Treatment Devices for IMRT

Balcı E.

Frontiers in INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY RESEARCH, Sibel Karaca PhD, Editör, nova, New York, ss.17-37, 2022

  • Yayın Türü: Kitapta Bölüm / Mesleki Kitap
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Yayınevi: nova
  • Basıldığı Şehir: New York
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.17-37
  • Editörler: Sibel Karaca PhD, Editör
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Abstract

In the second half of the twentieth century, in parallel with the technological developments, significant developments were also made in radiotherapy (RT). As a result of the application of developments in technology, RT devices that can best protect normal tissues and deliver high doses to tumour tissues have been developed. Thanks to the Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) method, which started to be used in the 1990s, more advanced treatment planning has begun. The Image-Guided Radiotherapy (IGRT) technique became widespread in the 2000s, so the fourth dimension was added to the treatment by considering the movements of the tumour in the treatment volume and the moving organs. These developments have led to the development of new generation devices by adapting them to RT devices. In this chapter, new generation RT devices with IMRT ability (Linear accelerator, Tomotherapy, MR-Linac and CyberKnife) and their features will be explained.

Keywords: cyberknife, IMRT, linear accelerator, MR-Linac, radiotherapy, tomotherapy