Implementation of volumetric-modulated arc therapy for locally advanced breast cancer patients: Dosimetric comparison with deliverability consideration of planning …

C Noblet, M Duthy, F Coste, M Saliou, B Samain… - Physica Medica, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose The aim of this study was to implement a clinically deliverable VMAT planning
technique dedicated to advanced breast cancer, and to predict failed QA using a machine …

Knowledge-based volumetric modulated arc therapy treatment planning for breast cancer

OAA Blanco, MJ Almada, AAG Andino… - Journal of Medical …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: To create and to validate knowledge-based volumetric modulated arc therapy
(VMAT) models for breast cancer treatments without lymph node irradiation. Materials and …

Fully automated volumetric modulated arc therapy technique for radiation therapy of locally advanced breast cancer

L Marrazzo, L Redapi, R Pellegrini, P Voet, I Meattini… - Radiation …, 2023 - Springer
Background This study aimed to evaluate an a-priori multicriteria plan optimization algorithm
(mCycle) for locally advanced breast cancer radiation therapy (RT) by comparing …

Deep learning based MLC aperture and monitor unit prediction as a warm start for breast VMAT optimisation

L Vandewinckele, T Reynders, C Weltens… - Physics in Medicine …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Automated treatment planning today is focussed on non-exact, two-step
procedures. Firstly, dose–volume histograms (DVHs) or 3D dose distributions are predicted …

Breast Volume Is a Predictor of Higher Heart Dose in Whole-Breast Supine Free-Breathing Volumetric-Modulated Arc Therapy Planning

R Alaimo, E Ippolito, R Falconi, F Perrone Congedi… - Current …, 2023 - mdpi.com
In breast cancer volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) planning, the rotation of the
gantry around the target implies a greater dose spreading to the whole heart, compared to …

Performance of a knowledge-based model for optimization of volumetric modulated arc therapy plans for single and bilateral breast irradiation

A Fogliata, G Nicolini, C Bourgier, A Clivio, F De Rose… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Purpose To evaluate the performance of a model-based optimisation process for volumetric
modulated arc therapy, VMAT, applied to whole breast irradiation. Methods and Materials A …

Image-guided volumetric modulated arc therapy for breast cancer: a feasibility study and plan comparison with three-dimensional conformal and intensity-modulated …

H Badakhshi, D Kaul, J Nadobny, B Wille… - The British journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Objective: To test the feasibility of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) in breast cancer
and to compare it with three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT) as conventional …

Tangent-based volumetric modulated arc therapy for advanced left breast cancer

PC Yu, CJ Wu, HH Nien, LT Lui, S Shaw, YL Tsai - Radiation Oncology, 2018 - Springer
Purpose To introduce the benefits of tangent-based volumetric modulated arc therapy
(TVMAT), an innovative radiotherapy planning technique, compared with traditional …

Assessment of a conventional volumetric-modulated arc therapy knowledge-based planning model applied to the new Halcyon© O-ring linac in locoregional breast …

E Costa, T Richir, M Robilliard, C Bragard, C Logerot… - Physica Medica, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of a knowledge-based
planning (KBP) model for breast cancer trained on plans performed on a conventional linac …

Volumetric modulated arc therapy improves dosimetry and reduces treatment time compared to conventional intensity-modulated radiotherapy for locoregional …

CC Popescu, IA Olivotto, WA Beckham… - International Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) is a novel extension of conventional
intensity-modulated radiotherapy (cIMRT), in which an optimized three-dimensional dose …