Effect of interfractional shoulder motion on low neck nodal targets for patients treated using volumetric‐modulated arc therapy (VMAT)

KE Casey, PF Wong, SS Tung - Journal of applied clinical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
VMAT is an important tool in the treatment of head and neck cancers, many of which also
require treatment to the supraclavicular lymph nodes. However, full VMAT arcs treating this …

Target tracking using DMLC for volumetric modulated arc therapy: A simulation study

B Sun, D Rangaraj, L Papiez, S Oddiraju… - Medical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Target tracking using dynamic multileaf collimator (DMLC) is a promising approach
for intrafraction motion management in radiation therapy. The purpose of this work is to …

Helical volumetric modulated arc therapy for treatment of craniospinal axis

JL Bedford, YK Lee, FH Saran… - International Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) can be used with multiple isocenters
to provide an effective treatment of the craniospinal axis. Additional efficiency can be …

Ultrafast treatment plan optimization for volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT)

C Men, HE Romeijn, X Jia, SB Jiang - Medical physics, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To develop a novel aperture‐based algorithm for volumetric modulated arc therapy
(VMAT) treatment plan optimization with high quality and high efficiency. Methods: The …

Fundamental properties of the delivery of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) to static patient anatomy

D Rangaraj, S Oddiraju, B Sun, L Santanam… - Medical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: The primary goal of this article is to formulate volumetric modulated arc therapy
(VMAT) delivery problem and study interdependence between several parameters (beam …

Volumetric intensity modulated arc therapy in lung cancer: Current literature review

S Rana - Clinical Cancer Investigation Journal, 2013 - ccij-online.org
The volumetric intensity modulated arc therapy (VMAT) is a novel radiation technique that
delivers a highly conformal radiation dose to the target by allowing the simultaneous …

Assessment of potential jaw‐tracking advantage using control point sequences of VMAT planning

J Kim, JM Park, SY Park, CH Choi… - Journal of Applied …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
This study aims to evaluate the potential jaw‐tracking advantage using control point
sequences of volume volumetric‐modulated arc therapy (VMAT) planning. VMAT plans for …

Critical appraisal of the treatment planning performance of volumetric modulated arc therapy by means of a dual layer stacked multileaf collimator for head and neck …

L Cozzi, A Fogliata, S Thompson… - … in cancer research …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose: To ascertain whether a new delivery system (the Halcyon system) equipped with
dual-layer stacked multileaf collimator operating in a mode, which allows independent, fully …

A comprehensive formulation for volumetric modulated arc therapy planning

D Nguyen, Q Lyu, D Ruan, D O'Connor… - Medical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) is a widely employed radiation therapy
technique, showing comparable dosimetry to static beam intensity modulated radiation …

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
Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) is a novel radiation technique, which can achieve
highly conformal dose distributions with improved target volume coverage and sparing of …