A comprehensive comparison of IMRT and VMAT plan quality for prostate cancer treatment

EM Quan, X Li, Y Li, X Wang, RJ Kudchadker… - International Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: We performed a comprehensive comparative study of the plan quality between
volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) and intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) …

Utilising the virtual environment for radiotherapy training system to support undergraduate teaching of IMRT, VMAT, DCAT treatment planning, and QA concepts

C Chamunyonga, J Burbery, P Caldwell… - Journal of medical …, 2018 - Elsevier
The use of three-dimensional virtual reality technologies in education has been widely
reported in the literature. The goal of this article is to review how the virtual environment for …

3D evaluation of 3DVH program using BANG3 polymer gel dosimeter

Y Watanabe, Y Nakaguchi - Medical Physics, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: With the recent introduction of intensity modulated arc therapy techniques, there is
an increasing need for validation of treatment delivery in three‐dimensional (3D) space. A …

Patient-specific dosimetric endpoints based treatment plan quality control in radiotherapy

T Song, D Staub, M Chen, W Lu, Z Tian… - Physics in Medicine …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
In intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), the optimal plan for each patient is specific due
to unique patient anatomy. To achieve such a plan, patient-specific dosimetric goals …

Temporal characterization and in vitro comparison of cell survival following the delivery of 3D-conformal, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and volumetric …

CK McGarry, KT Butterworth, C Trainor… - Physics in Medicine …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
A phantom was designed and implemented for the delivery of treatment plans to cells in
vitro. Single beam, 3D-conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT) plans, inverse planned five-field …

[PDF][PDF] Comparison of hybrid volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) technique and double arc VMAT technique in the treatment of prostate cancer

C Amaloo, DP Nazareth, LK Kumaraswamy - Radiology and oncology, 2015 - sciendo.com
Background. Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) has quickly become accepted as
standard of care for the treatment of prostate cancer based on studies showing it is able to …

[HTML][HTML] Dosimetric comparison between intensity-modulated radiation therapy and volumetric-modulated arc therapy to enhance bladder and bowel

MZ Saddik, FF Hassan - Journal of Medicine and Life, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men. Two common radiotherapy
techniques, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and volumetric-modulated arc …

[PDF][PDF] Dosimetric comparison of IMRT, VMAT and HYBRID treatment methods in radical radiation therapy of prostate cancer

N Ozturk, N Ozbek, B Depboylu - International Journal of Radiation Research, 2022 - sid.ir
Radiotherapy (IMRT) or Volumetric-Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) are standard in practice;
it is possible to obtain much better dose distributions using HYBRID plans generated …

Inverse planned constant dose rate volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) as an efficient alternative to five-field intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for …

CK McGarry, SJ McMahon, D Craft… - … of Radiotherapy in …, 2014 - cambridge.org
PurposeThe aim of this work was to determine if volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT)
plans, created for constant dose-rate (cdrVMAT) delivery are a viable alternative to step and …

A comparison of a moderately hypofractionated IMRT planning technique used in a randomised UK external beam radiotherapy trial with an in-house technique for …

I Gleeson - Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy, 2020 - journals.viamedica.pl
Aim To compare the radiotherapy technique used in a randomised trial with VMAT and an in-
house technique for prostate cancer. Background Techniques are evolving with volumetric …