ArticleJournal of applied clinical medical physics2019
Surface guided radiotherapy (SGRT) improves breast cancer patient setup accuracy.
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- Impact of surface-guided prepositioning and respiratory coaching on the target localization accuracy in lung stereotactic body radiation therapy.Radiological physics and technology · 2026Article
- Three-dimensional Cherenkov emission surface mapping into the patient coordinate system for spatial delivery verification in EBRT.Journal of applied clinical medical physics · 2026Article
- Scaling Surface-Guided Radiation Therapy to Larger Lung Cancer Cohorts: Frameless Immobilization and Enhanced Setup Accuracy.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Impact of variation in voluntary moderate deep inspiration breath hold on the 3D dose distribution in breast cancer radiotherapy.Technical innovations & patient support in radiation oncology · 2026Article
- Accuracy of surface-guided radiotherapy-based positioning and surface tracking in breast radiotherapy using a thermo-optical camera system.Physical and engineering sciences in medicine · 2026Article
- Evaluation of the accuracy of a surface-guided radiotherapy system for patient positioning in radiotherapy of breast cancer.Physics and imaging in radiation oncology · 2026Article
- Video-based postural alignment improves accuracy of breath hold treatment delivery in breast cancer patients.Reports of practical oncology and radiotherapy : journal of Greatpoland Cancer Center in Poznan and Polish Society of Radiation Oncology · 2026Article
- Beyond the snapshot: continuous optical surface monitoring reveals non-linear temporal dynamics and postural stability window in free-breathing breast radiotherapy.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Impact of eFOV CT distortion on surface-guided radiotherapy registration: Phantom-based analysis.Journal of applied clinical medical physics · 2025Article
- Accuracy of Patient Setup Using Surface Guided Radiotherapy (SGRT) for Abdominal Malignancies.Methods and protocols · 2025Article
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of the study was to investigate if surface guided radiotherapy (SGRT) can decrease setup deviations for tangential and locoregional breast cancer patients compared to conventional laser-based setup (LBS). MATERIALS AND
methodsBoth tangential (63 patients) and locoregional (76 patients) breast cancer patients were enrolled in this study. For LBS, the patients were positioned by aligning skin markers to the room lasers. For the surface based setup (SBS), an optical surface scanning system was used for daily setup using both single and three camera systems. To compare the two setup methods, the patient position was evaluated using verification imaging (field images or orthogonal images).
resultsFor both tangential and locoregional treatments, SBS decreased the setup deviation significantly compared to LBS (P < 0.01). For patients receiving tangential treatment, 95% of the treatment sessions were within the clinical tolerance of ≤ 4 mm in any direction (lateral, longitudinal or vertical) using SBS, compared to 84% for LBS. Corresponding values for patients receiving locoregional treatment were 70% and 54% for SBS and LBS, respectively. No significant difference was observed comparing the setup result using a single camera system or a three camera system.
conclusionsConventional laser-based setup can with advantage be replaced by surface based setup. Daily SGRT improves patient setup without additional imaging dose to breast cancer patients regardless if a single or three camera system was used.
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