Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Lung Lesions using Multiple Phase 3D-CT Based on the Analysis of Radiobiological Parameters [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Medical Physics, 2019 Introduction: Planning target volume (PTV) is generated from internal treatment volume (ITV) using four-dimensional computed tomography (4D-CT) for enhanced therapeutic gain in the stereotactic body radiotherapy for lung lesions (SBRT-Lung).
Arun Chairmadurai +3 more
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Volumetric modulated arc therapy is superior to conventional intensity modulated radiotherapy - a comparison among prostate cancer patients treated in an Australian centre [PDF]
, 2011 Background Radiotherapy technology is expanding rapidly. Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) technologies such as RapidArc® (RA) may be a more efficient way of delivering intensity-modulated radiotherapy-like (IM) treatments.
Gerald B Fogarty +4 more
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Modulation indices and plan delivery accuracy of volumetric modulated arc therapy [PDF]
Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, 2019 AbstractPurposeWe evaluated the performance of various modulation indices (MI) for volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) to predict plan delivery accuracy.MethodsThe specific indices evaluated were MI quantifying the mechanical uncertainty (MIt), MI quantifying the mechanical and dose calculation uncertainties (MIc), MI for station parameter ...
Park, Jong Min +2 more
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Radiation Oncology, 2012 Background To compare 3 Dimensional Conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT) with Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) with Volumetric-Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) for bladder cancer.
Foroudi Farshad +9 more
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Evaluation of Hybrid Arc and Volumetric-Modulated Arc Therapy Treatment Plans for Fractionated Stereotactic Intracranial Radiotherapy. [PDF]
, 2018 PURPOSE: The study was aimed to compare hybrid arc and volumetric-modulated arc therapy treatment plans for fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy of brain tumors. METHODS: Treatment plans of 22 patients were studied.
Gunn, Vickie +5 more
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Multi-GPU implementation of a VMAT treatment plan optimization algorithm
, 2015 VMAT optimization is a computationally challenging problem due to its large data size, high degrees of freedom, and many hardware constraints. High-performance graphics processing units have been used to speed up the computations.
Folkerts, Michael +5 more
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Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.This work introduces photo‐crosslinkable tyraminated poly(vinyl alcohol)‐gelatin (PVA‐GT) hydrogels as tunable injectable platforms for tissue engineering and growth factor delivery applications. This schematic illustrates the two developed hydrogel formulations and the experimental workflow used to evaluate their physico‐chemical properties in vitro ...
Alessia Longoni +15 more
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Radiology and Oncology, 2016 This study is to report 1) the sensitivity of intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) QA method for clinical volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) plans with multi-leaf collimator (MLC) leaf errors that will not trigger MLC interlock during beam ...
Xu Zhengzheng +3 more
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Performance Comparison of Knowledge-Based Dose Prediction Techniques Based on Limited Patient Data. [PDF]
, 2018 PurposeThe accuracy of dose prediction is essential for knowledge-based planning and automated planning techniques. We compare the dose prediction accuracy of 3 prediction methods including statistical voxel dose learning, spectral regression, and ...
Landers, Angelia +4 more
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A retrospective comparison of intensity-modulated arc therapy and 3-dimensional conformal approaches in the planning of grade 3 gliomas [PDF]
, 2018 Purpose: To evaluate the extent to which intensity-modulated arc therapy (IMAT) for high-grade gliomas is comparable with three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT) in relation to the dose delivered to normal brain tissue (NBT), planning target ...
Bernadette Foran +6 more
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