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 …

The Australian magnetic resonance imaging–linac program

PJ Keall, M Barton, S Crozier - Seminars in radiation oncology, 2014 - Elsevier
The Australian magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)–Linac program is a $16-million
government-funded project to advance the science and clinical practice of exquisite real …

Medical physics challenges in clinical MR-guided radiotherapy

C Kurz, G Buizza, G Landry, F Kamp, M Rabe… - Radiation …, 2020 - Springer
The integration of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for guidance in external beam
radiotherapy has faced significant research and development efforts in recent years. The …

Deep inspiration breath hold—based radiation therapy: a clinical review

J Boda-Heggemann, AC Knopf… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Several recent developments in linear accelerator–based radiation therapy (RT) such as fast
multileaf collimators, accelerated intensity modulation paradigms like volumeric modulated …

Image-driven, model-based 3D abdominal motion estimation for MR-guided radiotherapy

B Stemkens, RHN Tijssen… - Physics in Medicine …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Respiratory motion introduces substantial uncertainties in abdominal radiotherapy for which
traditionally large margins are used. The MR-Linac will open up the opportunity to acquire …

AAPM Task Group 264: The safe clinical implementation of MLC tracking in radiotherapy

PJ Keall, A Sawant, RI Berbeco, JT Booth… - Medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The era of real‐time radiotherapy is upon us. Robotic and gimbaled linac tracking are
clinically established technologies with the clinical realization of couch tracking in …

MRI-guidance for motion management in external beam radiotherapy: current status and future challenges

C Paganelli, B Whelan, M Peroni… - Physics in Medicine …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
High precision conformal radiotherapy requires sophisticated imaging techniques to aid in
target localisation for planning and treatment, particularly when organ motion due to …

Magnetic resonance–guided adaptive radiotherapy: a solution to the future

P Kupelian, JJ Sonke - Seminars in radiation oncology, 2014 - Elsevier
Magnetic resonance imaging–guided adaptive radiotherapy would make available the best
in anatomical and functional imaging during the course of radiation therapy. The possible …

[HTML][HTML] MRI-guided lung SBRT: present and future developments

MJ Menten, A Wetscherek, MF Fast - Physica Medica, 2017 - Elsevier
Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is rapidly becoming an alternative to surgery for the
treatment of early-stage non-small cell lung cancer patients. Lung SBRT is administered in a …

[HTML][HTML] Automatic reconstruction of the delivered dose of the day using MR-linac treatment log files and online MR imaging

MJ Menten, JK Mohajer, R Nilawar, J Bertholet… - Radiotherapy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background and purpose Anatomical changes during external beam radiotherapy prevent
the accurate delivery of the intended dose distribution. Resolving the delivered dose, which …