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 …

Toward the combined optimization of dynamic axes (CODA) for stereotactic radiotherapy and radiosurgery using fixed couch trajectories

RL MacDonald, A Syme, B Little, L Ward… - Medical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To develop a novel system for patient‐specific combined optimization of couch,
collimator, and gantry angles for use in volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) treatment …

Patient‐specific collision zones for 4π trajectory optimized radiation therapy

C Northway, JD Lincoln, B Little, A Syme… - Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The 4π methodology determines optimized noncoplanar subarcs for stereotactic
radiation therapy that minimize dose to organs‐at‐risk. Every combination of treatment angle …

Intra‐arc binary collimation with dynamic axes trajectory optimization for the SRS treatment of multiple metastases with multiple prescriptions

E Lee, RL MacDonald, CG Thomas, A Syme - Medical Physics, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose This work generates multi‐metastases cranial stereotactic radiosurgery/
radiotherapy (SRS/SRT) plans using a novel treatment planning technique in which dynamic …

Capacitive monitoring system for real‐time respiratory motion monitoring during radiation therapy

P Sadeghi, K Moran, JL Robar - Journal of Applied Clinical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This work introduces a novel capacitive‐sensing technology capable of detecting respiratory
motion with high temporal frequency (200 Hz). The system does not require contact with the …

Serial and parallel organ‐at‐risk‐specific noncoplanar arc optimization for small versus large target volumes in liver SBRT

J Lincoln, L MacDonald, L Ward… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Noncoplanar arc optimization has been shown to reduce OAR doses in SRS/SRT and has
the potential to reduce doses to OARs in SBRT. Extracranial targets have additional …

Non-Coplanar Arc Optimization for Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy Treatment Planning

J Lincoln - 2023 - dalspace.library.dal.ca
Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) is a technique that delivers a high dose of
radiation in a single or small number of fractions and requires rapid fall off outside the target …

Non-coplanar trajectory based volumetric modulated arc therapy

J Marshall - 2022 - open.library.ubc.ca
Trajectory volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) is an emerging technique in high
precision radiation therapy. Trajectory VMAT permits modulated radiation treatment delivery …

DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF A NOVEL TECHNOLOGY FOR MONITORING PATIENT MOTION DURING STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY

P Sadeghi - 2021 - dalspace.library.dal.ca
Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) and stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) are two of the
most precise therapeutic radiation delivery techniques available. These techniques involve …

[PDF][PDF] Improving the delineation of the tumor bed

GM Struik, N Hoekstra, TM Klem, A Ghandi… - HIGH-PRECISION …, 2022 - repub.eur.nl
Background and purpose–During oncoplastic breast-conserving surgery (BCS), the surgical
cavity is closed to reduce seroma formation. This makes the radiotherapy target definition …