2008

Mild Lung Restriction in Breast Cancer Patients After Hypofractionated and Conventional Radiation Therapy: A 3-Year Follow-Up.

scientific article published on 6 February 2016

Motion management during SBRT for oligometastatic cancer: Results of a prospective phase II trial.

scientific article published on 11 May 2016

Multi-object tracking in MRI-guided radiotherapy using the tracking-learning-detection framework

scientific article published on 25 May 2019

Optimal control of set-up margins and internal margins for intra- and extracranial radiotherapy using stereoscopic kilovoltage imaging.

scientific article published on 18 July 2006

Out-of-field doses from pediatric craniospinal irradiations using 3D-CRT, IMRT, helical tomotherapy and electron-based therapy.

scientific article published on 11 April 2017

Phase II study of helical tomotherapy for oligometastatic colorectal cancer.

scientific article published on 4 August 2010

Phase II study of helical tomotherapy in the multidisciplinary treatment of oligometastatic colorectal cancer

scientific article

Phase II study of preoperative helical tomotherapy for rectal cancer.

scientific article published on 27 September 2007

Point/Counterpoint. Future developments in external beam radiotherapy will be unlikely to significantly improve treatment outcomes over those currently achieved with 3D-conformal and IMRT treatments.

scientific article published on August 2007

Predicting tumour motion during the whole radiotherapy treatment: a systematic approach for thoracic and abdominal lesions based on real time MR

scientific article published on 22 August 2018

Preoperative intensity-modulated and image-guided radiotherapy with a simultaneous integrated boost in locally advanced rectal cancer: report on late toxicity and outcome.

scientific article published on 12 November 2013

Quality Assurance of a 50-kV Radiotherapy Unit Using EBT3 GafChromic Film: A Feasibility Study.

scientific article published on 9 January 2015

Quantification of cerebral tumour blood flow and permeability with T1-weighted dynamic contrast enhanced MRI: a feasibility study.

scientific article

Radiation Oncology. Optimal Health for All, Together. ESTRO vision, 2030

scientific article published on 11 April 2019

Radiation therapy quality assurance in clinical trials--Global Harmonisation Group

scientific article

SU-E-J-140: Initial Clinical Assessment of a Gimbaled Linac Tumor Tracking System in a Patient Simulation Study

scientific article published in June 2012

Setup accuracy of stereoscopic X-ray positioning with automated correction for rotational errors in patients treated with conformal arc radiotherapy for prostate cancer

scientific article published on 17 August 2006

Setup accuracy of the Novalis ExacTrac 6DOF system for frameless radiosurgery.

scientific article

Shielding requirements in helical tomotherapy

scientific article published on 01 August 2007

Single fraction versus fractionated linac-based stereotactic radiotherapy for vestibular schwannoma: a single-institution experience.

scientific article published on 12 June 2011

Six dimensional analysis with daily stereoscopic x-ray imaging of intrafraction patient motion in head and neck treatments using five points fixation masks.

scientific article published in February 2006

Skin contamination of nuclear medicine technologists: incidence, routes, dosimetry and decontamination

scientific article

Skin dose rate conversion factors after contamination with radiopharmaceuticals: influence of contamination area, epidermal thickness and percutaneous absorption.

scientific article published on 21 March 2013

Small airways function in breast cancer patients before and after radiotherapy

scientific article published on 22 August 2012

Tangential IMRT versus TomoTherapy with and without breath-hold in left-sided whole breast irradiation.

scientific article published on 21 May 2015

The European Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology-European Institute of Radiotherapy (ESTRO-EIR) report on 3D CT-based in-room image guidance systems: a practical and technical review and guide.

scientific article published on 12 February 2010

The effect of tomotherapy imaging beam output instabilities on dose calculation.

scientific article published on 4 May 2010

The long- and short-term variability of breathing induced tumor motion in lung and liver over the course of a radiotherapy treatment

scientific article

The mean absolute dose deviation-A common metric for the evaluation of dose-volume histograms in radiation therapy

scientific article published on 19 November 2019

The photopolymerization of DC8,9PC in microbubbles

Treating patients with Dynamic Wave Arc: First clinical experience.

scientific article published on 20 January 2017

Treating patients with real-time tumor tracking using the Vero gimbaled linac system: implementation and first review.

