Real-time intrafraction motion monitoring in external beam radiotherapy

J Bertholet, A Knopf, B Eiben… - Physics in medicine …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Radiotherapy (RT) aims to deliver a spatially conformal dose of radiation to tumours while
maximizing the dose sparing to healthy tissues. However, the internal patient anatomy is …

[PDF][PDF] Stereotactic radiosurgery for treatment of brain metastases.

M Kocher, A Wittig, MD Piroth, H Treuer… - strahlentherapie und …, 2014 - 57357.org
However, the number of randomized clinical trials performed to evaluate the therapeutic
options for brain metastases is still limited, leaving evidence-based management of this …

Single-isocenter multiple-target stereotactic radiosurgery: risk of compromised coverage

J Roper, V Chanyavanich, G Betzel… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Purpose To determine the dosimetric effects of rotational errors on target coverage using
volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) for multitarget stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) …

[HTML][HTML] ISRS technical guidelines for stereotactic radiosurgery: Treatment of small brain metastases (≤ 1 cm in diameter)

D Grishchuk, A Dimitriadis, A Sahgal… - Practical Radiation …, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose The objective of this literature review was to develop International Stereotactic
Radiosurgery Society (ISRS) consensus technical guidelines for the treatment of small,≤ 1 …

Distance to isocenter is not associated with an increased risk for local failure in LINAC-based single-isocenter SRS or SRT for multiple brain metastases

J Kraft, JE van Timmeren, M Mayinger, S Frei… - Radiotherapy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose To evaluate the impact of the distance between treatment isocenter and brain
metastases on local failure in patients treated with a frameless linear-accelerator-based …

To frame or not to frame? Cone‐beam CT‐based analysis of head immobilization devices specific to linac‐based stereotactic radiosurgery and radiotherapy

S Babic, Y Lee, M Ruschin, F Lochray… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Noninvasive frameless systems are increasingly being utilized for head
immobilization in stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). Knowing the head positioning …

Dosimetric consequences of translational and rotational errors in frame-less image-guided radiosurgery

M Guckenberger, J Roesch, K Baier, RA Sweeney… - Radiation …, 2012 - Springer
Background To investigate geometric and dosimetric accuracy of frame-less image-guided
radiosurgery (IG-RS) for brain metastases. Methods and materials Single fraction IG-RS was …

Dosimetric effect of rotational setup errors in stereotactic radiosurgery with HyperArc for single and multiple brain metastases

T Sagawa, S Ohira, Y Ueda, Y Akino… - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose In stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) with single‐isocentric treatments for brain
metastases, rotational setup errors may cause considerable dosimetric effects. We assessed …

Dosimetric impact of rotational errors on the quality of VMAT‐SRS for multiple brain metastases: comparison between single‐and two‐isocenter treatment planning …

G Prentou, EP Pappas, A Logothetis… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose In the absence of a 6D couch and/or assuming considerable intrafractional patient
motion, rotational errors could affect target coverage and OAR‐sparing especially in multiple …

Frameless stereotactic radiosurgery on the gamma knife icon: early experience from 100 patients

H Vulpe, AV Save, Y Xu, CD Elliston, MD Garrett… - …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND The Gamma Knife (GK) Icon (Elekta AB) uses a cone-beam computed
tomography (CBCT) scanner and an infrared camera system to support the delivery of …