Deep inspiration breath hold—based radiation therapy: a clinical review

J Boda-Heggemann, AC Knopf… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Several recent developments in linear accelerator–based radiation therapy (RT) such as fast
multileaf collimators, accelerated intensity modulation paradigms like volumeric modulated …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of technology on the changing practice of lung SBRT

MC Aznar, S Warren, M Hoogeman, M Josipovic - Physica medica, 2018 - Elsevier
Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for lung tumours has been gaining wide acceptance
in lung cancer. Here, we review the technological evolution of SBRT delivery in lung cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of 3D and 4D robustly optimized proton treatment plans for non-small cell lung cancer patients with tumour motion amplitudes larger than 5 mm

S Spautz, L Haase, M Tschiche, S Makocki… - Physics and Imaging in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background and purpose There is no consensus about an ideal robust optimization (RO)
strategy for proton therapy of targets with large intrafractional motion. We investigated the …

Geometrical and dosimetrical uncertainties in hypofractionated radiotherapy of the lung: a review

M Schwarz, GM Cattaneo, L Marrazzo - Physica medica, 2017 - Elsevier
The application of high precision hypofractionated regimes (aka stereotactic body
radiotherapy (SBRT)) to the treatment of lung cancer is a 'success story'of radiotherapy …

Experimental validation of 4D log file‐based proton dose reconstruction for interplay assessment considering amplitude‐sorted 4DCTs

S Spautz, A Jakobi, A Meijers, N Peters, S Löck… - Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The unpredictable interplay between dynamic proton therapy delivery and target
motion in the thorax can lead to severe dose distortions. A fraction‐wise four‐dimensional …

[HTML][HTML] Current status of proton therapy techniques for lung cancer

Y Han - Radiation oncology journal, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Proton beams have been used for cancer treatment for more than 28 years, and several
technological advancements have been made to achieve improved clinical outcomes by …

[HTML][HTML] Image-guided radiotherapy to manage respiratory motion: lung and liver

J Dhont, SV Harden, LYS Chee, K Aitken, GG Hanna… - Clinical oncology, 2020 - Elsevier
Organ motion as a result of respiratory and cardiac motion poses significant challenges for
the accurate delivery of radiotherapy to both the thorax and the upper abdomen. Modern …

[HTML][HTML] Role of gastrointestinal ultrasound in image-guided radiation therapy: A review

Q Lu, D Guo, Y Wei, J Zheng, J Li - Journal of Radiation Research and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Radiation therapy is one of the main modalities for cancer treatment. New radiotherapy
techniques provide conformal radiation dose distribution and need higher accuracy in …

Hypofractionation and SABR: 25 years of evolution in medical physics and a glimpse of the future

Y Rong, X Ding, ME Daly - Medical Physics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As we were invited to write an article for celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Medical Physics
journal, on something historically significant, commemorative, and exciting happening in the …

Quantification of the kV X-ray imaging dose during real-time tumor tracking and from three-and four-dimensional cone-beam computed tomography in lung cancer …

M Nakamura, Y Ishihara, Y Matsuo… - Journal of radiation …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Knowledge of the imaging doses delivered to patients and accurate dosimetry of
the radiation to organs from various imaging procedures is becoming increasingly important …