Part 1: optimization and evaluation of dynamic trajectory radiotherapy

MK Fix, D Frei, W Volken, D Terribilini… - Medical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Although volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) is a well‐accepted treatment
technique in radiotherapy using a coplanar delivery approach, VMAT might be further …

Enabling non-isocentric dynamic trajectory radiotherapy by integration of dynamic table translations

G Guyer, S Mueller, C Koechli, D Frei… - Physics in Medicine …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. The purpose of this study is to develop a treatment planning process (TPP) for
non-isocentric dynamic trajectory radiotherapy (DTRT) using dynamic gantry rotation …

Evaluation of plan quality and treatment efficiency in cranial stereotactic radiosurgery treatment plans with a variable source‐to‐axis distance

C Church, RL MacDonald, D Parsons… - Medical physics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Radiotherapy deliveries with dynamic couch motions that shorten the source‐to‐
axis distance (SAD) on a C‐arm linac have the potential to increase treatment efficiency …

Toward the combined optimization of dynamic axes (CODA) for stereotactic radiotherapy and radiosurgery using fixed couch trajectories

RL MacDonald, A Syme, B Little, L Ward… - Medical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To develop a novel system for patient‐specific combined optimization of couch,
collimator, and gantry angles for use in volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) treatment …

Collimator angle optimization for multiple brain metastases in dynamic conformal arc treatment planning

C Battinelli, A Fredriksson, K Eriksson - Medical Physics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To reduce the exposed area by the multileaf collimator between lesions for single‐
isocenter dynamic conformal arc (DCA) therapy for stereotactic radiosurgery treatment of …

Intra‐arc binary collimation algorithm for the optimization of stereotactic radiotherapy treatment of multiple metastases with multiple prescriptions

RL MacDonald, CG Thomas, L Ward… - Medical physics, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To design and implement a novel treatment planning algorithm based on a
modification of dynamic conformal arc (DCA) therapy for the treatment of multiple cranial …

Intra‐arc binary collimation with dynamic axes trajectory optimization for the SRS treatment of multiple metastases with multiple prescriptions

E Lee, RL MacDonald, CG Thomas, A Syme - Medical Physics, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose This work generates multi‐metastases cranial stereotactic radiosurgery/
radiotherapy (SRS/SRT) plans using a novel treatment planning technique in which dynamic …

Optimization of collimator angle combined island blocking with parked gap achieves superior normal tissue sparing in SBRT planning of multiple liver lesions

M Abuduxiku, X Chen, S Zhang, J Yang… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To propose an efficient collimator angle optimization method by combining island
blocking (IB) and parked gap (PG) problem to reduce the radiotherapy dose for normal …

Sub-arc collimator angle optimization based on the conformity index heatmap for VMAT planning of multiple brain metastases SRS treatments

J Shen, Z Dai, J Yu, Q Yuan, K Kang, C Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of collimator angle optimization
in single-isocenter coplanar volume modulated arc therapy (VMAT) stereotactic radiosurgery …

[HTML][HTML] Fast stereotactic radiosurgery planning using patient-specific beam angle optimization and automation

TD Mann, KS Thind, NP Ploquin - Physics and Imaging in Radiation …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background and purpose Linac-based stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) planning for multi-
metastatic cases is a complex and intensive process. A manual planning strategy starts with …