Modern linear accelerators have multileaf collimators to automatically create individualized treatment fields for conformal radiotherapy and IMRT. Another feature of modern accelerators is the in-room ...

To investigate and characterize the performance of a novel orthogonal dual-layer alpha multileaf collimator (αMLC) mounted on the LinaTech VenusX linac. The average maximum positioning deviations of ...

MRI-guided radiotherapy systems offer the ability to visualize tumour targets and surrounding organs with high accuracy, with the potential to perform real-time treatment adaptation based on ...

Single or multi-fraction (mf) stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is an indispensable treatment option for brain metastases (BMs). The integration of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) into ...

Provided to more than a quarter of cancer patients, today’s targeted radiotherapy has come a long way from its experimental, and Nobel Prize winning, origins. When administering the treatment, shaping ...

Failure modes and downtime of radiotherapy LINACs and multileaf collimators in Indonesia Gregory Sadharanu Peiris, 1 Supriyanto Ardjo Pawiro, 2 Muhammad Firmansyah Kasim, 3 and Suzie Lyn Sheehy 3 ...

Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China Background: In the patient-specific quality assurance (QA), DVH is a critical clinically ...

Locally advanced and oligometastatic cancer patients require radiotherapy treatment to multiple independently moving targets. There is no existing commercial solution that can simultaneously track and ...

Treatment plan dose distributions for a locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma case with three targets, using MLCs with maximum leaf speeds of 1.0 cm/s (a, b) and 3.5 cm/s (c, d). The 3.5 cm/s MLC ...