A modern review of the uncertainties in volumetric imaging of respiratory‐induced target motion in lung radiotherapy

I Vergalasova, J Cai - Medical physics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Radiotherapy has become a critical component for the treatment of all stages and types of
lung cancer, often times being the primary gateway to a cure. However, given that radiation …

Self‐contained deep learning‐based boosting of 4D cone‐beam CT reconstruction

F Madesta, T Sentker, T Gauer, R Werner - Medical physics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Four‐dimensional cone‐beam computed tomography (4D CBCT) imaging has
been suggested as a solution to account for interfraction motion variability of moving targets …

Comparison of the internal target volume (ITV) contours and dose calculations on 4DCT, average CBCT, and 4DCBCT imaging for lung stereotactic body radiation …

M Dumas, E Laugeman, P Sevak… - Journal of applied …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To investigate the differences between internal target volumes (ITVs) contoured on
the simulation 4DCT and daily 4DCBCT images for lung cancer patients treated with …

Evaluation of four-dimensional cone beam computed tomography ventilation images acquired with two different linear accelerators at various gantry speeds using a …

N Kadoya, H Nemoto, T Kajikawa, Y Nakajima, T Kanai… - Physica Medica, 2020 - Elsevier
We evaluated four-dimensional cone beam computed tomography (4D-CBCT) ventilation
images (VI CBCT) acquired with two different linear accelerator systems at various gantry …

CT in Room Gating During Radiotherapy

M Massaccesi - Imaging and Interventional Radiology for Radiation …, 2020 - Springer
Respiratory motion is a major source of geometric uncertainty in radiotherapy, accounting for
a variable part of the safety margin needed to ensure an adequate dose coverage to the …

Optimising lung imaging for cancer radiation therapy

M Dunbar, R O'Brien, G Froyland - European Journal of Operational …, 2020 - Elsevier
Effective radiotherapy is dependent on being able to (i) visualise the tumour clearly, and (ii)
deliver the correct dose to the cancerous tissue, whilst sparing the healthy tissue as much as …

4D Image-Guided Linac Based Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Treatment for Primary Renal Cell Carcinoma

D Pham - bridges.monash.edu
In Australia, kidney cancer is considered the 9th most common cancer. The standard of care
for managing kidney cancer is surgery or similarly invasive, thermal-ablative procedures …