Volumetric‐modulated arc therapy and intensity‐modulated radiation therapy treatment planning for prostate cancer with flattened beam and flattening filter free linear …

M Treutwein, M Hipp, O Koelbl… - Journal of applied …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This study on patients with localized prostate cancer was set up to investigate valuable
differences using flattened beam (FB) and flattening filter free (FFF) mode in the application …

Evaluation of mixed energy partial arcs for volumetric modulated arc therapy for prostate cancer

S Momin, JL Gräfe, RF Khan - Journal of applied clinical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The purpose of this work was to investigate the dosimetric impact of mixed energy
(6‐MV, 15‐MV) partial arcs (MEPAs) technique on prostate cancer VMAT plans. Methods …

[HTML][HTML] Three-dimensional dose reconstruction-based pretreatment dosimetric verification in volumetric modulated arc therapy for prostate cancer

Y Jeong, JG Oh, JK Kang, SR Moon… - Radiation Oncology …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose We performed three-dimensional (3D) dose reconstruction-based pretreatment
verification to evaluate gamma analysis acceptance criteria in volumetric modulated arc …

A RapidArc planning strategy for prostate with simultaneous integrated boost

D Jolly, D Alahakone, J Meyer - Journal of Applied Clinical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Since the clinical implementation of novel rotational forms of intensity‐modulated
radiotherapy, a variety of planning studies have been published that reinforce the major …

Considerations on treatment efficiency of different conformal radiation therapy techniques for prostate cancer

D Verellen, N Linthout, G Soete, S Van Acker… - Radiotherapy and …, 2002 - Elsevier
Backgroundandpurpose: To evaluate the treatment efficiency of different conformal radiation
therapy techniques in prostate cancer. Materialsandmethods: Three major classes of …

[HTML][HTML] Prostate stereotactic ablative radiation therapy using volumetric modulated arc therapy to dominant intraprostatic lesions

LJ Murray, J Lilley, CM Thompson, V Cosgrove… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Purpose To investigate boosting dominant intraprostatic lesions (DILs) in the context of
stereotactic ablative radiation therapy (SABR) and to examine the impact on tumor control …

A comprehensive comparison of IMRT and VMAT plan quality for prostate cancer treatment

EM Quan, X Li, Y Li, X Wang, RJ Kudchadker… - International Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: We performed a comprehensive comparative study of the plan quality between
volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) and intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) …

VMAT partial arc technique decreases dose to organs at risk in whole pelvic radiotherapy for prostate cancer when compared to full arc VMAT and IMRT

GK Bartlett, CF Njeh, KC Huang, C DesRosiers, G Guo - Medical Dosimetry, 2023 - Elsevier
Whole pelvic radiotherapy (WPRT) can sterilize microscopic lymph node metastases in
treatment of prostate cancer. WPRT, compared to prostate only radiotherapy (PORT), is …

Biological effective dose in analysis of rectal dose in prostate cancer patients who underwent a combination therapy of VMAT and LDR with hydrogel spacer insertion

H Zhang, L Wang, AC Riegel, J Antone… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This study aimed to evaluate rectal dose reduction in prostate cancer patients who
underwent a combination of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) and low‐dose‐rate …

Dosimetry estimation on variations of patient size in prostate volumetric-modulated arc therapy

JCL Chow, R Jiang - Medical Dosimetry, 2013 - Elsevier
This study investigated the dosimetric variations of the target and critical organs of patients
who had weight loss associated with prostate volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) …