ReviewMedical physics2022
AAPM task group report 302: Surface-guided radiotherapy.
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136 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Surface-guided deep-inspiration breath-hold radiotherapy for left-sided breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of dosimetric outcomes and image-verified setup accuracy.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Pooled it
- AAPM-RSS Medical Physics Practice Guideline 9.b: SRS-SBRT.Journal of applied clinical medical physics · 2025Guideline
- AAPM Medical Physics Practice Guideline 8.b: Linear accelerator performance tests.Journal of applied clinical medical physics · 2023Guideline
- First-in-human trial using mixed-reality visualization for patient setup during breast or chest wall radiotherapy.Radiation oncology (London, England) · 2024Trial
- Commissioning and end-to-end validation of a combined surface-guided and triggered kV imaging workflow for breath-hold SBRT on a Varian TrueBeam.Journal of applied clinical medical physics · 2026Article
- A technology-specific risk analysis of surface guided radiation therapy.Journal of applied clinical medical physics · 2026Article
- Maskless head and neck radiotherapy using surface-guided radiation therapy: initial clinical feasibility of real-time setup, intrafraction monitoring, and automatic beam-hold.Journal of applied clinical medical physics · 2026Article
- How reliable is deep inspiration breath hold at CT simulation? Clinical impact of surface-guided breathing training in breast cancer radiotherapy.Radiation oncology (London, England) · 2026Article
- Comparison of surface-guided radiotherapy-based deep inspiration breath hold and continuous positive airway pressure techniques in left-sided breast cancer: dosimetric and workflow analysis.Physical and engineering sciences in medicine · 2026Article
- Stereotactic body radiation therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma: 2026 expert consensus-based practical recommendation of the Korean Liver Cancer Association.Radiation oncology journal · 2026Article
- Stereotactic body radiation therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma: 2026 expert consensus-based practical recommendation of the Korean Liver Cancer Association.Journal of liver cancer · 2026Article
- Enhancing inter-fraction set-up accuracy and margin minimization (E-SAMM): a comparison of maskless surface-guided and mask-based laser alignment positioning in pelvic radiotherapy.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2026Article
- Surface-Guided Radiotherapy for Vulvar Cancer in the Frog-Leg Position: Setup Accuracy and BMI Effects.Journal of applied clinical medical physics · 2026Article
- Commissioning and clinical positioning assessment of a novel surface-guided radiation therapy (SGRT) system at a C-Arm linear accelerator.Journal of applied clinical medical physics · 2026Article
- Surface-guided analysis of breast shape changes during postoperative radiotherapy by using a functional map framework.Medical physics · 2026Observational
- Retrospective intrafraction motion verification using triggered kilovoltage images during bone metastases stereotactic body radiotherapy.Physics and imaging in radiation oncology · 2026Article
- Performance of a Novel Frameless and Maskless Robotic Head Motion Compensation System for Stereotactic Radiosurgery in a Realistic Clinical Environment with Healthy Volunteers.International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics · 2026Article
- Impact of surface-guided prepositioning and respiratory coaching on the target localization accuracy in lung stereotactic body radiation therapy.Radiological physics and technology · 2026Article
- Clinical implementation and evaluation of a patient-specific surface-guided clearance mapping system for collision avoidance and noncoplanar beam planning.Journal of applied clinical medical physics · 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
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Abstract
The clinical use of surface imaging has increased dramatically, with demonstrated utility for initial patient positioning, real-time motion monitoring, and beam gating in a variety of anatomical sites. The Therapy Physics Subcommittee and the Imaging for Treatment Verification Working Group of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine commissioned Task Group 302 to review the current clinical uses of surface imaging and emerging clinical applications. The specific charge of this task group was to provide technical guidelines for clinical indications of use for general positioning, breast deep-inspiration breath hold treatment, and frameless stereotactic radiosurgery. Additionally, the task group was charged with providing commissioning and on-going quality assurance (QA) requirements for surface-guided radiation therapy (SGRT) as part of a comprehensive QA program including risk assessment. Workflow considerations for other anatomic sites and for computed tomography simulation, including motion management, are also discussed. Finally, developing clinical applications, such as stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) or proton radiotherapy, are presented. The recommendations made in this report, which are summarized at the end of the report, are applicable to all video-based SGRT systems available at the time of writing.
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