scientific article

Treatment delivery time optimization of respiratory gated radiation therapy by application of audio-visual feedback

scientific article published on 01 June 2009

Ultrasound based dosimetry for radiotherapy: In-vitro proof of principle

Variation in current prescription practice of stereotactic body radiotherapy for peripherally located early stage non-small cell lung cancer: Recommendations for prescribing and recording according to the ACROP guideline and ICRU report 91

scientific article published on 22 November 2019

Volumetric imaging by megavoltage computed tomography for assessment of internal organ motion during radiotherapy for cervical cancer.

scientific article published on 6 April 2010

Vorsprung durch Technik: evolution, implementation, QA and safety of new technology in radiotherapy

scientific article published on 18 February 2010

WE-G-213CD-03: A Dual Complementary Verification Method for Dynamic Tumor Tracking on Vero SBRT.

scientific article published in June 2012

[Conformal radiotherapy: tomotherapy]

article published in 2000

List of works by Dirk Verellen

A (short) history of image-guided radiotherapy.

A Comparative Evaluation of 3 Different Free-Form Deformable Image Registration and Contour Propagation Methods for Head and Neck MRI: The Case of Parotid Changes During Radiotherapy

A comparison of two clinical correlation models used for real-time tumor tracking of semi-periodic motion: A focus on geometrical accuracy in lung and liver cancer patients

A complementary dual-modality verification for tumor tracking on a gimbaled linac system.

A dosimetric comparison of real-time adaptive and non-adaptive radiotherapy: A multi-institutional study encompassing robotic, gimbaled, multileaf collimator and couch tracking.

A feasibility study of high dose rate brachytherapy in solitary urinary bladder cancer ⬇️

A feasibility study of image-guided hypofractionated conformal arc therapy for inoperable patients with localized non-small cell lung cancer

A multi-centre analysis of treatment procedures and error components in dynamic tumour tracking radiotherapy

A phase I dose-escalation trial of stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy for non-spine bone and lymph node metastases (DESTROY-trial)

A phase III randomized-controlled, single-blind trial to improve quality of life with stereotactic body radiotherapy for patients with painful bone metastases (ROBOMET)

A simple theoretical verification of monitor unit calculation for intensity modulated beams using dynamic mini-multileaf collimation.

Activated macrophages as a novel determinant of tumor cell radioresponse: the role of nitric oxide-mediated inhibition of cellular respiration and oxygen sparing.

Alanine/EPR dosimetry applied to the verification of a total body irradiation protocol and treatment planning dose calculation using a humanoid phantom.

An assessment of the use of skin flashes in helical tomotherapy using phantom and in-vivo dosimetry.

An in-house developed resettable MOSFET dosimeter for radiotherapy.

Analysis of the targeting uncertainty of a stereotactic frameless radiosurgery technique for arteriovenous malformation.

Assessment of intrafractional movement and internal motion in radiotherapy of rectal cancer using megavoltage computed tomography.

Assessment of secondary patient motion induced by automated couch movement during on-line 6 dimensional repositioning in prostate cancer treatment.

Automation in intensity modulated radiotherapy treatment planning-a review of recent innovations

Breast conserving treatment for breast cancer: dosimetric comparison of different non-invasive techniques for additional boost delivery

Breast conserving treatment for breast cancer: dosimetric comparison of sequential versus simultaneous integrated photon boost

Characteristics and clinical application of a treatment simulator with Ct-option

Computer-aided analysis of star shot films for high-accuracy radiation therapy treatment units.

Delivering affordable cancer care in high-income countries

ESTRO ACROP consensus guideline on implementation and practice of stereotactic body radiotherapy for peripherally located early stage non-small cell lung cancer.

Evaluation of a dedicated brain metastases treatment planning optimization for radiosurgery: a new treatment paradigm?

Evaluation of the clinical usefulness for using verification images during frameless radiosurgery

Evaluation of the optimal combinations of modulation factor and pitch for Helical TomoTherapy plans made with TomoEdge using Pareto optimal fronts

Experimental determination of the energy response of alanine pellets in the high dose rate 192Ir spectrum

Fast Helical Tomotherapy in a head and neck cancer planning study: is time priceless?

Feasibility of markerless tumor tracking by sequential dual-energy fluoroscopy on a clinical tumor tracking system

Feasibility of using the Vero SBRT system for intracranial SRS.

Fiducial marker and marker-less soft-tissue detection using fast MV fluoroscopy on a new generation EPID: investigating the influence of pulsing artifacts and artifact suppression techniques.

From linac to tomotherapy: new possibilities for cure?

Gating and tracking, 4D in thoracic tumours.

