[HTML][HTML] Advances in 4D radiation therapy for managing respiration: part I–4D imaging

GD Hugo, M Rosu - Zeitschrift für medizinische Physik, 2012 - Elsevier
Techniques for managing respiration during imaging and planning of radiation therapy are
reviewed, concentrating on free-breathing (4D) approaches. First, we focus on detailing the …

Breathing guidance in radiation oncology and radiology: a systematic review of patient and healthy volunteer studies

S Pollock, R Keall, P Keall - Medical physics, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: The advent of image‐guided radiation therapy has led to dramatic improvements
in the accuracy of treatment delivery in radiotherapy. Such advancements have highlighted …

Accuracy and stability of deep inspiration breath hold in gated breast radiotherapy–a comparison of two tracking and guidance systems

AM Kalet, N Cao, WP Smith, L Young, L Wootton… - Physica Medica, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose To characterize reproducibility of patient breath-hold positioning and compare
tracking system performance for Deep Inspiration Breath Hold (DIBH) gated left breast …

The impact of breathing guidance and prospective gating during thoracic 4DCT imaging: an XCAT study utilizing lung cancer patient motion

S Pollock, J Kipritidis, D Lee… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Two interventions to overcome the deleterious impact irregular breathing has on thoracic-
abdominal 4D computed tomography (4DCT) are (1) facilitating regular breathing using …

Respiratory motion management using audio‐visual biofeedback for respiratory‐gated radiotherapy of synchrotron‐based pulsed heavy‐ion beam delivery

P He, Q Li, X Liu, Z Dai, T Zhao, T Fu, G Shen… - Medical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To efficiently deliver respiratory‐gated radiation during synchrotron‐based pulsed
heavy‐ion radiotherapy, a novel respiratory guidance method combining a personalized …

[HTML][HTML] Audiovisual biofeedback guided breath-hold improves lung tumor position reproducibility and volume consistency

D Lee, PB Greer, C Lapuz, J Ludbrook, P Hunter… - Advances in radiation …, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose Respiratory variation can increase the variability of tumor position and volume,
accounting for larger treatment margins and longer treatment times. Audiovisual …

A retrospective 4D‐MRI based on 2D diaphragm profiles for lung cancer patients

D Lee, S Kim, J Palta, B Lewis… - Journal of medical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction 4D‐MRI, compared to 4D‐CT, provides better soft‐tissue contrast for target
delineation. However, motion artefacts are often observed due to residual breathing …

Motion management within two respiratory-gating windows: feasibility study of dual quasi-breath-hold technique in gated medical procedures

T Kim, S Kim, YK Park, KK Youn… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
A dual quasi-breath-hold (DQBH) technique is proposed for respiratory motion management
(a hybrid technique combining breathing-guidance with breath-hold task in the middle). The …

Assessment of visual feedback system for reproducibility of voluntary deep inspiration breath hold in left-sided breast radiotherapy

R Yamauchi, N Mizuno, T Itazawa, T Masuda… - Journal of Medical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction Deep inspiration breath-hold (DIBH) for left-sided breast cancer radiotherapy
reduces the dose exposure of the heart and left anterior descending coronary artery. DIBH …

Development of real‐time motion verification system using in‐room optical images for respiratory‐gated radiotherapy

YK Park, T Son, H Kim, J Lee, W Sung… - Journal of applied …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Phase‐based respiratory‐gated radiotherapy relies on the reproducibility of patient
breathing during the treatment. To monitor the positional reproducibility of patient breathing …