Online adaptive planning methods for intensity-modulated radiotherapy

Z Qiu, S Olberg, D den Hertog, A Ajdari… - Physics in Medicine …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Online adaptive radiation therapy aims at adapting a patient's treatment plan to their current
anatomy to account for inter-fraction variations before daily treatment delivery. As this …

GPU-based ultrafast IMRT plan optimization

C Men, X Gu, D Choi, A Majumdar… - Physics in Medicine …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
The widespread adoption of on-board volumetric imaging in cancer radiotherapy has
stimulated research efforts to develop online adaptive radiotherapy techniques to handle the …

GPU-based ultra-fast direct aperture optimization for online adaptive radiation therapy

C Men, X Jia, SB Jiang - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Online adaptive radiation therapy (ART) has great promise to significantly reduce normal
tissue toxicity and/or improve tumor control through real-time treatment adaptations based …

Quality of intensity modulated radiation therapy treatment plans using a 60Co magnetic resonance image guidance radiation therapy system

HO Wooten, O Green, M Yang, T DeWees… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Purpose This work describes a commercial treatment planning system, its technical features,
and its capabilities for creating 60 Co intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) treatment …

Benchmark IMRT evaluation of a Co-60 MRI-guided radiation therapy system

HO Wooten, V Rodriguez, O Green, R Kashani… - Radiotherapy and …, 2015 - Elsevier
A device for MRI-guided radiation therapy (MR-IGRT) that uses cobalt-60 sources to deliver
intensity modulated radiation therapy is now commercially available. We investigated the …

The role of Cobalt-60 in modern radiation therapy: Dose delivery and image guidance

LJ Schreiner, CP Joshi, J Darko, A Kerr… - Journal of medical …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
The advances in modern radiation therapy with techniques such as intensity-modulated
radiation therapy and image-guided radiation therapy (IMRT and IGRT) have been limited …

[HTML][HTML] Radiotherapeutic management of non–small cell lung cancer in the minimal resource setting

D Rodin, S Grover, MJ Xu, TP Hanna, R Olson… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2016 - Elsevier
Lung cancer is the most common cancer worldwide and the fifth most common cause of
death globally. Its incidence continues to increase, especially within low-and middle-income …

A treatment planning comparison between modulated tri-cobalt-60 teletherapy and linear accelerator–based stereotactic body radiotherapy for central early-stage non …

C Merna, JCM Rwigema, M Cao, PC Wang, AU Kishan… - Medical …, 2016 - Elsevier
We evaluated the feasibility of planning stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for large
central early-stage non− small cell lung cancer with a tri-cobalt-60 (tri-60 Co) system …

Radiation-induced sarcoma of head and neck: 50 years of experience at a single institution in an endemic area of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in China

Z Wei, Y Xie, J Xu, Y Luo, F Chen, Y Yang, Q Huang… - Medical oncology, 2012 - Springer
Radiation-induced sarcoma in the head and neck (RISHN) is a rare condition whose clinical
presentation and management remain difficult because of its low incidence. In this …

A ring‐based compensator IMRT system optimized for low‐and middle‐income countries: Design and treatment planning study

J Van Schelt, DL Smith, N Fong, D Toomeh… - Medical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose We propose a novel compensator‐based IMRT system designed to provide a
simple, reliable, and cost‐effective adjunct technology, with the goal of expanding global …