Recent developments in non-coplanar radiotherapy

G Smyth, PM Evans, JC Bamber… - The British journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
This paper gives an overview of recent developments in non-coplanar intensity modulated
radiotherapy (IMRT) and volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT). Modern linear …

A prospective 4π radiation therapy clinical study in recurrent high-grade glioma patients

YY Victoria, A Landers, K Woods, D Nguyen… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Purpose To evaluate the feasibility, safety, dosimetric benefits, delivery efficiency, and
patient comfort in the clinical implementation of 4π radiation therapy. Methods and Materials …

A novel optimization framework for VMAT with dynamic gantry couch rotation

Q Lyu, YY Victoria, D Ruan, R Neph… - Physics in Medicine …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Existing volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) optimization using coplanar arcs is highly
efficient but usually dosimetrically inferior to intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) …

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 …

Static couch non-coplanar arc selection optimization for lung SBRT treatment planning

JD Lincoln, RL MacDonald, A Syme… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Non-coplanar arc geometry optimizations that take advantage of beam's eye view
(BEV) geometric overlap information have been proven to reduce dose to healthy organs-at …

[HTML][HTML] Non-coplanar trajectories to improve organ at risk sparing in volumetric modulated arc therapy for primary brain tumors

G Smyth, PM Evans, JC Bamber, HC Mandeville… - Radiotherapy and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background and purpose To evaluate non-coplanar volumetric modulated arc radiotherapy
(VMAT) trajectories for organ at risk (OAR) sparing in primary brain tumor radiotherapy …

Optimizing highly noncoplanar VMAT trajectories: the NoVo method

M Langhans, J Unkelbach, T Bortfeld… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We introduce a new method called NoVo (Noncoplanar VMAT Optimization) to produce
volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) treatment plans with noncoplanar trajectories …

An automated treatment planning strategy for highly noncoplanar radiotherapy arc trajectories

P Carrasqueira, H Rocha, JM Dias… - International …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Radiation therapy is a technology‐driven cancer treatment modality that has experienced
significant advances over the last decades, due to multidisciplinary contributions that include …

Monte Carlo tree search-based non-coplanar trajectory design for station parameter optimized radiation therapy (SPORT)

P Dong, H Liu, L Xing - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
An important yet challenging problem in LINAC-based rotational arc radiation therapy is the
design of beam trajectory, which requires simultaneous consideration of delivery efficiency …