Dosimetric advantages and superior treatment delivery efficiency of RapidArc over conventional intensity-modulated radiotherapy in high-risk prostate cancer …

DMC Poon, M Kam, CM Leung, R Chau, S Wong… - Clinical Oncology, 2013 - Elsevier
Aims To compare the dosimetry and treatment delivery efficiency of RapidArc with
conventional intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) in the treatment of high-risk prostate …

Radiotherapy treatment plans with RapidArc for prostate cancer involving seminal vesicles and lymph nodes

S Yoo, QJ Wu, WR Lee, FF Yin - International Journal of Radiation …, 2010 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Dosimetric results and treatment delivery efficiency of RapidArc plans to those of
conventional intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) plans were compared using the …

RapidArc radiotherapy planning for prostate cancer: single-arc and double-arc techniques vs. intensity-modulated radiotherapy

HCK Sze, MCH Lee, WM Hung, TK Yau, AWM Lee - Medical Dosimetry, 2012 - Elsevier
RapidArc is a novel technique using arc radiotherapy aiming to achieve intensity-modulated
radiotherapy (IMRT)-quality radiotherapy plans with shorter treatment time. This study …

A dosimetric comparison of RapidArc and IMRT with hypofractionated simultaneous integrated boost to the prostate for treatment of prostate cancer

K Ishii, R Ogino, W Okada, R Nakahara… - The British Journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Objective: To compare the dosimetric results and treatment delivery efficiency among
RapidArc®(Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, CA), 7-field intensity-modulated radiotherapy …

Investigating VMAT planning technique to reduce rectal and bladder dose in prostate cancer treatment plans

S Rana, CY Cheng - Clinical Cancer Investigation Journal, 2013 - ccij-online.org
Background: RapidArc is a volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) technique that can
deliver conformal dose distribution to the target while minimizing dose to critical structures …

RapidArc volumetric modulated therapy planning for prostate cancer patients

F Kjær-Kristoffersen, L Ohlhues, J Medin… - Acta …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose. Recently, Varian Medical Systems have announced the introduction of a new
treatment technique, RapidArc, in which dose is delivered over a single gantry rotation with …

Volumetric modulated Arc therapy and conventional intensity-modulated radiotherapy for simultaneous maximal intraprostatic boost: a planning comparison study

R Shaffer, WJ Morris, V Moiseenko, M Welsh… - Clinical oncology, 2009 - Elsevier
AIMS: Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) is a novel extension of intensity-modulated
radiotherapy (IMRT) where an optimised three-dimensional dose distribution may be …

Simultaneous integrated boost to intraprostatic lesions using different energy levels of intensity-modulated radiotherapy and volumetric-arc therapy

C Onal, S Sonmez, G Erbay, OC Guler… - The British journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Objective: This study compared the dosimetry of volumetric-arc therapy (VMAT) and intensity-
modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) with a dynamic multileaf collimator using the Monte Carlo …

Comparison of dose distribution in IMRT and RapidArc technique in prostate radiotherapy

W Leszczyński, K Ślosarek… - Reports of practical …, 2012 - journals.viamedica.pl
Aim The aim was to provide a dosimetric comparison between IMRT and RapidArc treatment
plans with RPI index with simultaneous comparison of the treatment delivery time …

[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 …