Machine QA for the Elekta Unity system: a report from the Elekta MR‐linac consortium

DA Roberts, C Sandin, PT Vesanen, H Lee… - Medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last few years, magnetic resonance image‐guided radiotherapy systems have
been introduced into the clinic, allowing for daily online plan adaption. While quality …

Dose calculation algorithms for external radiation therapy: an overview for practitioners

F De Martino, S Clemente, C Graeff, G Palma, L Cella - Applied sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Featured Application Radiation therapy treatment planning. Abstract Radiation therapy (RT)
is a constantly evolving therapeutic technique; improvements are continuously being …

ICRU REPORT 97: MRI-guided radiation therapy using MRI-linear accelerators

PJ Keall, CK Glide-Hurst, M Cao, P Lee… - Journal of the …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements (ICRU), since its
inception in 1925, has had as its principal objective the development of internationally …

DeepMC: a deep learning method for efficient Monte Carlo beamlet dose calculation by predictive denoising in magnetic resonance-guided radiotherapy

R Neph, Q Lyu, Y Huang, YM Yang… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Emerging magnetic resonance (MR) guided radiotherapy affords significantly improved
anatomy visualization and, subsequently, more effective personalized treatment. The new …

MRI-guided radiation therapy for prostate cancer: the next frontier in ultrahypofractionation

CM Benitez, ML Steinberg, M Cao, XS Qi, JM Lamb… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Prostate cancer treatment with radiation therapy has advanced
significantly over the years. Leveraging the proposed low α/β ratio of prostate cancer …

Monte-Carlo techniques for radiotherapy applications I: Introduction and overview of the different Monte-Carlo codes

AL Fielding - Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice, 2023 - cambridge.org
Introduction: The dose calculation plays a crucial role in many aspects of contemporary
clinical radiotherapy treatment planning process. It therefore goes without saying that the …

Validation of the RayStation Monte Carlo dose calculation algorithm using a realistic lung phantom

AN Schreuder, DS Bridges, L Rigsby… - Journal of applied …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Our purposes are to compare the accuracy of RaySearch's analytical pencil beam
(APB) and Monte Carlo (MC) algorithms for clinical proton therapy and to present clinical …

Comparison of prospectively generated glioma treatment plans clinically delivered on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-linear accelerator (MR-linac) versus …

MH Wang, A Kim, M Ruschin, H Tan… - … in Cancer Research …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction: Magnetic resonance imaging-linear accelerator radiotherapy is an innovative
technology that requires special consideration for secondary electron interactions within the …

An independent Monte Carlo–based IMRT QA tool for a 0.35 T MRI‐guided linear accelerator

AU Khan, EA Simiele, R Lotey… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To develop an independent log file–based intensity‐modulated radiation therapy
(IMRT) quality assurance (QA) tool for the 0.35 T magnetic resonance‐linac (MR‐linac) and …

MRI-Guided Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer: Seeing is Believing

RL Westley, LF Valle, AC Tree, AU Kishan - Seminars in Radiation …, 2024 - Elsevier
The advent of MRI guided radiotherapy (MRIgRT) offers enormous promise in the treatment
of prostate cancer. The MR-linac offers men the opportunity to receive daily MR imaging to …