Robotic path-finding in inverse treatment planning for stereotactic radiosurgery with continuous dose delivery.

Journal: Medical physics
Published Date: Aug 1, 2016

Abstract

PURPOSE: Continuous dose delivery in radiation therapy treatments has been shown to decrease total treatment time while improving the dose conformity and distribution homogeneity over the conventional step-and-shoot approach. The authors develop an inverse treatment planning method for Gamma Knife® Perfexion™ that continuously delivers dose along a path in the target.

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  • Marlee M Vandewouw
    Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G8, Canada.
  • Dionne M Aleman
    Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G8, Canada.
  • David A Jaffray
    Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2M9, Canada; Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E2, Canada; and Techna Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1P5, Canada.

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