Integrated MRI-guided radiotherapy—opportunities and challenges

PJ Keall, C Brighi, C Glide-Hurst, G Liney… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
MRI can help to categorize tissues as malignant or non-malignant both anatomically and
functionally, with a high level of spatial and temporal resolution. This non-invasive imaging …

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 CyberKnife® robotic radiosurgery system in 2010

W Kilby, JR Dooley, G Kuduvalli… - … in cancer research …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
This review provides a complete technical description of the CyberKnife® VSI™ System, the
latest addition to the CyberKnife product family, which was released in September 2009 …

Technological quality requirements for stereotactic radiotherapy: Expert review group consensus from the DGMP Working Group for Physics and Technology in …

D Schmitt, O Blanck, T Gauer, MK Fix… - Strahlentherapie und …, 2020 - Springer
This review details and discusses the technological quality requirements to ensure the
desired quality for stereotactic radiotherapy using photon external beam radiotherapy as …

[HTML][HTML] Magnetic resonance imaging-guided adaptive radiation therapy: a “game changer” for prostate treatment?

AU Pathmanathan, NJ van As, LGW Kerkmeijer… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Radiation therapy to the prostate involves increasingly sophisticated delivery techniques
and changing fractionation schedules. With a low estimated α/β ratio, a larger dose per …

Observations on real-time prostate gland motion using electromagnetic tracking

KM Langen, TR Willoughby, SL Meeks… - International Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To quantify and describe the real-time movement of the prostate gland in a large
data set of patients treated with radiotherapy. METHODS AND MATERIALS: The Calypso …

[HTML][HTML] Adaptive radiotherapy enabled by MRI guidance

A Hunt, VN Hansen, U Oelfke, S Nill, S Hafeez - Clinical Oncology, 2018 - Elsevier
Adaptive radiotherapy (ART) strategies systematically monitor variations in target and
neighbouring structures to inform treatment-plan modification during radiotherapy. This is …

kV-Cone-beam-CT-basierte bildgeführte Strahlentherapie–ein klinischer Überblick: A Clinical Review

J Boda-Heggemann, F Lohr, F Wenz, M Flentje… - Strahlentherapie und …, 2011 - Springer
Abstract Aims and Methods: Delivery of high radiation doses while simultaneously sparing
organs at risk requires advanced imaging for target volume definition, highly conformal dose …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in radiation oncology

C Garibaldi, BA Jereczek-Fossa, G Marvaso… - …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Radiotherapy (RT) is very much a technology-driven treatment modality in the management
of cancer. RT techniques have changed significantly over the past few decades, thanks to …

Advances in 4D medical imaging and 4D radiation therapy

G Li, D Citrin, K Camphausen… - … in cancer research …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper reviews recent advances in 4D medical imaging (4DMI) and 4D radiation therapy
(4DRT), which study, characterize, and minimize patient motion during the processes of …