[New devices in radiation oncology].
The development of sophisticated conformal radiation techniques, such as intensity-modulated radiation therapy, image-guided radiation therapy, adaptative radiation therapy, and radiosurgery, implies precise and accurate targeting. To achieve this goal, a lot of new devices and techniques have been designed and are now available in radiation therapy departments : modern 3D-imaging systems, sophisticated treatment planning systems, breathing-adapted radiotherapy equipments (for gating and tracking techniques), in-room 3D-imaging systems, tomotherapy, etc. Purpose of this review is to briefly present the new equipments which are now used in radiation therapy departments in conformal therapy.
Mazeron
Jean-Jacques
JJ
Groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Service d'oncologie radiothérapique, 43-87 boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75661 Paris Cedex 13. jean-jacques.mazeron@psl.aphp.fr
Lang
Philippe
P
Simon
Jean-Marc
JM
Toubiana
Thierry
T
Feuvret
Loïc
L
Boisserie
Gilbert
G
D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D010315:Particle Accelerators; D061766:Proton Therapy; D016634:Radiosurgery / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D011881:Radiotherapy, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D050397:Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated / Q000295:instrumentation; D012119:Respiration; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods
D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes