Adaptive radiotherapy for anatomical changes

JJ Sonke, M Aznar, C Rasch - Seminars in radiation oncology, 2019 - Elsevier
The anatomy of cancer patients changes between radiation treatment planning and delivery
as well as over the course of radiotherapy. Adaptive radiotherapy (ART) aims to deliver …

Adaptive proton therapy

H Paganetti, P Botas, GC Sharp… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Radiation therapy treatments are typically planned based on a single image set, assuming
that the patient's anatomy and its position relative to the delivery system remains constant …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical implementation of magnetic resonance imaging guided adaptive radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer

SU Tetar, AME Bruynzeel, FJ Lagerwaard… - Physics and imaging in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background and purpose Magnetic resonance-guided radiation therapy (MRgRT) has
recently become available in clinical practice and is expected to expand significantly in …

Late side effects after image guided intensity modulated radiation therapy compared to 3D-conformal radiation therapy for prostate cancer: results from 2 prospective …

RC Wortel, L Incrocci, FJ Pos, UA van der Heide… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Purpose Technical developments in the field of external beam radiation therapy (RT)
enabled the clinical introduction of image guided intensity modulated radiation therapy (IG …

The technological basis for adaptive ion beam therapy at MedAustron: status and outlook

M Stock, D Georg, A Ableitinger, A Zechner… - … für Medizinische Physik, 2018 - Elsevier
The ratio of patients who need a treatment adaptation due to anatomical variations at least
once during the treatment course is significantly higher in light ion beam therapy (LIBT) than …

The ADAM-pelvis phantom—an anthropomorphic, deformable and multimodal phantom for MRgRT

NI Niebuhr, W Johnen, G Echner, A Runz… - Physics in Medicine …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Applicability and accuracy of the rapidly developing tools and workflows for image-guided
radiotherapy need to be validated under realistic treatment-like conditions. We present the …

Dosimetric comparison of MR-linac-based IMRT and conventional VMAT treatment plans for prostate cancer

V Da Silva Mendes, L Nierer, M Li, S Corradini… - Radiation …, 2021 - Springer
Background The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the performance of intensity
modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) plans, planned for low-field strength magnetic …

Adaptive radiotherapy strategies for pelvic tumors–a systematic review of clinical implementations

S Thörnqvist, LB Hysing, L Tuomikoski… - Acta …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Introdution: Variation in shape, position and treatment response of both tumor and organs at
risk are major challenges for accurate dose delivery in radiotherapy. Adaptive radiotherapy …

Review of real-time 3-dimensional image guided radiation therapy on standard-equipped cancer radiation therapy systems: are we at the tipping point for the era of …

PJ Keall, DT Nguyen, R O'Brien, P Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Purpose To review real-time 3-dimensional (3D) image guided radiation therapy (IGRT) on
standard-equipped cancer radiation therapy systems, focusing on clinically implemented …