Dosimetric comparison of left-sided whole breast irradiation with 3DCRT, forward-planned IMRT, inverse-planned IMRT, helical tomotherapy, and topotherapy

LK Schubert, V Gondi, E Sengbusch… - Radiotherapy and …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: To compare left-sided whole breast conventional and
intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) treatment planning techniques. MATERIALS AND …

Full-coverage path planning and stable interaction control for automated robotic breast ultrasound scanning

Z Wang, B Zhao, P Zhang, L Yao… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound examination is widely used for diagnosis of breast cancer, which requires a full-
coverage scan of the whole organ and stable probe–breast interaction for high-quality …

Intra-fraction respiratory motion and baseline drift during breast Helical Tomotherapy

R Ricotti, D Ciardo, G Fattori, MC Leonardi… - Radiotherapy and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background and purpose To investigate the intra-fraction breast motion during long-lasting
treatments of breast cancer with Helical Tomotherapy by means of an optical tracking …

Modified volumetric modulated arc therapy in left sided breast cancer after radical mastectomy with flattening filter free versus flattened beams

Y Lai, Y Chen, S Wu, L Shi, L Fu, H Ha, Q Lin - Medicine, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Conventional volumetric modulated arc therapy (C-VMAT) for breast cancer after radical
mastectomy had its limitation that resulted in larger volumes of normal tissue receiving low …

Respiratory organ motion and dosimetric impact on breast and nodal irradiation

XS Qi, J White, R Rabinovitch, K Merrell, A Sood… - International Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To examine the respiratory motion for target and normal structures during whole
breast and nodal irradiation and the resulting dosimetric impact. METHODS AND …

Surface dose in the treatment of breast cancer with helical tomotherapy

F Zibold, F Sterzing, G Sroka-Perez… - Strahlentherapie …, 2009 - search.proquest.com
Surface Dose in the Treatment of Breast Cancer with Helical Tomotherapy Page 1 574
Strahlenther Onkol 2009 · No. 9 © Urban & Vogel Surface Dose in the Treatment of Breast Cancer …

Correlation between dosimetric effect and intrafraction motion during prostate treatments delivered with helical tomotherapy

KM Langen, W Lu, W Ngwa… - Physics in Medicine …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
The dosimetric impact of intrafraction prostate motion was investigated for helical
tomotherapy treatments. Measured motion tracks were used to calculate the dosimetric …

Evaluation of a thermoplastic immobilization system for breast and chest wall radiation therapy

JH Strydhorst, JM Caudrelier, BG Clark… - Medical …, 2011 - Elsevier
We report on the impact of a thermoplastic immobilization system on intra-and interfraction
motion for patients undergoing breast or chest wall radiation therapy. Patients for this study …

[HTML][HTML] A dose planning study for cardiac and lung dose sparing techniques in left breast cancer radiotherapy: Can free breathing helical tomotherapy be considered …

S Abdollahi, MHH Yazdi, AA Mowlavi, S Ceberg… - Technical Innovations & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose To investigate the possibility to be able to offer left sided breast cancer patients, not
suitable for DIBH, an organ at risk saving treatment. Materials and Methods Twenty patients …

Tangent field technique of TomoDirect improves dose distribution for whole‐breast irradiation

H Hashimoto, M Omura, K Matsui… - Journal of Applied …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
TomoDirect (TD) is an intensity‐modulated radiotherapy system that uses a fixed gantry
angle instead of rotational beam delivery. Here, we investigated the effect of the multiple …