CyberKnife with integrated CT-on-rails: System description and first clinical application for pancreas SBRT.

Journal: Medical physics
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Abstract

PURPOSE: This article reports on the integration of a sliding-gantry CT-on-rails with a robotic linear accelerator.

Authors

  • Chrysi Papalazarou
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Groene Hilledijk 301, Rotterdam, 3075 EA, The Netherlands.
  • Gijsbert J Klop
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Groene Hilledijk 301, Rotterdam, 3075 EA, The Netherlands.
  • Maaike T W Milder
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Groene Hilledijk 301, Rotterdam, 3075 EA, The Netherlands.
  • Johannes P A Marijnissen
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Groene Hilledijk 301, Rotterdam, 3075 EA, The Netherlands.
  • Vikas Gupta
    Department of General Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
  • Ben J M Heijmen
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Groene Hilledijk 301, Rotterdam, 3075 EA, The Netherlands.
  • Joost J M E Nuyttens
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Groene Hilledijk 301, Rotterdam, 3075 EA, The Netherlands.
  • Mischa S Hoogeman
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Groene Hilledijk 301, Rotterdam, 3075 EA, The Netherlands.