International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 76, Issue 3 , Pages 914-923 , 1 March 2010

Implementation of a New Method for Dynamic Multileaf Collimator Tracking of Prostate Motion in Arc Radiotherapy Using a Single kV Imager

  • Per Rugaard Poulsen, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Stanford, California
    • Department of Medical Physics, Department of Oncology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Per Rugaard Poulsen, Stanford University, Department of Radiation Oncology, 875 Blake Wilbur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305-5847. Tel: (650) 724-3226; Fax: (650) 498-5008
    • ,
  • Byungchul Cho, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Stanford, California
    • ,
  • Amit Sawant, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Stanford, California
    • ,
  • Paul J. Keall, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Stanford, California

Received 7 March 2009 ,Revised 19 June 2009 ,Accepted 24 June 2009.

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 This work was partially supported by NCI grant P01CA116602 and Varian Medical Systems.

 Conflict of interest: This work was partially supported by Varian Medical Systems.

PII: S0360-3016(09)02773-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.06.073

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 76, Issue 3 , Pages 914-923 , 1 March 2010

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