Dosimetric Implications of Residual Tracking Errors During Robotic SBRT of Liver Metastases.

Journal: International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics
Published Date: Mar 15, 2017

Abstract

PURPOSE: Although the metric precision of robotic stereotactic body radiation therapy in the presence of breathing motion is widely known, we investigated the dosimetric implications of breathing phase-related residual tracking errors.

Authors

  • Mark Chan
    Department for Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany; Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
  • Melanie Grehn
    Department for Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany; Institute for Robotics and Cognitive Systems, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
  • Florian Cremers
    Department for Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany.
  • Frank-Andre Siebert
    Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Klinik für Strahlentherapie, Kiel, Germany.
  • Stefan Wurster
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
  • Stefan Huttenlocher
    Saphir Radiosurgery Center, Frankfurt, Güstrow, Germany.
  • Jürgen Dunst
    Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Klinik für Strahlentherapie, Kiel, Germany; University Clinic Copenhagen, Department of Radiation Oncology, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Guido Hildebrandt
    Universitätsklinikum Rostock, Klinik für Strahlentherapie, Rostock, Germany.
  • Achim Schweikard
  • Dirk Rades
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany.
  • Floris Ernst
    Institute for Robotics and Cognitive Systems, Universität zu Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
  • Oliver Blanck

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