1. Home
  2. Biomedical - pharma
  3. Healthcare technologies
  4. Image-guided radiation Therapy (IGRT)

  5. Examples of machines in terms of their coupled IGRT systems

Article | REF: MED450 V1

Image-guided radiation Therapy (IGRT)

Authors: Richard TRIMAUD, Juliette THARIAT

Publication date: August 10, 2014

You do not have access to this resource.
Click here to request your free trial access!

Already subscribed? Log in!

Français

5. Examples of machines in terms of their coupled IGRT systems

5.1 Volumetric modulated arctherapy (VMAT)

In an arctherapy session, irradiation is performed with one or two continuous arcs around the patient (figure 20 , example of VMAT dosimetry). The tumor zone is irradiated with the greatest uniformity and precision, sparing healthy tissue as much as possible.

Example of VMAT dosimetry
You do not have access to this resource.

Exclusive to subscribers. 97% yet to be discovered!

You do not have access to this resource.
Click here to request your free trial access!

Already subscribed? Log in!

The Ultimate Scientific and Technical Reference

A Comprehensive Knowledge Base, with over 1,200 authors and 100 scientific advisors
+ More than 10,000 articles and 1,000 how-to sheets, over 800 new or updated articles every year
From design to prototyping, right through to industrialization, the reference for securing the development of your industrial projects

This article is included in

Healthcare technologies

This offer includes:

Knowledge Base

Updated and enriched with articles validated by our scientific committees

Services

A set of exclusive tools to complement the resources

Practical Path

Operational and didactic, to guarantee the acquisition of transversal skills

Doc & Quiz

Interactive articles with quizzes, for constructive reading

Subscribe now!

Ongoing reading
Examples of machines in terms of their coupled IGRT systems
Outline