Research Masterclass in Radiotherapy Physics 2017

Multileaf Collimator Tracking Improves Dose Delivery

Shift of 3.6 mm

 “Future research will develop and translate to clinical practice solutions to tumor rotation and deformation, including differential motion of multiple targets.”

Tested in a clinical trial

Colvill E et al. Multileaf Collimator Tracking Improves Dose Delivery for Prostate Cancer Radiation Therapy: Results of the First Clinical Trial. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2015 Aug 1;92(5):1141-7.