Volumetric modulated arc therapy: a review of current literature and clinical use in practice

M Teoh, CH Clark, K Wood, S Whitaker… - The British journal of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) is a novel radiation technique, which can achieve
highly conformal dose distributions with improved target volume coverage and sparing of …

[HTML][HTML] Current and future treatments for hepatocellular carcinoma

A Schlachterman, WW Craft Jr… - World journal of …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) represents a unique challenge for physicians and patients.
There is no definitively curative treatment. Rather, many treatment and management …

[HTML][HTML] A feasibility study for predicting optimal radiation therapy dose distributions of prostate cancer patients from patient anatomy using deep learning

D Nguyen, T Long, X Jia, W Lu, X Gu, Z Iqbal… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
With the advancement of treatment modalities in radiation therapy for cancer patients,
outcomes have improved, but at the cost of increased treatment plan complexity and …

AAPM TG 158: measurement and calculation of doses outside the treated volume from external‐beam radiation therapy

SF Kry, B Bednarz, RM Howell, L Dauer… - Medical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The introduction of advanced techniques and technology in radiotherapy has greatly
improved our ability to deliver highly conformal tumor doses while minimizing the dose to …

3D radiotherapy dose prediction on head and neck cancer patients with a hierarchically densely connected U-net deep learning architecture

D Nguyen, X Jia, D Sher, MH Lin, Z Iqbal… - Physics in medicine …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The treatment planning process for patients with head and neck (H&N) cancer is regarded
as one of the most complicated due to large target volume, multiple prescription dose levels …

Report of AAPM Task Group 155: megavoltage photon beam dosimetry in small fields and non‐equilibrium conditions

IJ Das, P Francescon, JM Moran, A Ahnesjö… - Medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Small‐field dosimetry used in advance treatment technologies poses challenges due to loss
of lateral charged particle equilibrium (LCPE), occlusion of the primary photon source, and …

Volumetric intensity-modulated arc therapy vs. conventional IMRT in head-and-neck cancer: a comparative planning and dosimetric study

WFAR Verbakel, JP Cuijpers, D Hoffmans… - International Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Volumetric intensity-modulated arc therapy (RA) allows for rapid delivery of
highly conformal dose distributions. In this study, planning and dosimetry of RA were …

Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) vs. serial tomotherapy, step-and-shoot IMRT and 3D-conformal RT for treatment of prostate cancer

D Wolff, F Stieler, G Welzel, F Lorenz… - Radiotherapy and …, 2009 - Elsevier
INTRODUCTION: Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT), a complex treatment strategy
for intensity-modulated radiation therapy, may increase treatment efficiency and has recently …

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 …

Impact of plan parameters on the dosimetric accuracy of volumetric modulated arc therapy

L Masi, R Doro, V Favuzza, S Cipressi, L Livi - Medical physics, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To evaluate the effect of plan parameters on volumetric modulated arc therapy
(VMAT) dosimetric accuracy, together with the possibility of scoring plan complexity …