MRI-guided prostate adaptive radiotherapy–A systematic review

AJ McPartlin, XA Li, LE Kershaw, U Heide… - Radiotherapy and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Dose escalated radiotherapy improves outcomes for men with prostate cancer. A plateau for
benefit from dose escalation using EBRT may not have been reached for some patients with …

Review of ultrasound image guidance in external beam radiotherapy: I. Treatment planning and inter-fraction motion management

D Fontanarosa, S Van der Meer… - Physics in medicine …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
In modern radiotherapy, verification of the treatment to ensure the target receives the
prescribed dose and normal tissues are optimally spared has become essential. Several …

[HTML][HTML] Improvements in CBCT image quality using a novel iterative reconstruction algorithm: a clinical evaluation

SJ Gardner, W Mao, C Liu, I Aref, M Elshaikh… - Advances in radiation …, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose This study aimed to evaluate the clinical utility of a novel iterative cone beam
computed tomography (CBCT) reconstruction algorithm for prostate and head and neck …

Continuous monitoring and intrafraction target position correction during treatment improves target coverage for patients undergoing SBRT prostate therapy

DM Lovelock, AP Messineo, BW Cox… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Purpose To compare the potential benefits of continuous monitoring of prostate position and
intervention (CMI) using 2-mm displacement thresholds during stereotactic body radiation …

Image-guided radiotherapy for prostate cancer with cone beam CT: dosimetric effects of imaging frequency and PTV margin

H Ariyaratne, H Chesham, J Pettingell… - Radiotherapy and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background and purpose This study assesses the effect of frequency of cone beam CT
(CBCT) verification imaging on dose–volume parameters during image-guided radiotherapy …

Target margins in radiotherapy of prostate cancer

S Yartsev, G Bauman - The British journal of radiology, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We reviewed the literature on the use of margins in radiotherapy of patients with prostate
cancer, focusing on different options for image guidance (IG) and technical issues. The …

Modern radiation therapy planning and delivery

SJ Gardner, J Kim, IJ Chetty - Hematology/Oncology Clinics, 2019 - hemonc.theclinics.com
Put simply, the goal of radiation therapy is to maximize the therapeutic ratio; to maximize the
delivered dose to the target (tumor) and minimize dose to normal tissue. The process for …

Clinical assessment of prostate displacement and planning target volume margins for stereotactic body radiotherapy of prostate cancer

R Levin-Epstein, G Qiao-Guan, JE Juarez… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Purpose: To assess the optimal planning target volume (PTV) margins for stereotactic body
radiotherapy (SBRT) of prostate cancer based on inter-and intra-fractional prostate motion …

Contouring variability of human-and deformable-generated contours in radiotherapy for prostate cancer

SJ Gardner, N Wen, J Kim, C Liu… - Physics in Medicine …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
This study was designed to evaluate contouring variability of human-and deformable-
generated contours on planning CT (PCT) and CBCT for ten patients with low-or …

Critical assessment of intramodality 3D ultrasound imaging for prostate IGRT compared to fiducial markers

S van der Meer, E Bloemen‐van Gurp… - Medical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: A quantitative 3D intramodality ultrasound (US) imaging system was verified for
daily in‐room prostate localization, and compared to prostate localization based on …