Clinical implementation of kilovoltage cone beam CT for the verification of sequential and integrated photon boost treatments for breast cancer patients

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1019, 2012, Pages

  Donovan, E M ^a   Castellano, I ^a   Eagle, S ^a   Harris, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLIP; COLLIMATOR; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FIDUCIAL MARKER; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; IMAGE QUALITY; PHOTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIDUCIAL MARKERS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 84867304662     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/28845176     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Hurkmans C. Radiation therapy using a simultaneously integrated boost for early-stage breast cancer. Future Oncol 2007;3:509-13. (Pubitemid 47595860)
2. Coles C and Yarnold J. The IMPORT trials are launched (September 2006). Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2006;18:587-90. (Pubitemid 44309271)
3. de Boer HCJ, Heijmen BJM. eNAL: an extension of the NAL setup correction protocol for effective use of weekly followup measurements. Int J Rad Oncol Biol Phys 2007;67:1586-95. (Pubitemid 46467179)
4. Stroom JC, de Boer HCJ, Huizenga H, Visser AG. Inclusion of geometrical uncertainties in radiotherapy treatment planning by means of coverage probability. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1999;43:905-19. (Pubitemid 29152664)
5. de Boer HCJ, Heijmen BJM. A protocol for the reduction of systematic patient setup errors with minimal portal imaging workload. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2001;50:1350-65. (Pubitemid 32727815)
6. Leonard C, Harlow CL, Coffin C, Dross J, Norton L, Kinzie J. Use of ultrasound to guide radiation boost planning following lumpectomy for carcinoma of the breast. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1993;27:1193-7. (Pubitemid 23361604)
7. Penninkhof J, Quint S, Boer H, Mens JW, Heijmen B, Dirkx M. Surgical clips for position verification and correction of non-rigid breast tissue. Radiother Oncol 2009;90:110-15.
8. Roberts D, Hansen VH, Niven AC, Thompson MG, Seco J, Evans PM. A low Z linear accelerator and flat panel imager: comparison with the conventional imaging approach. Phys Med Biol 2008;53:6305-19.
9. ICRP. The 2007 recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection. ICRP publication 103. Ann ICRP 2007;37:1-332.
10. Donovan EM, Cuirlionis L, Fairfoul J, James H, Mayles H, Manktelow S, et al. Planning with intensity modulated radiotherapy and tomotherapy to modulate dose across the breast to reflect recurrence risk (IMPORT High Trial). Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2011;79:1064-72.
11. Harrison RM, Wilkinson M, Rawlings DJ, Moore M. Doses to critical organs following radiotherapy and concomitant imaging of the larynx and breast. Br J Radiol 2007;80:989-95.
12. Harrison RM. Doses to organs and tissues from concomitant imaging in radiotherapy: a suggested framework for clinical justification. Br J Radiol 2008;81:970-4.
13. Ueltzhoffer S, Zygmanski P, Hesser J, Hogele W, Wonf J, Bellon JR, et al. Clinical application of Varian OBI CBCT system and dose reduction techniques in breast cancer patients setup. Med Phys 2010;37:2985-98.