Comparison of four commercial devices for RapidArc and sliding window IMRT QA

V Chandraraj, S Stathakis, R Manickam… - Journal of applied …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
… by modulating the intensity within each beam, also known as intensity-modulated radiation
… shoot 2 or the sliding window 3 method. The nonuniform intensity of each beam is produced …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid Arc, helical tomotherapy, sliding window intensity modulated radiotherapy and three dimensional conformal radiation for localized prostate cancer: a …

RA Kinhikar, AB Pawar, U Mahantshetty… - Journal of cancer …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the potential role of RapidArc (RA)
compared with helical tomotherapy (HT), sliding window intensity modulated radiotherapy (…

Is RapidArc more susceptible to delivery uncertainties than dynamic IMRT?

GT Betzel, BY Yi, Y Niu, CX Yu - Medical physics, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
… the susceptibility of RapidArc and sliding window (SW) … how intensity modulation is achieved:
sliding window uses a larger number of overlapping segments and MU, whereas RapidArc

The use of RapidArc volumetric-modulated arc therapy to deliver stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic body radiotherapy to intracranial and extracranial targets

DE Roa, DC Schiffner, J Zhang, SN Dietrich, JV Kuo… - Medical …, 2012 - Elsevier
… using RapidArc volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) vs. multifield sliding-window
intensity-… v8.6 to generate sliding-window IMRT and 1-arc and 2-arc RapidArc plans. Dosimetric …

A comprehensive dosimetric evaluation of using RapidArc volumetric‐modulated arc therapy for the treatment of early‐stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma

MWK Kan, W Wong, LHT Leung… - Journal of Applied …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
… benefits of using triple-arc volumetric-intensity modulated arc radiotherapy (RapidArc (RA)) …
-arc, triple-arc RapidArc, and nine-field sliding window IMRT, focusing on early stage NPC. …

Radiotherapy of malignant gliomas: comparison of volumetric single arc technique (RapidArc), dynamic intensity-modulated technique and 3D conformal technique

D Wagner, H Christiansen, H Wolff… - Radiotherapy and …, 2009 - Elsevier
… the potential clinical role of RapidArc in comparison to sliding window IMRT or conventional
3D … This study analyzed RapidArc, sliding window IMRT and 3D conformal technique for …

Commissioning and quality assurance of RapidArc radiotherapy delivery system

CC Ling, P Zhang, Y Archambault, J Bocanek… - International Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
… The Varian RapidArc is a system for intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) treatment …
RapidArc. Different parts of a film were exposed to the same dose using DMLC sliding window

Volumetric-modulated arc therapy (RapidArc) vs. conventional fixed-field intensity-modulated radiotherapy for 18F-FDG-PET-guided dose escalation in oropharyngeal …

M Teoh, S Beveridge, K Wood, S Whitaker, E Adams… - Medical …, 2013 - Elsevier
… using the sliding window technique. RapidArc plans were optimized using 2 360 coplanar
arcs, with collimator angles … Double arcs have previously been shown to be superior to single …

[HTML][HTML] A treatment planning study comparing tomotherapy, volumetric modulated arc therapy, Sliding Window and proton therapy for low-risk prostate carcinoma

S Scobioala, C Kittel, N Wissmann, U Haverkamp… - Radiation …, 2016 - Springer
… A dosimetric comparison was performed between various intensity-modulated techniques, …
superior rectum sparing compared to Sliding Window (SW) and Rapid Arc (RA) (V10–V70, P …

A comparative study of standard intensity-modulated radiotherapy and RapidArc planning techniques for ipsilateral and bilateral head and neck irradiation

J Pursley, AL Damato, MA Czerminska, DN Margalit… - Medical dosimetry, 2017 - Elsevier
… therapy techniques were dosimetrically comparable to intensity-modulated radiotherapy …
-modulated arc therapy techniques required fewer monitor units than sliding-window intensity-…