ArticleJournal of contemporary brachytherapy2018
Reduction of applicator displacement in MR/CT-guided cervical cancer HDR brachytherapy by the use of patient hover transport system.
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- Dosimetric evaluation of systematic source position uncertainty along the source path and robust planning during MRI-only cervical HDR brachytherapy.Journal of applied clinical medical physics · 2026Article
- Impact of patient transfer system on applicator stability and dosimetry in cervical cancer brachytherapy.Journal of contemporary brachytherapy · 2025Article
- Dosimetric impact of applicator displacement on three-dimensional image-guided high-dose-rate brachytherapy treatments for cervical cancer.Journal of contemporary brachytherapy · 2023Article
- A comparison of skin dose estimation between thermoluminescent dosimeter and treatment planning system in prostatic cancer: A brachytherapy technique.Journal of clinical and translational research · 2021Article
- Radiation protection in radiological imaging: a survey of imaging modalities used in Japanese institutions for verifying applicator placements in high-dose-rate brachytherapy.Journal of radiation research · 2021Article
- Comparison of the Dosimetric Influence of Applicator Displacement on 2D and 3D Brachytherapy for Cervical Cancer Treatment.Technology in cancer research & treatmentArticle
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Abstract
purposeTo quantify the reduction of relative displacement between the implanted intracavitary applicator and the patient bony anatomy, due to the use of a hover transport system during the patient transports between the imaging table and the treatment table. MATERIAL AND
methodsThe displacement of the applicator inside the patient was measured by comparing the distance between the tip of the tandem and the pubic bone on X-ray radiography images taken before and after moving a patient to magnetic resonance/computed tomography imaging. Displacements were evaluated for 27 fractions of treatment using hover transport and 185 fractions of treatment using manual transport.
resultsThe use of hover transport system reduced the percentage of fractions with displacements greater than 5 mm from 22.7% to 7.4%. The reduction of applicator displacement using hover transport is statistically significant, compared to the manual transport method (
conclusionsThis study indicates that the hover transport system is effectively reducing displacement between tandem and patient bony anatomy during patient transports. The potential improvement in dosimetric accuracy due to this reduction warrants further study.
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