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 …

Practical clinical workflows for online and offline adaptive radiation therapy

OL Green, LE Henke, GD Hugo - Seminars in radiation oncology, 2019 - Elsevier
Adaptive radiotherapy emerged over 20 years ago and is now an established clinical
practice in a number of organ sites. No one solution for adaptive therapy exists. Rather …

Quality assurance for image‐guided radiation therapy utilizing CT‐based technologies: a report of the AAPM TG‐179

JP Bissonnette, PA Balter, L Dong, KM Langen… - Medical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Commercial CT‐based image‐guided radiotherapy (IGRT) systems allow
widespread management of geometric variations in patient setup and internal organ motion …

Adaptive radiotherapy for lung cancer

JJ Sonke, J Belderbos - Seminars in radiation oncology, 2010 - Elsevier
Lung cancer radiation therapy (RT) is associated with complex geometrical uncertainties,
such as respiratory motion, differential baseline shifts between primary tumor and involved …

Intra thoracic anatomical changes in lung cancer patients during the course of radiotherapy

M Kwint, S Conijn, E Schaake, J Knegjens… - Radiotherapy and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background and purpose Conebeam-CT (CBCT) guidance is often used for setup
verification of lung cancer patients treated with radiotherapy. The purpose of this study was …

Clinical outcomes among patients with head and neck cancer treated by intensity‐modulated radiotherapy with and without adaptive replanning

AM Chen, ME Daly, J Cui, M Mathai, S Benedict… - Head & …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Background The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of adaptive replanning on
clinical outcome among patients treated by intensity‐modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for …

A proliferation saturation index to predict radiation response and personalize radiotherapy fractionation

S Prokopiou, EG Moros, J Poleszczuk, J Caudell… - Radiation …, 2015 - Springer
Background Although altered protocols that challenge conventional radiation fractionation
have been tested in prospective clinical trials, we still have limited understanding of how to …

True 3D chemical dosimetry (gels, plastics): Development and clinical role

LJ Schreiner - Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Since the introduction of volumetric chemical dosimetry with Fricke gel dosimeters in the
1980s, three-dimensional (3D) dosimetry has been a promising technique for the clinic …

Adaptive radiation therapy in the treatment of lung cancer: An overview of the current state of the field

H Piperdi, D Portal, SS Neibart, NJ Yue… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Lung cancer treatment is constantly evolving due to technological advances in the delivery
of radiation therapy. Adaptive radiation therapy (ART) allows for modification of a treatment …

Adaptive radiation therapy: technical components and clinical applications

QJ Wu, T Li, Q Wu, FF Yin - The cancer journal, 2011 - journals.lww.com
In current standard radiation therapy process, patient anatomy is represented by the
snapshot of computed tomographic images at the simulation for treatment planning …