Characterization of the HalcyonTM multileaf collimator system

TY Lim, I Dragojević, D Hoffman… - Journal of applied …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To characterize the stacked and staggered dual‐layer multileaf collimator (MLC) on
the Halcyon TM system. Methods The novel MLC assembly was reviewed and compared to …

MRgRT quality assurance for a low-field MR-linac

JP Kim - Seminars in radiation oncology, 2024 - Elsevier
The introduction of MR-guided treatment machines into the radiation oncology clinic has
provided unique challenges for the radiotherapy QA program. These MR-linac systems …

MRI-Guided Radiation Therapy Systems

DA Low, BG Fallone, BW Raaymakers - Seminars in Radiation Oncology, 2024 - Elsevier
MR-Guided Radiation Therapy (MRIgRT) has been made possible only due to the ingenuity
and commitment of commercial radiation therapy system vendors. Unlike conventional linear …

Head and neck radiotherapy on the MR linac: a multicenter planning challenge amongst MRIdian platform users

M Chamberlain, J Krayenbuehl… - Strahlentherapie und …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose Purpose of this study is to evaluate plan quality on the MRIdian (Viewray Inc.,
Oakwood Village, OH, USA) system for head and neck cancer (HNC) through comparison of …

[HTML][HTML] Initial clinical experience building a dual CT-and MR-guided adaptive radiotherapy program

AT Price, JP Schiff, E Laugeman, B Maraghechi… - Clinical and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Our institution was the first in the world to clinically implement MR-guided
adaptive radiotherapy (MRgART) in 2014. In 2021, we installed a CT-guided adaptive …

MRI quality control for low‐field MR‐IGRT systems: lessons learned

H Michael Gach, AN Curcuru… - Journal of applied …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To present lessons learned from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) quality control
(QC) tests for low‐field MRI‐guided radiation therapy (MR‐IGRT) systems. Methods MRI QC …

A multi-institutional comparison of dosimetric data for a 0.35 T MR-linac

AU Khan, R Lotey, LA DeWerd… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. A comparison of percent depth dose (PDD) curves, lateral beam profiles, output
factors (OFs), multileaf collimator (MLC) leakage, and couch transmission factors was …

[PDF][PDF] A retrospective of cobalt-60 radiation therapy: the atom bomb that saves lives

J Van Dyk, JJ Battista, PR Almond - Medical Physics International …, 2020 - mpijournal.org
The first cancer patients irradiated with cobalt-60 gamma rays using external beam
radiotherapy occurred in 1951. The development of cobalt-60 machines represented a …

Performance of a multileaf collimator system for a 1.5 T MR‐linac

K Zhang, Y Tian, M Li, K Men, J Dai - Medical Physics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of a multileaf collimator
(MLC) system for the high magnetic field of the Elekta Unity magnetic resonance linear …

Practical guidelines of online MR-guided adaptive radiotherapy

H Okamoto, H Igaki, T Chiba, K Shibuya… - Journal of radiation …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The first magnetic resonance (MR)-guided radiotherapy system in Japan was installed in
May 2017. Implementation of online MR-guided adaptive radiotherapy (MRgART) began in …