What is Estro Acrop?
About ESTRO The Advisory Committee for Radiation Oncology Practice (ACROP) committee was formed in December 2012. Its aim is to advise the ESTRO Board and respective ESTRO councils on the following key areas: Development and prioritisation of clinical and technical guidelines in the field of Radiation Oncology.
What is MV image?
MV: Megavoltage; EPID: Electronic portal imaging device; 2D: two-dimensional; DRR: Digital reconstructed radiograph.
Which is better IGRT vs IMRT?
IGRT uses imaging with the therapy to increase the efficiency by improving the precision and accuracy of the treatment procedure. The IMRT therapy uses high-edged software and sophisticated hardware to vary the intensity and shape of radiation used for different parts of the treatment area.
What is kV imaging?
kV (kilo voltage) imaging systems provide your image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) with digitally reconstructed radiographs (DRRs) to better direct radiation therapy. The device looks like right and left ‘arms’ that extend from the gantry of a linear accelerator.
What are Astro guidelines?
ASTRO’s clinical guidelines are intended as tools to promote appropriately individualized, shared decision-making between physicians and patients. None should be construed as strict or superseding the appropriately informed and considered judgments of individual physicians and patients.
What is the difference between MV and kV imaging?
The imaging dose from kV radiographs and kV-CBCT scans is much less than from conventional MV portal imaging. Using kV imaging rather than MV imaging reduces patient doses and results in higher quality images.
Why are kV images better than MV images?
MV radiation, for kV PI the delivered dose is lower and image quality is better than for MV PI. CBCT provides a 3D-image dataset and dose exposure for one scan is lower than for two MV PI, thus rendering frequent volume imaging during a fractionated course of radiotherapy possible.
What is kV CBCT?
Kilo-voltage cone beam computed tomography (kV-CBCT) integrated into the linear accelerator as a tool for image guided radiation therapy, was developed to acquire on-line volumetric and anatomical images [1].
What does Astro stand for in radiation oncology?
The American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) is a professional organization for health professionals in oncology, including radiation oncologists, radiation oncology nurses, medical physicists, radiation therapists, dosimetrists and biologists.