Novel Clinically Weight-Optimized Dynamic Conformal Arcs (WO-DCA) for Liver SBRT: A Comparison with Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT).

Yucel SaglamYasemin BolukbasiAli Ihsan AtasoyFatih KarakoseMustafa BudakVildan AlpanErkan Topkan Ugur Selek

Published in: Therapeutics and clinical risk management (2021)

The WO-DCA plans might minimize small-field dosimetry errors and defeat patient-specific VMAT QA requirements due to the omission of MLC beam modulation through the target volume. The WO-DCA plans may additionally enable faster treatment delivery times and lower OAR without sacrificing target doses in SBRT of liver tumors away from critical structures.

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