Adaptive radiation therapy (ART) strategies and technical considerations: a state of the ART review from NRG oncology

CK Glide-Hurst, P Lee, AD Yock, JR Olsen… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The integration of adaptive radiation therapy (ART), or modifying the treatment plan during
the treatment course, is becoming more widely available in clinical practice. ART offers …

Real-time intrafraction motion monitoring in external beam radiotherapy

J Bertholet, A Knopf, B Eiben… - Physics in medicine …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Radiotherapy (RT) aims to deliver a spatially conformal dose of radiation to tumours while
maximizing the dose sparing to healthy tissues. However, the internal patient anatomy is …

The report of Task Group 100 of the AAPM: Application of risk analysis methods to radiation therapy quality management

MS Huq, BA Fraass, PB Dunscombe… - Medical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The increasing complexity of modern radiation therapy planning and delivery challenges
traditional prescriptive quality management (QM) methods, such as many of those included …

Flattening filter‐free accelerators: a report from the AAPM Therapy Emerging Technology Assessment Work Group

Y Xiao, SF Kry, R Popple, E Yorke… - Journal of applied …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This report describes the current state of flattening filter‐free (FFF) radiotherapy beams
implemented on conventional linear accelerators, and is aimed primarily at practicing …

AAPM Task Group 264: The safe clinical implementation of MLC tracking in radiotherapy

PJ Keall, A Sawant, RI Berbeco, JT Booth… - Medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The era of real‐time radiotherapy is upon us. Robotic and gimbaled linac tracking are
clinically established technologies with the clinical realization of couch tracking in …

Failure mode and effects analysis for proactive healthcare risk evaluation: a systematic literature review

HC Liu, LJ Zhang, YJ Ping… - Journal of evaluation in …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Rationale, aims, and objectives Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) is a valuable
reliability management tool that can preemptively identify the potential failures of a system …

The first clinical implementation of electromagnetic transponder‐guided MLC tracking

PJ Keall, E Colvill, R O'Brien, JA Ng… - Medical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: We report on the clinical process, quality assurance, and geometric and dosimetric
results of the first clinical implementation of electromagnetic transponder‐guided MLC …

Motion in radiotherapy: photon therapy

SS Korreman - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
This review considers the management of motion in photon radiation therapy. An overview is
given of magnitudes and variability of motion of various structures and organs, and how the …

An improved method for risk evaluation in failure modes and effects analysis of aircraft engine rotor blades

X Su, Y Deng, S Mahadevan, Q Bao - Engineering Failure Analysis, 2012 - Elsevier
Dempster–Shafer (D–S) evidence theory has been previously introduced in failure modes
and effects analysis (FMEA) due to its effectiveness and flexibility in dealing with uncertain …

Real-time motion management in MRI-guided radiotherapy: Current status and AI-enabled prospects

E Lombardo, J Dhont, D Page, C Garibaldi… - Radiotherapy and …, 2024 - Elsevier
MRI-guided radiotherapy (MRIgRT) is a highly complex treatment modality, allowing
adaptation to anatomical changes occurring from one treatment day to the other (inter …