Medical Dosimetry
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 268-274 , Winter 2008

Early Clinical Experience With Kilovoltage Image-Guided Radiation Therapy for Interfraction Motion Management

Received 14 March 2007 ,Accepted 4 June 2007.

References 

  1. Roth RJ. Megavolt portal radiography using film and xerox techniques. Radiol. Technol. 1964;36:65–69
  2. Pisani L, Lockman D, Jaffray D, et al. Setup error in radiotherapy: On-line correction using electronic kilovoltage and megavoltage radiographs. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 2000;47:825–839
  3. Van den Heuvel F, De Neve W, Coghe M, et al. Relations of image quality in on-line portal images and individual patient parameters for pelvic field radiotherapy. Eur. Radiol. 1992;2:433–438
  4. Khan FM. The Physics of Radiation Therapy. 2nd ed.. Baltimore, MD: Lippincott; 2003;
  5. Langmack KA. Portal imaging. Br. J. Radiol. 2001;74:789–804
  6. Perera T, Moseley J, Munro P. Subjectivity in interpretation of portal films. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 1999;45:529–534
  7. Biggs PJ, Goitein M, Russell MD. A diagnostic x-ray field verification device for 10 MV linear accelerator. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 1985;11:635–643
  8. Jaffray DA. Emergent technologies for 3-dimensional image-guided radiation delivery. Semin. Radiat. Oncol. 2005;15:208–216
  9. Jaffray DA, Chawla K, Yu C, et al. Dual-beam imaging for online verification of radiotherapy field placement. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 1995;33:1273–1280
  10. Jaffray DA, Drake DG, Moreau M, et al. A radiographic and tomographic imaging system integrated into a medical linear accelerator for localization of bone and soft-tissue targets. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 1999;45:773–789
  11. Sephton R, Hagekyriakou J. A diagnostic-quality electronic portal imaging system. Radiother. Oncol. 1995;35:240–247
  12. Shiu AS, Hogstrom KR, Janjan NA, et al. Technique for verifying treatment fields using portal images with diagnostic quality. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 1987;13:1589–1594
  13. van Herk M, Bruce A, Guus Kroes AP, et al. Quantification of organ motion during conformal radiotherapy of the prostate by three dimensional image registration. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 1995;33:1311–1320
  14. Wong JR, Grimm L, Uematsu M, et al. Image-guided radiotherapy for prostate cancer by CT-linear accelerator combination: Prostate movements and dosimetric considerations. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 2005;61:561–569
  15. Fox T, Elder E, Crocker I, et al. Clinical implementation and efficiency of kilovoltage image-guided radiation therapy. J. Am. Coll. Radiol. 2006;3:38–44
  16. van Herk M. Errors and margins in radiotherapy. Semin. Radiat. Oncol. 2004;14:52–64
  17. Hurkmans C, Remeijer P, Lebesque J, et al. Set-up verification using portal imaging: Review of current clinical practice. Radiother. Oncol. 2001;58:105–120
  18. Willner J, Hadinger U, Neumann M, et al. Three dimensional variability in patient positioning using bite block immobilization in 3D-conformal radiation treatment for ENT-tumors. Radiother. Oncol. 1997;43:315–321

PII: S0958-3947(07)00116-1

doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2007.06.002

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 268-274 , Winter 2008

Article Tools

* Image Usage & Resolution