Initial experience in treating lung cancer with helical tomotherapy.

Authors

Slav Yartsev, The University of Western Ontario
Jacob Van Dyk, Western UniversityFollow
Glenn Bauman, The University of Western Ontario

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.

Notes

PMID:21614260