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 …

Current status of intensity‐modulated radiation therapy for prostate cancer: History, clinical results and future directions

K Hatano, N Tohyama, T Kodama… - … Journal of Urology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
External beam radiotherapy has changed dramatically over several decades with the
improvement of computer hardware and software, and machinery developments. Intensity …

Dual arc volumetric-modulated arc radiotherapy (VMAT) of nasopharyngeal carcinomas: a simultaneous integrated boost treatment plan comparison with intensity …

TF Lee, HM Ting, PJ Chao, FM Fang - Clinical Oncology, 2012 - Elsevier
AIMS: To compare the performance of volumetric-modulated arc radiotherapy (VMAT) by
dual arc with fixed beam intensity-modulated radiotherapies (IMRTs) and single arc VMAT …

Characterization of a novel two dimensional diode array the “magic plate” as a radiation detector for radiation therapy treatment

JHD Wong, I Fuduli, M Carolan, M Petasecca… - Medical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) utilizes the technology of multileaf
collimators to deliver highly modulated and complex radiation treatment. Dosimetric …

Implementing RapidArc into clinical routine: a comprehensive program from machine QA to TPS validation and patient QA

A Van Esch, D P. Huyskens, CF Behrens… - Medical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: With the increased commercial availability of intensity modulated arc therapy
(IMAT) comes the need for comprehensive QA programs, covering the different aspects of …

Dosimetric effects of adaptive prostate cancer radiotherapy in an MR-linac workflow

A Mannerberg, E Persson, J Jonsson, CJ Gustafsson… - Radiation …, 2020 - Springer
Background The purpose was to evaluate the dosimetric effects in prostate cancer treatment
caused by anatomical changes occurring during the time frame of adaptive replanning in a …

Dosimetric comparison of intensity‐modulated radiotherapy and volumetric‐modulated arc radiotherapy in patients with prostate cancer: a meta‐analysis

W Ren, C Sun, N Lu, Y Xu, F Han… - Journal of applied …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Intensity‐modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and volumetric‐modulated arc therapy (VMAT) are
two main radiotherapy techniques. The aim of this study is to explore which is the preferred …

Feasibility of prostate robotic radiation therapy on conventional C-arm linacs

P Dong, D Nguyen, D Ruan, C King, T Long… - Practical radiation …, 2014 - Elsevier
Purpose Significant dosimetric improvement for radiation therapy using optimized
noncoplanar fields has been previously demonstrated. The purpose here is to study the …

Urethra-sparing stereotactic body radiation therapy for prostate cancer: quality assurance of a randomized phase 2 trial

M Jaccard, T Zilli, A Dubouloz, L Escude… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose To present the radiation therapy quality assurance results from a prospective
multicenter phase 2 randomized trial of short versus protracted urethra-sparing stereotactic …

A dosimetric comparison of 3D conformal vs intensity modulated vs volumetric arc radiation therapy for muscle invasive bladder cancer

F Foroudi, L Wilson, M Bressel, A Haworth, C Hornby… - Radiation …, 2012 - Springer
Abstract Background To compare 3 Dimensional Conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT) with
Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) with Volumetric-Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) …