The first clinical implementation of a real-time six degree of freedom target tracking system during radiation therapy based on Kilovoltage Intrafraction Monitoring (KIM).
CONCLUSION: This treatment represents, to the best of our knowledge, the first time a cancer patient's tumour position and rotation have been monitored in real-time during treatment. The 6 DoF KIM system has sub-millimetre accuracy and precision in all three translational axes, and less than 1° accuracy and 4° precision in all three rotational axes.
PMID: 28342648 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - Category: Radiology Authors: Nguyen DT, O'Brien R, Kim JH, Huang CY, Wilton L, Greer P, Legge K, Booth JT, Poulsen PR, Martin J, Keall PJ Tags: Radiother Oncol Source Type: research
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