Improving Respiration-Gated IMRT Delivery Efficiency by Dual-Gating at Inhale and Exhale: Treatment Planning Formalism
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Innovation/Impact: We propose a novel delivery method for intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) that significantly reduces treatment delivery times by delivering dose during both inhale and exhale windows. We developed an inverse treatment planning method for developing inhale and exhale IMRT fluence maps that produce a final dose (the summed inhale and exhale doses) that meets clinical requirements.
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تاریخ انتشار 2012