Geometric Verification of Dynamic Wave Arc Delivery With the Vero System Using Orthogonal X-ray Fluoroscopic Imaging

Global harmonization of quality assurance naming conventions in radiation therapy clinical trials

Helical tomotherapy with simultaneous integrated boost for high-risk and lymph node-positive prostate cancer: early report on acute and late toxicity

Hypoxic tumor cell radiosensitization through nitric oxide.

IFN-gamma+ CD8+ T lymphocytes: possible link between immune and radiation responses in tumor-relevant hypoxia.

Image guided radiotherapy for prostate cancer.

Impact of inadequate respiratory motion management in SBRT for oligometastatic colorectal cancer.

Implementation of HybridArc treatment technique in preoperative radiotherapy of rectal cancer: dose patterns in target lesions and organs at risk as compared to helical Tomotherapy and RapidArc

Implementation of alanine/EPR as transfer dosimetry system in a radiotherapy audit programme in Belgium

Importing measured field fluences into the treatment planning system to validate a breathing synchronized DMLC-IMRT irradiation technique.

Improvement of European translational cancer research. Collaboration between comprehensive cancer centers.

Improving the intra-fraction update efficiency of a correlation model used for internal motion estimation during real-time tumor tracking for SBRT patients: fast update or no update?

In regards to Caudell et Al. (Int j radiat oncol biol phys 2007;65:640-645).

In vivo dosimetry for patients with prostate cancer to assess possible impact of bladder and rectum preparation

Initial assessment of tumor tracking with a gimbaled linac system in clinical circumstances: a patient simulation study.

Initial characterization, dosimetric benchmark and performance validation of Dynamic Wave Arc.

Initial clinical experience with infrared-reflecting skin markers in the positioning of patients treated by conformal radiotherapy for prostate cancer.

Initial experience with intensity-modulated conformal radiation therapy for treatment of the head and neck region ⬇️

Innovations in image-guided radiotherapy.

Longitudinal assessment of parotid function in patients receiving tomotherapy for head-and-neck cancer

Mild Lung Restriction in Breast Cancer Patients After Hypofractionated and Conventional Radiation Therapy: A 3-Year Follow-Up.

Motion management during SBRT for oligometastatic cancer: Results of a prospective phase II trial.

Multi-object tracking in MRI-guided radiotherapy using the tracking-learning-detection framework

Optimal control of set-up margins and internal margins for intra- and extracranial radiotherapy using stereoscopic kilovoltage imaging.

Out-of-field doses from pediatric craniospinal irradiations using 3D-CRT, IMRT, helical tomotherapy and electron-based therapy.

Phase II study of helical tomotherapy for oligometastatic colorectal cancer.

Phase II study of helical tomotherapy in the multidisciplinary treatment of oligometastatic colorectal cancer

Phase II study of preoperative helical tomotherapy for rectal cancer.

Point/Counterpoint. Future developments in external beam radiotherapy will be unlikely to significantly improve treatment outcomes over those currently achieved with 3D-conformal and IMRT treatments.

Predicting tumour motion during the whole radiotherapy treatment: a systematic approach for thoracic and abdominal lesions based on real time MR

Preoperative intensity-modulated and image-guided radiotherapy with a simultaneous integrated boost in locally advanced rectal cancer: report on late toxicity and outcome.

Quality Assurance of a 50-kV Radiotherapy Unit Using EBT3 GafChromic Film: A Feasibility Study.

Quantification of cerebral tumour blood flow and permeability with T1-weighted dynamic contrast enhanced MRI: a feasibility study.

Radiation Oncology. Optimal Health for All, Together. ESTRO vision, 2030

Radiation therapy quality assurance in clinical trials--Global Harmonisation Group

SU-E-J-140: Initial Clinical Assessment of a Gimbaled Linac Tumor Tracking System in a Patient Simulation Study

Setup accuracy of stereoscopic X-ray positioning with automated correction for rotational errors in patients treated with conformal arc radiotherapy for prostate cancer

Setup accuracy of the Novalis ExacTrac 6DOF system for frameless radiosurgery.

Shielding requirements in helical tomotherapy

Single fraction versus fractionated linac-based stereotactic radiotherapy for vestibular schwannoma: a single-institution experience.

Six dimensional analysis with daily stereoscopic x-ray imaging of intrafraction patient motion in head and neck treatments using five points fixation masks.

Skin contamination of nuclear medicine technologists: incidence, routes, dosimetry and decontamination

Skin dose rate conversion factors after contamination with radiopharmaceuticals: influence of contamination area, epidermal thickness and percutaneous absorption.

Small airways function in breast cancer patients before and after radiotherapy