Review of ultrasound image guidance in external beam radiotherapy part II: intra-fraction motion management and novel applications

T O'Shea, J Bamber, D Fontanarosa… - Physics in medicine …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Imaging has become an essential tool in modern radiotherapy (RT), being used to plan dose
delivery prior to treatment and verify target position before and during treatment. Ultrasound …

[PDF][PDF] Stereotactic body radiotherapy for liver tumors

F Sterzing, TB Brunner, I Ernst, WW Baus… - Strahlentherapie und …, 2014 - researchgate.net
Original article breast, gastrointestinal, and urologic tu mors. Survival rates were reported to
be at 36 and 23% after 5 and 10 years. The best rates were reported for breast cancer and …

Dosimetric accuracy and clinical quality of Acuros XB and AAA dose calculation algorithm for stereotactic and conventional lung volumetric modulated arc therapy …

PS Kroon, S Hol, M Essers - Radiation oncology, 2013 - Springer
Introduction The main aim of the current study was to assess the dosimetric accuracy and
clinical quality of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) plans for stereotactic (stage I) …

Progress and prospects of flattening filter free beam technology in radiosurgery and stereotactic body radiotherapy

DM Ghemiş, LG Marcu - Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology, 2021 - Elsevier
The aim of this work is to summarize and evaluate the current status of knowledge on
flattening filter free (FFF) beams and their applications in stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) …

ESTRO ACROP guidelines for target volume definition in pancreatic cancer

TB Brunner, K Haustermans, F Huguet… - Radiotherapy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite of the predominant role of chemotherapy and surgery in pancreatic ductal
adenocarcinoma (PDAC), radiotherapy (RT) still has a place in multimodal management of …

IPEM topical report 1: guidance on implementing flattening filter free (FFF) radiotherapy

G Budgell, K Brown, J Cashmore… - Physics in Medicine …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Flattening filter free (FFF) beams are now commonly available with new standard linear
accelerators. These beams have recognised clinical advantages in certain circumstances …

Flattening filter‐free linac improves treatment delivery efficiency in stereotactic body radiation therapy

BM Prendergast, JB Fiveash, RA Popple… - Journal of applied …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) employs precision target tracking and image‐
guidance techniques to deliver ablative doses of radiation to localized malignancies; …

Multi-institutional application of failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) to CyberKnife stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT)

I Veronese, E De Martin, AS Martinotti, ML Fumagalli… - Radiation …, 2015 - Springer
Background A multidisciplinary and multi-institutional working group applied the Failure
Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) approach to assess the risks for patients undergoing …

Multicentre treatment planning inter-comparison in a national context: the liver stereotactic ablative radiotherapy case

M Esposito, G Maggi, C Marino, L Bottalico, E Cagni… - Physica Medica, 2016 - Elsevier
Purpose To compare five liver metastasis stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) plans
optimised in fourteen centres with 3D-Conformal-RT, IMRT, VMAT, CyberKnife and …

Dosimetric comparison of flattened and unflattened beams for stereotactic ablative radiotherapy of stage I non‐small cell lung cancer

J Hrbacek, S Lang, SN Graydon, S Klöck… - Medical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To compare contribution and accuracy of delivery for two flattening filter free (FFF)
beams of the nominal energy 6 and 10 MV and a 6 MV flattened beam for early stage lung …