Dose as a Function of Lung Volume and Planned Treatment Volume in Helical Tomotherapy Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy-Based Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Small Lung Tumors

Volumetric modulated arc therapy: a review of current literature and clinical use in practice

“…IMRT and HT have also been evaluated using this approach. These techniques can improve dose conformity compared with conventional radiotherapy, but at the expense of prolonged delivery time [118,119]. Several planning studies have evaluated the performance of VMAT in delivering SBRT for lung cancer.…”

Dose Distribution Analysis in Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Using Dynamic Conformal Multiple Arc Therapy

“…The reports of various treatment methods using V 20 (22,(24)(25)(26)(27) are summarized in Table 5. Although the prescribed doses varied relatively little (45-60 Gy), the parameters such as the prescribed dose points, PTV size, or total lung volume varied markedly among the reports, and these variations made it difficult to compare the V 20 values.…”

Influence of segment width on plan quality for volumetric modulated arc based stereotactic body radiotherapy

“…2 SBRT has emerged as an alternative treatment option to surgical resection for patients who are medically inoperable; giving excellent local control rates (up to 95%). 3 Delivering SBRT with the technique of intensity modulation can improve dose conformity compared with conventional radiotherapy 4 by creating many beamlets that are differently weighted in the treatment planning optimizing software. Several planning studies have evaluated the performance of VMAT in delivering SBRT.…”