[HTML][HTML] Particle arc therapy: Status and potential

S Mein, S Wuyckens, X Li, S Both, A Carabe… - Radiotherapy and …, 2024 - Elsevier
There is a rising interest in developing and utilizing arc delivery techniques with charged
particle beams, eg, proton, carbon or other ions, for clinical implementation. In this work …

[HTML][HTML] Dosimetric performance evaluation of the Halcyon treatment platform for stereotactic radiotherapy: A pooled study

Y Huang, Z Liu - Medicine, 2023 - journals.lww.com
With the advancement of radiotherapy equipment, stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) has been
increasingly used. Among the many radiotherapy devices, Halcyon shows promising …

Clinical validation of ring‐mounted halcyon linac for lung SBRT: comparison to SBRT‐dedicated C‐arm linac treatments

D Pokhrel, J Visak, LC Critchfield… - Journal of applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) of lung tumors via the ring‐mounted Halcyon Linac, a
fast kilovoltage cone beam CT‐guided treatment with coplanar geometry, a single energy …

Prostate SBRT using O‐Ring Halcyon Linac—Plan quality, delivery efficiency, and accuracy

D Pokhrel, T Tackett, J Stephen, J Visak… - Journal of applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cone beam CT‐guided prostate stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) treatment on the
recently installed novel O‐ring coplanar geometry Halcyon Linac with a single energy 6MV …

SBRT treatment of abdominal and pelvic oligometastatic lymph nodes using ring‐mounted Halcyon Linac

D Pokhrel, A Webster, J Stephen… - Journal of applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose/objectives This work seeks to evaluate the plan quality, treatment delivery
efficiency, and accuracy of single‐isocenter volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) of …

Treatment planning comparison of volumetric modulated arc therapy with the trilogy and the Halcyon for bilateral breast cancer

T Sun, X Lin, G Zhang, Q Qiu, C Li, Y Yin - Radiation Oncology, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background The Halcyon is a new machine from the Varian company. The purpose
of this study was to evaluate the dosimetry of the Halcyon in treatment of bilateral breast …

Cardiorespiratory motion characteristics and their dosimetric impact on cardiac stereotactic body radiotherapy

G Li, G Wang, W Wei, Z Li, Q Xiao, H He, D Luo… - Medical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Cardiac stereotactic body radiotherapy (CSBRT) is an emerging and promising
noninvasive technique for treating refractory arrhythmias utilizing highly precise, single or …

Plan complexity quantification of dual-layer multi-leaf collimator for volumetric modulated arc therapy with Halcyon linac

M Tamura, K Matsumoto, M Otsuka… - Physical and Engineering …, 2020 - Springer
This study characterized the plan complexity of the dual-layer multi-leaf collimator (MLC)
performance for volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) in Halcyon. Plan complexity …

Dosimetric impact and detectability of multi‐leaf collimator positioning errors on Varian Halcyon

SS Gay, TJ Netherton, CE Cardenas… - Journal of applied …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this study is to investigate the dosimetric impact of multi‐leaf collimator
(MLC) positioning errors on a Varian Halcyon for both random and systematic errors, and to …

Effect of treatment planning system parameters on beam modulation complexity for treatment plans with single-layer multi-leaf collimator and dual-layer stacked multi …

P Quintero, Y Cheng, D Benoit… - The British Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objective: High levels of beam modulation complexity (MC) and monitor units (MU) can
compromise the plan deliverability of intensity-modulated radiotherapy treatments. Our study …