Oncology Publications
Title
Initial experience in treating lung cancer with helical tomotherapy.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2007
Journal
Biomed Imaging Interv J
Volume
3
Issue
1
First Page
2
Last Page
2
URL with Digital Object Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.2349/biij.3.1.e2
Abstract
Helical tomotherapy is a new form of image-guided radiation therapy that combines features of a linear accelerator and a helical computed tomography (CT) scanner. Megavoltage CT (MVCT) data allow the verification and correction of patient setup on the couch by comparison and image registration with the kilovoltage CT multi-slice images used for treatment planning. An 84-year-old male patient with Stage III bulky non-small cell lung cancer was treated on a Hi-ART II tomotherapy unit. Daily MVCT imaging was useful for setup corrections and signaled the need to adapt the delivery plan when the patient's anatomy changed significantly.
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