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ArticleMethods and protocols2025

Accuracy of Patient Setup Using Surface Guided Radiotherapy (SGRT) for Abdominal Malignancies.

Varvara Sotiropoulou, Stefanos Kachris, Michalis Mazonakis

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Article in Methods and protocols, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Multiregional assessment of surface guidance for patient positioning in radiotherapy.Technical innovations & patient support in radiation oncology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Varvara SotiropoulouDepartment of Medical Physics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion, Greece.
Stefanos KachrisDepartment of Radiotherapy, University Hospital of Heraklion, 71110 Heraklion, Greece.
Michalis MazonakisDepartment of Medical Physics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion, Greece.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the placement accuracy and reproducibility of Surface Guided Radiotherapy (SGRT) compared with the conventional tattoo/laser method in patients undergoing radiotherapy for abdominal malignancies. A retrospective analysis was conducted on 43 patients treated with either SGRT (Group A) or the tattoo/laser technique (Group B). Patients in both groups underwent CBCT to quantify the positioning shifts in the vertical (

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abdominal radiotherapyaxis-specific analysisCone beam CT (CBCT) verificationimage-guided radiotherapy (IGRT)patient setup accuracySurface Guided Radiation Therapy (SGRT)tattoo/laser positioning

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PMID41149802
PMCPMC12566450

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