Volumetric modulated arc therapy: a review of current literature and clinical use in practice

M Teoh, CH Clark, K Wood, S Whitaker… - The British journal of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
… The details of these studies and a review of the use of HT have … of arc therapy, termed
intensity modulated arc therapy (IMAT) was first described by Yu in 1995 [26] and required the use

Clinical implementation of intensity-modulated arc therapy

XY Cedric, XA Li, L Ma, D Chen, S Naqvi… - International Journal of …, 2002 - Elsevier
… were treated in our clinic using the IMAT technique. This article describes the issues in the
implementation and clinical usage of this technique. Clinical examples of IMAT treatments will …

Clinical applications of volumetric modulated arc therapy

MM Matuszak, D Yan, I Grills, A Martinez - International Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
… /or gantry speed during an arc delivery. This new capability, referred to as volumetric … arc
therapy or VMAT, has likely spurred a re-emergence of clinical interest in the use of arc therapy. …

Intensity-modulated arc therapy: principles, technologies and clinical implementation

XY Cedric, G Tang - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
… In recent years, single-arc forms of IMAT have emerged and … arc therapy (VMAT), a single-arc
form of IMAT that delivers apertures of varying weights with a single-arc rotation that uses

New developments in arc radiation therapy: a review

DA Palma, WFAR Verbakel, K Otto, S Senan - Cancer treatment reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
arc therapy, descriptions of the modern arc techniques that are currently clinically available,
and highlights some distinguishing features of arc therapies, … to come into clinical use in the …

Aperture modulated arc therapy

SM Crooks, X Wu, C Takita, M Watzich… - Physics in medicine & …, 2003 - iopscience.iop.org
… to in this paper as aperture modulation arc therapy (AMAT). During this arc, the MLC leaves
do … An alternative method is to use a single arc for the treatment. Since the machine output is …

Treatment planning for volumetric modulated arc therapy

JL Bedford - Medical physics, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
… The scheme described has been successfully introduced into clinical use. … Intensity-modulated
arc therapy (IMAT) as proposed by Yu 1 has been used for several years to treat patients …

Volumetric modulated arc therapy for treatment of solid tumors: current insights

G Macchia, F Deodato, S Cilla, S Cammelli… - … and therapy, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
use of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) techniques in clinical practice and reviews
the available data from clinical outcome studies in different clinical settings. An overview of …

Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT): a review of clinical outcomes—what is the clinical evidence for the most effective implementation?

SO Hunte, CH Clark, N Zyuzikov… - The British Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
… Historically, photon-based techniques dominated HNC treatment; however, there is a
growing interest in modulated proton therapy for clinical use. One major drawback of IMPT is its …

An arc‐sequencing algorithm for intensity modulated arc therapy

DM Shepard, D Cao, MKN Afghan, MA Earl - Medical physics, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
… To address this, we have implemented an IMAT arc-sequencing algorithm … uses simulated
annealing to simultaneously optimize the aperture shapes and weights throughout each arc. …