Image-guided radiotherapy.

{"article_title":"Image-guided radiotherapy.","author":"de Crevoisier R, Lafond C, Mervoyer A, Hulot C, Jaksic N, Bessi\u00e8res I, Delpon G","journal_title":"Cancer radiotherapie : journal de la Societe francaise de radiotherapie oncologique","issn":"1769-6658","isbn":"","publication_date":"2022-02-01","volume":"26","issue":"1-Feb","first_page":"34","page_count":"","accession_number":"34953701","doi":"10.1016\/j.canrad.2021.08.002","publisher":"Elsevier","doctype":"Journal Article","subjects":"France; Neoplasms radiotherapy; Patient Positioning; Radiotherapy, Image-Guided standards; France; Humans; Neoplasms diagnostic imaging; Radiation Injuries prevention & control; Radiation Oncology; Radiotherapy Dosage; Radiotherapy, Image-Guided instrumentation; Radiotherapy, Image-Guided methods; Societies, Medical","interest_area":["Oncology"," Radiology"],"abstract":"We present the updated recommendations of the French society for oncological radiotherapy on image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT). The objective of the IGRT is to take into account the anatomical variations of the target volume occurring between or during the irradiation fractions, such as displacements and\/or deformations, so that the delivered dose corresponds to the planned dose. This article presents the different IGRT devices, their use and quality control, and quantify the possible additional dose generated by each of them. The practical implementation of IGRT in various tumour locations is summarised, from the different \"RecoRad\u2122\" guideline articles. Adaptive radiotherapy is then detailed, due to its complexity and its probable development in the next years. The place of radiation technologist in the practice of IGRT is then specified. Finally, a brief update is proposed on the delicate question of the additional dose linked to the in-room imaging, which must be estimated and documented at a minimum, as long as it is difficult to integrate it into the calculation of the dose distribution. Copyright \u00a9 2021 Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 fran\u00e7aise de radioth\u00e9rapie oncologique (SFRO). Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.","url":"https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mdl&AN=34953701","isPdfLink":false,"isSAML":false,"an":"34953701","number_other":"","type_pub":"","issn_electronic":"1769-6658","languages":"English","language":"eng","date_entry":"Date Created: 20211226 Date Completed: 20220217 Latest Revision: 20220217","date_update":"20240104","titleSource":"Cancer radiotherapie : journal de la Societe francaise de radiotherapie oncologique [Cancer Radiother] 2022 Feb-Apr; Vol. 26 (1-2), pp. 34-49. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Dec 22.","date_pub_cy":"","type_document":"","contract_publisher":"","authored_on":"2022-02-01","description":"We present the updated recommendations of the French society for oncological radiotherapy on image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT). The objective of the IGRT is to take into account the anatomical variations of the target volume occurring between or during the irradiation fractions, such as displacements and\/or deformations, so that the delivered dose corresponds to the planned dose. This article presents the different IGRT devices, their use and quality control, and quantify the possible additional dose generated by each of them. The practical implementation of IGRT in various tumour locations is summarised, from the different "RecoRad\u2122" guideline articles. Adaptive radiotherapy is then detailed, due to its complexity and its probable development in the next years. The place of radiation technologist in the practice of IGRT is then specified. Finally, a brief update is proposed on the delicate question of the additional dose linked to the in-room imaging, which must be estimated and documented at a minimum, as long as it is difficult to integrate it into the calculation of the dose distribution.<br \/> (Copyright © 2021 Société française de radiothérapie oncologique (SFRO). Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)","upload_link":"https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&scope=site&db=mdl&AN=34953701&authtype=shib&custid=ns346513&group=main&profile=eds","no_of_pages":"","authored_by":"de Crevoisier R, Lafond C, Mervoyer A, Hulot C, Jaksic N, Bessi\u00e8res I, Delpon G"}