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Collimator-based tracking with an add-on multileaf collimator = modification of a commercial collimator system for realtime applications /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Collimator-based tracking with an add-on multileaf collimator/ by Andreas Bohler.
Reminder of title:	modification of a commercial collimator system for realtime applications /
Author:	Bohler, Andreas.
Published:	Wiesbaden :Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : : 2016.,
Description:	xiv, 53 p. :ill., digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Radiotherapy - Equipment and supplies. -
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-10658-4
ISBN:	9783658106584

Collimator-based tracking with an add-on multileaf collimator = modification of a commercial collimator system for realtime applications /
Bohler, Andreas.

Collimator-based tracking with an add-on multileaf collimatormodification of a commercial collimator system for realtime applications /[electronic resource] :by Andreas Bohler. - Wiesbaden :Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden :2016. - xiv, 53 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - BestMedDiss. - BestMedDiss..

1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Overview -- 3 Hypothesis & Goals -- 4 Materials & Methods -- 5 Results -- 6 Discussion -- 7 Conclusions.

In this thesis, a tracking system was developed by modifying an add-on collimator, the Siemens Moduleaf, for realtime applications in radiotherapy. As the add-on collimator works almost completely autonomously of the linear accelerator (LinAc), no modifications to the latter were necessary. The adaptations to the Moduleaf were mainly software-based. In order to reduce the complexity of the system, outdated electronic parts were replaced with newer components where practical. Verification was performed by measuring the latency of the system as well as the impact on applied dose to a predefined target volume, moving in the leaf's travel direction. Latency measurements in software were accomplished by comparing the target and current positions of the leaves. For dose measurements, a Gafchromic EBT2 film was placed beneath the target 4D phantom, in between solid water plates, and moved alongside with it. Based on the results, a tracking-capable add-on collimator seems to be a useful tool for reducing the margins for the treatment of small, slow-moving targets. Radiotherapy is one of the most important methods used for the treatment of cancer. Irradiating a moving target is also one of the most challenging tasks to accomplish in modern radiotherapy.

ISBN: 9783658106584

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-658-10658-4doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

1103230
Radiotherapy
--Equipment and supplies.

LC Class. No.: RM862.5

Dewey Class. No.: 615.842

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