Interfractional variation in whole-breast VMAT irradiation: a dosimetric study with complementary SGRT and CBCT patient setup

M Mankinen, T Virén, J Seppälä, T Koivumäki - Radiation Oncology, 2024 - Springer
Background The dosimetric effect of setup uncertainty and tissue deformations in left-sided
whole-breast irradiation with complementary surface-guided radiotherapy (SGRT) and cone …

Comparison of volumetric modulated arc therapy and intensity-modulated radiotherapy for left-sided whole-breast irradiation using automated planning

L Redapi, L Rossi, L Marrazzo, JJ Penninkhof… - Strahlentherapie und …, 2022 - Springer
Background Published treatment technique comparisons for postoperative left-sided whole
breast irradiation (WBI) with deep-inspiration breath-hold (DIBH) are scarce, small, and …

Implementation of volumetric-modulated arc therapy for locally advanced breast cancer patients: Dosimetric comparison with deliverability consideration of planning …

C Noblet, M Duthy, F Coste, M Saliou, B Samain… - Physica Medica, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose The aim of this study was to implement a clinically deliverable VMAT planning
technique dedicated to advanced breast cancer, and to predict failed QA using a machine …

Introduce a rotational robust optimization framework for spot-scanning proton arc (SPArc) therapy

S Chang, G Liu, L Zhao, W Zheng, D Yan… - Physics in Medicine …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Proton dosimetric uncertainties resulting from the patient's daily setup errors in
rotational directions exist even with advanced image-guided radiotherapy techniques. Thus …

Comparing the robustness of different skin flash approaches using wide tangents, manual flash VMAT, and simulated organ motion robust optimization VMAT in breast …

I Gleeson - Medical Dosimetry, 2022 - Elsevier
Compare the robustness of wide tangents (WT) and volumetric modulated arc therapy
(VMAT) using different skin flash approaches in breast and nodal radiotherapy. Ten patients …

[PDF][PDF] Robustness of Chest Wall Plans and Setup Uncertainties

C Seua, K Shahid, S Dwivedi, J Baker, K Gifford - mdanderson.org
Iso-centric shifts that may occur during chest wall irradiation can change the robustness of a
plan. The current method for planning chest-wall cases is Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy …

Dosimetric impact of uncorrected systematic yaw rotation in VMAT for peripheral lung SABR

S Barrett, P Thirion, D Harper… - Reports of Practical …, 2019 - journals.viamedica.pl
Aim This study aimed to evaluate the dosimetric impact of uncorrected yaw rotational error
on both target coverage and OAR dose metrics in this patient population. Background …

[PDF][PDF] The Dosimetric Advantages of Robust Optimization Combined With Flatten Filter Free Mode in Left Breast Cancer

H Luo, G Shan, K Shao, Y Yang, X Zhou, J Zhou - 2020 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Conclusions The Robust optimization could be adopted in the development of postoperative
left breast cancer radiotherapy plan, which ensures that the target dose coverage and the …

Surface Guidance for Whole Breast and Partial Breast: Technical Aspects

L Padilla - Surface Guided Radiation Therapy, 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
In this chapter, the role of surface imaging in the delivery of whole breast and partial breast
radiation therapy is reviewed. When used for patient setup, surface imaging can provide the …