• Image-guided radiation therapy is the process of frequent imaging, during a course of radiation treatment, used to direct the treatment, position the...
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  • Surface-guided radiation therapy (SGRT) (sometimes referred to as Surface-image Guided Radiation Therapy) is the process of using 3D imaging to position...
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    cushions which can be molded to the patient. Image-guided radiation therapy is a method that uses imaging to correct for positional errors of each treatment...
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    External beam radiation therapy (EBRT) is a form of radiotherapy that utilizes a high-energy collimated beam of ionizing radiation, from a source outside...
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    patient positioning and verification in image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT). During dental/orthodontic imaging, the CBCT scanner rotates around the patient's...
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  • Cyberknife (device) (category Radiation therapy procedures)
    spine, cancer of the throat and brain, and benign tumors. Image-guided radiation therapy Horsley–Clarke apparatus Gamma knife Robotic surgery "Radiosurgery/Cyberknife"...
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    Inverse Problem as set up by the planner. Brachytherapy planning Image-guided radiation therapy Thariat, Juliette; Hannoun-Levi, Jean-Michel; Sun Myint, Arthur;...
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    UV radiation. High exposure to X-rays during diagnostic medical imaging or radiotherapy can also result in radiation burns. As the ionizing radiation interacts...
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    verification approaches in image guided particle therapy. Position verification and correction must ensure that the radiation spares sensitive tissue like...
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    Tomotherapy (redirect from TomoTherapy)
    kilovoltage X-ray imaging systems, enabling image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT). In tomotherapy, images are acquired in a very similar manner to a CT...
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  • with preoperative or intraoperative images in order to directly or indirectly guide the procedure. Image guided surgery systems use cameras, ultrasonic...
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    Brachytherapy is a form of radiation therapy where a sealed radiation source is placed inside or next to the area requiring treatment. The word "brachytherapy"...
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  • spatial resolution and low radiation dose. Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) systems for image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT). Cone beam computed...
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  • EPID may refer to: Electronic Portal Imaging Device used for image-guided radiation therapy Enhanced privacy ID, a computer security and identity technology...
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    diagnostic images with the actual target position in the patient. Stereotactic radiosurgery may also be called stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT)...
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    MedPhoton GmbH, a robotic imaging solutions developer and manufacturer based in Austria specialized for image guided radiation therapy and surgery. In 2023...
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    immune system. Ultraviolet radiation is known to suppress the immune system and reduce inflammatory responses. Light therapy for skin conditions like psoriasis...
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  • targeted therapy which uses the physical, chemical and biological properties of the radiopharmaceutical to target areas of the body for radiation treatment...
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    image-guided procedures when constant feedback during a procedure is required. An image receptor is required to convert the radiation into an image after...
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    Nuclear imaging is, in a sense, radiology done inside out, because it records radiation emitted from within the body rather than radiation that is transmitted...
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    PET-CT (category 3D nuclear medical imaging)
    more per day, by the provider to the diagnostic imaging center. For uses in image-guided radiation therapy of cancer, special fiducial markers are placed...
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    High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), or MR-guided focused ultrasound surgery (MR-guided focused ultrasound ablation), is an incisionless therapeutic...
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    radiation treatment facilities, ranging from 3D conformal radiation and IMRT to Image-guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) are available. Basic radiation facilities...
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  • Theranostics (category Radiation therapy procedures)
    drug is used to treat (therapy) cancerous tumors. In other words, theranostics combines radionuclide imaging and radiation therapy which targets specific...
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  • Robotics Integration, Spinal Surgery, Computer Assisted Therapy and I.G.R.T. (Image-Guided Radiation Therapy). The company's Wave Speech Research system is able...
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  • than 1,000 rad are almost invariably fatal. Therapeutic doses of radiation therapy are often given and tolerated well even at higher doses to treat discrete...
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  • by a multidisciplinary team, including medical-, radiation-, and surgical- oncologists, and is guided by national and international guidelines. Factors...
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  • three types of radiation therapy: image-guided radiation therapy, stereotactic body radiotherapy, and intensity-modulated radiation therapy. The Dyson Breast...
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    Deep inspiration breath-hold (category Radiation therapy)
    irradiation". Radiation Oncology Journal. 31 (4): 239–246. doi:10.3857/roj.2013.31.4.239. ISSN 2234-1900. PMC 3912239. PMID 24501713. Image-guided radiation therapy...
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  • surveillance, surgery, radiation therapy – including brachytherapy (prostate brachytherapy) and external-beam radiation therapy, proton therapy, high-intensity...
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