AAPM Task Group 264: The safe clinical implementation of MLC tracking in radiotherapy

PJ Keall, A Sawant, RI Berbeco, JT Booth… - Medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The era of real‐time radiotherapy is upon us. Robotic and gimbaled linac tracking are
clinically established technologies with the clinical realization of couch tracking in …

Optimising multi-target multileaf collimator tracking using real-time dose for locally advanced prostate cancer patients

EA Hewson, DT Nguyen, A Le, JT Booth… - Physics in Medicine …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. The accuracy of radiotherapy for patients with locally advanced cancer is
compromised by independent motion of multiple targets. To date, MLC tracking approaches …

Dose-based optimisation for multi-leaf collimator tracking during radiation therapy

L Mejnertsen, E Hewson, DT Nguyen… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Motion in the patient anatomy causes a reduction in dose delivered to the target, while
increasing dose to healthy tissue. Multi-leaf collimator (MLC) tracking has been clinically …

Real-time auto-adaptive margin generation for MLC-tracked radiotherapy

M Glitzner, MF Fast, BD de Senneville… - Physics in Medicine …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
In radiotherapy, abdominal and thoracic sites are candidates for performing motion tracking.
With real-time control it is possible to adjust the multileaf collimator (MLC) position to the …

Adapting to the motion of multiple independent targets using multileaf collimator tracking for locally advanced prostate cancer: Proof of principle simulation study

EA Hewson, Y Ge, R O'Brien, S Roderick… - Medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose For patients with locally advanced cancer, multiple targets are treated
simultaneously with radiotherapy. Differential motion between targets can compromise the …

Dosimetric evaluation of MLC-based dynamic tumor tracking radiotherapy using digital phantom: Desired setup margin for tracking radiotherapy

N Kadoya, K Ichiji, T Uchida, Y Nakajima, R Ikeda… - Medical …, 2018 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the dosimetric impact of the margin on the multileaf
collimator-based dynamic tumor tracking plan. Furthermore, an equivalent setup margin …

In silico and experimental evaluation of two leaf‐fitting algorithms for MLC tracking based on exposure error and plan complexity

V Caillet, R O'Brien, D Moore, P Poulsen… - Medical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Multileaf collimator (MLC) tracking is being clinically pioneered to continuously
compensate for thoracic and pelvic motion during radiotherapy. The purpose of this work …

Post-processingof Monte Carlo calculated dose distributions

L Öström - 2019 - diva-portal.org
Abstract This Master Thesis focuses on denoising of Monte Carlo calculated dose
distributions of radiosurgery treatment plans. The objective of this project is to implement a …

Dose guided real-time adaptive radiotherapy

DA Tilly, SL Riad, P Kimstrand, NT Tilly… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
Techniques for adjusting radiotherapy treatment for a patient in real-time are provided. The
techniques include determining a patient anatomy at a first time within a given radiotherapy …

[PDF][PDF] Post Graduate Education and Training

SS Hasan - 2019 - ibbr.umd.edu
5. Ryan, CM, Souda, P, Bassilian, S, Ujwal, R, Zhang, J, Abramson, J, Ping, P, Durazo, A,
Bowie, JU, Hasan, SS, Baniulis, D, Cramer, WA, Faull, KF, and Whitelegge …