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- Title
Modern techniques of external radiotherapy.
- Authors
Ene, Steluța; Alexe, Lili; Reisler, Carmen
- Abstract
Improving irradiation techniques has been achieved by improving the equipment(s). Currently, these are: using beams of different types (photons, electrons, protons etc.); equipped with multilamellar collimators for adapting the shape of the beam to the shape of the treated tumour volume; association of imaging equipment for the treatment and verification plan - CT (computed tomography), MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) or PET/CT (positron emission tomography) are used (this way, the vicinity of the tumour with the healthy organs can be visualized); improving hardware and software reduced the time needed for treatment planning and determined the use of increasingly sophisticated and accurate computational algorithms; the appearance and refinement of devices using other types of beam, excluding those of photons. Radiation techniques. The main modern radiotherapy solutions are modern techniques of external radiotherapy: 2D radiotherapy, 3D radiotherapy, modulated intensity radiotherapy, imagistic guided radiotherapy, arc therapy, tomotherapy, proton therapy, modern techniques of intraoperative radiotherapy, radiosurgery and stereotaxic radiotherapy, gama knife, cyberknife.
- Subjects
RADIOTHERAPY; INTRAOPERATIVE radiotherapy; RADIOSURGERY
- Publication
Oncolog-Hematolog, 2017, Issue 39, p65
- ISSN
2066-8716
- Publication type
Abstract