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Disclosure
VMAT
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VMAT
– Continuously varying
– Beam aperture
– Gantry speed
– Dose rate
Planning techniques-VMAT
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VMAT Benefits
– Beam modulation
– Patient comfort
– Dose escalation
– Hypofractionation
– SBRT: lung/liver/paraspinal
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Planning study
– 5CT datasets of patients treated with radical RT for
non-small cell lung cancer
9 plans
– IMRT 3, 5, 7, 9 fields coplanar
– IMRT 3, 5, 7, 9 fields non-coplanar
– VMAT
3D conformal Radiotherapy
VMAT
5 F coplanar
7 F coplanar
GTV
PTV
Lungs
Spinal cord
oesophagus
heart
VMAT oesophagus
cancer
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Oesophagus
Continuous=clinical
Dashed=VMAT
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Fig. 3
Heart volume receiving 35Gy
70%
60%
% Volume at 35Gy
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
patient
Clinical plan VMAT plan
Hawkins BJR 2011
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OAR
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Pleural effusion 3 - -
Other Platelets 3.5% Dyspnoea
Skin7% PE
Nausea 7% Pneumonia
Pink =PTV
Red=100%
Yellow=95%
Light green=70%
Brown=50%
Dark green=5%
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Conclusion
VMAT studies
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VISuAL Study:
VMAT Image-guided Stereotactic
Arc therapy for small volume
Lung tumours
PI: Prof. M. Brada
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VISuAL Study
Post match
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Acknowledgements
William Beaumont Hospital
RMH Physics
RMH radiographers
RMH Imaging
The Royal Marsden
Thank you
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