Reducing cardiac dose at the expense of dose to the lungs might not always be a good strategy in oesophageal radiotherapy
Read article: Caution required when balancing lung versus heart radiotherapy dose
As the US-based Allegheny Health Network gears up to treat patients with its first Elekta Unity MR-Linac system, its radiation oncology team is benefiting from the collective experience of other early...
Read article: Elekta Unity: the win-win of learning through collaboration
Direct exposure to dose rates greater than 8 Gy/min during radiotherapy can cause transient malfunctions in cardiac implantable electronic devices
Read article: How do high radiotherapy dose rates affect implanted cardiac devices?
An optical surface tracking system can monitor patient position with submillimetre accuracy during single isocentre stereotactic radiosurgery of multiple brain metastases
Read article: Optical surface tracker monitors patient position during brain radiotherapy
This week we learn about the genetics of iridescence in butterfly wings
Read article: Breeding butterflies with stunning structural colour, how COVID-19 is affecting the provision of radiation therapy
In a webinar hosted by the Radiosurgery Society, an expert panel examined how radiotherapy delivery has adapted to the challenges of the current pandemic
Read article: How has COVID-19 impacted the provision of radiation therapy?
A solid-state alanine detector can be used in strong magnetic fields, making it a suitable reference detector for MRI-guided radiotherapy
Read article: Alanine dosimeters line up for MRI-guided radiotherapy
Artificial intelligence algorithms can rapidly predict 3D dose distributions for online adaptive MRI-guided radiotherapy plans
Read article: AI can enhance MRI-guided radiation therapy plans
Patients with oligometastatic prostate cancer treated with stereotactic ablative radiotherapy had longer progression-free survival than observation-only controls
Read article: Stereotactic ablative radiation to metastases slows prostate cancer progression
An intelligent breathing signal-guided 4D CT concept could improve radiotherapy planning for moving tumours
Read article: Intelligent 4D CT reduces image artefacts
