Open Access

Feasibility study on effect and stability of adaptive radiotherapy on kilovoltage cone beam CT

Kuban D, Pollack A, Huang E, Levy L, Dong L, Starkschall G, et al. Hazards of dose escalation in prostate cancer radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2003; 57: 1260-8.10.1016/S0360-3016(03)00772-7Search in Google Scholar

Hurkmans CW, Cho BC, Damen E, Zijp L, Mijnheer BJ. Reduction of cardiac and lung complication probabilities after breast irradiation using conformal radiotherapy with or without intensity modulation. Radiother Oncol 2002; 62: 163-71.10.1016/S0167-8140(01)00473-XSearch in Google Scholar

Tubiana M, Eschwege F. Conformal radiotherapy and intensity modulated radiotherapy: clinical data. Acta Oncol 2000; 39: 555-67.10.1080/028418600750013249Search in Google Scholar

Thieke C, Malsch U, Schlegel W, Debus J, Huber P, Bendl R, et al. Kilovoltage CT using a linac-CT scanner combination. Br J Radiol 2006; 79(Spec No 1): S79-S86.10.1259/bjr/88849490Search in Google Scholar

Künzler T, Grezdo J, Bogner J, Birkfellner W, Georg D. Registration of DRRs and portal images for verification of stereotactic body radiotherapy: a feasibility study in lung cancer treatment. Phys Med Biol 2007; 52: 2157-70.10.1088/0031-9155/52/8/008Search in Google Scholar

Oldham M, Letourneau D, Watt L, Hugo G, Yan D, Lockman D, et al. Conebeam CT guided radiotherapy: a model for on-line applications. Radiother Oncol 2005; 75: 271-278.10.1016/j.radonc.2005.03.026Search in Google Scholar

Smitsmans MH, de Bois J, Sonke JJ, Betgen A, Zijp LJ, Jaffray DA, et al. Automatic prostate localization on cone-beam CT scans for high precision image guided radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2005; 63: 975-84.10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.07.973Search in Google Scholar

Purdie TG, Bissonnette JP, Franks K, Bezjak A, Payne D, Sie F, et al. Cone-beam computed tomography for on-line image guidance of lung stereotactic radiotherapy:lLocalization, verification, and intrafraction tumor position. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2007; 68: 243-52.10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.12.022Search in Google Scholar

Ding GX, Duggan DM, Coffey CW, Deeley M, Hallahan DE, Cmelak A, et al. A study on adaptive IMRT treatment planning using kV cone-beam CT. Radiother Oncol 2007; 85: 116-25.10.1016/j.radonc.2007.06.015Search in Google Scholar

Lawson JD, Schreibmann E, Jani AB, Fox T. Quantitative evaluation of a cone-beam computed tomography-planning computed tomography deformable image registration method for adaptive radiation therapy. J Appl Clin Med Phys 2007; 8(4): 2432.10.1120/jacmp.v8i4.2432Search in Google Scholar

Yadav P, Tolakanahalli R, Rong Y, Paliwal BR. The effect and stability of MVCT images on adaptive TomoTherapy. J Appl Clin Med Phys 2010; 11(4): 3229.10.1120/jacmp.v11i4.3229Search in Google Scholar

Korreman S, Rasch C, McNair H, Verellen D, Oelfke U, Maingon P, et al. The European Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology-European Institute of Radiotherapy (ESTRO-EIR) report on 3D CT-based in-room image guidance systems: A practical and technical review and guide. Radiother Oncol 2010; 94: 129-44.10.1016/j.radonc.2010.01.004Search in Google Scholar

Galerani AP, Grills I, Hugo G, Kestin L, Mohammed N, Chao KK, et al. Dosimetric Impact of Online Correction via Cone-Beam CT-Based Image Guidance for Stereotactic Lung Radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2010; 78: 1571-8.10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.02.012Search in Google Scholar

Duma MN, Kampfer S, Wilkens JJ, Schuster T, Molls M, Geinitz H. Comparative Analysis of an Image-Guided Versus a Non-Image-Guided Setup Approach in Terms of Delivered Dose to the Parotid Glands in Head-and-Neck Cancer IMRT. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2010; 77: 1266-73.10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.09.047Search in Google Scholar

Seco J, Evans PM. Assessing the effect of electron density in photon dose calculations. Med Phys 2006; 33: 540-52.10.1118/1.2161407Search in Google Scholar

Morin O, Gillis A, Chen J, Aubin M, Bucci MK, Roach M 3rd, et al. Megavoltage cone-beam CT: system description and clinical applications. Med Dosim 2006; 31: 51-61.10.1016/j.meddos.2005.12.009Search in Google Scholar

Yang Y, Schreibmann E, Li T, Wang C, Xing L. Evaluation of on-board kV cone beam CT (CBCT)-based dose calculation. Phys Med Biol 2007; 52: 685-705.10.1088/0031-9155/52/3/011Search in Google Scholar

eISSN:
1581-3207
ISSN:
1318-2099
Language:
English
Publication timeframe:
4 times per year
Journal Subjects:
Medicine, Clinical Medicine, Radiology, Internal Medicine, Haematology, Oncology