International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 74, Issue 2 , Pages 575-582 , 1 June 2009

Toward Submillimeter Accuracy in the Management of Intrafraction Motion: The Integration of Real-Time Internal Position Monitoring and Multileaf Collimator Target Tracking

  • Amit Sawant, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Stanford Cancer Center, Stanford, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Amit Sawant, Ph.D., 875 Blake Wilbur Dr., Stanford, CA 94305. Tel: (650) 498-7151; Fax: (650) 498-5008
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  • Ryan L. Smith, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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  • Raghu B. Venkat, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Stanford Cancer Center, Stanford, CA
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  • Lakshmi Santanam, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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  • Byungchul Cho, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Stanford Cancer Center, Stanford, CA
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  • Per Poulsen, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Stanford Cancer Center, Stanford, CA
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  • Herbert Cattell, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, CA
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  • Laurence J. Newell, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Calypso Medical Technologies, Seattle, WA
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  • Parag Parikh, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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  • Paul J. Keall, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Stanford Cancer Center, Stanford, CA

Received 8 August 2008 ,Revised 18 December 2008 ,Accepted 19 December 2008.

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 This work was supported by research grants from Varian Medical Systems and Calypso Medical Technologies.

 Conflict of interest: L.J.N. and H.C. are employees of Calypso Medical Technologies and Varian Medical Systems, respectively. Stanford University receives research funding from Varian Medical Systems.

PII: S0360-3016(09)00003-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.12.057

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 74, Issue 2 , Pages 575-582 , 1 June 2009

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