title: Stereotactic image-guided intensity modulated radiotherapy using the HI-ART II helical tomotherapy system.
abstract: The highly integrated adaptive radiation therapy (HI-ART II) helical tomotherapy unit is a new radiotherapy machine designed to achieve highly precise and accurate treatments at all body sites. The precision and accuracy of the HI-ART II is similar to that provided by stereotactic radiosurgery systems, hence the historical distinction between external beam radiotherapy and stereotactic procedures based on differing precision requirements is removed for this device. The objectives of this work are: (1) to describe stereotactic helical tomotherapy processes (SRS, SBRT); (2) to show that the precision and accuracy of the HI-ART meet the requirements defined for SRS and SBRT; and (3) to describe the clinical implementation of a stereotactic image-guided intensity modulated radiation therapy (IG-IMRT) system that incorporates optical motion management.
authors.affiliation: St. Agnes Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD 21229-5299, USA. tholmes@stagnes.org
authors.forename: Timothy W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Holmes
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hudes
authors.forename: Sylwester
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dziuba
authors.forename: Abdul
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kazi
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dawson
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D050397:Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D014584:User-Computer Interface