Initial Clinical Experience of Cherenkov Imaging in External Beam Radiation Therapy Identifies Opportunities to Improve Treatment Delivery.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The value of Cherenkov imaging as an on-patient, real-time, treatment delivery verification system was examined in a 64-patient cohort during routine radiation treatments in a single-center study.

Methods and materials

Cherenkov cameras were mounted in treatment rooms and used to image patients during their standard radiation therapy regimen for various sites, predominantly for whole breast and total skin electron therapy. For most patients, multiple fractions were imaged, with some involving bolus or scintillators on the skin. Measures of repeatability were calculated with a mean distance to conformity (MDC) for breast irradiation images.

Results

In breast treatments, Cherenkov images identified fractions when treatment delivery resulted in dose on the contra

SUBMITTER: Jarvis LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10544920 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature