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 …

[HTML][HTML] Plan quality for high-risk prostate cancer treated with high field magnetic resonance imaging guided radiotherapy

RL Christiansen, CR Hansen, RH Dahlrot… - Physics and imaging in …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background and purpose Daily radiotherapy plan adaptation facilitated by a high field
magnetic resonance linac (MRL) may potentially reduce the treated volume due to a …

MRI-only based radiation therapy of prostate cancer: workflow and early clinical experience

M Tenhunen, J Korhonen, M Kapanen, T Seppälä… - Acta …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the most comprehensive imaging
modality for radiation therapy (RT) target delineation of most soft tissue tumors including …

A comprehensive comparison of IMRT and VMAT plan quality for prostate cancer treatment

EM Quan, X Li, Y Li, X Wang, RJ Kudchadker… - International Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: We performed a comprehensive comparative study of the plan quality between
volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) and intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) …

[HTML][HTML] Daily adaptive radiotherapy for patients with prostate cancer using a high field MR-linac: Initial clinical experiences and assessment of delivered doses …

A Dunlop, A Mitchell, A Tree, H Barnes, L Bower… - Clinical and translational …, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction MR-guided adapted radiotherapy (MRgART) using a high field MR-linac has
recently become available. We report the estimated delivered fractional dose of the first five …

[HTML][HTML] Magnetic resonance imaging-guided radiotherapy for intermediate-and high-risk prostate cancer: Trade-off between planning target volume margin and …

SU Tetar, AME Bruynzeel, L Verweij, O Bohoudi… - Physics and Imaging in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Magnetic resonance-guided radiotherapy with daily plan adaptation for intermediate-and
high-risk prostate cancer is time and labor intensive. Fifty adapted plans with 3 mm planning …

A retrospective planning analysis comparing intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) to volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) using two optimization …

CA Elith, SE Dempsey… - Journal of Medical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction The primary aim of this study is to compare intensity modulated radiation
therapy (IMRT) to volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) for the radical treatment of …

A VMAT planning solution for prostate patients using a commercial treatment planning system

CJ Boylan, C Golby… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) is a rotational delivery technique which offers the
potential of improved dose distributions and shorter treatment times when compared to fixed …

The effect of extremely narrow MLC leaf width on the plan quality of VMAT for prostate cancer

JM Park, SY Park, JH Kim, J Carlson, J Kim - Radiation Oncology, 2016 - Springer
Background To investigate the effect of multi-leaf collimators (MLCs) with leaf width of 1.25
mm on the plan quality of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) for prostate cancer …

Volumetric modulated arc therapy: planning and evaluation for prostate cancer cases

P Zhang, L Happersett, M Hunt, A Jackson… - International Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To develop an optimization method using volumetric modulated arc therapy
(VMAT) and evaluate VMAT plans relative to the standard intensity-modulated radiotherapy …