Publications by authors named "Rita Lorusso"
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- The study aimed to determine a useful parameter for choosing between 3D-CRT and VMAT techniques in adjuvant right breast radiation therapy, focusing on minimizing pneumonia risk to the ipsilateral lung (IL) from high doses.
- Analyzed treatment plans from twenty-five 3D-CRT and thirty-five VMAT techniques revealed that VMAT provides better dose conformity and less risk of toxicity to the IL compared to 3D-CRT under certain conditions.
- The Maximum Thickness of Ipsilateral Lung (MATIL) serves as an effective indicator for selecting the VMAT technique, which also appears to justify the use of VMAT to mitigate risks of induced cancer from radiation exposure.
Background/aim: Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) is the most commonly used system in modern radiotherapy of prostate cancer for daily positioning verification. The use of intraprostatic radiopaque fiducials (FMs) may be added to CBCT. We wanted to investigate the possible advantage of using FMs in daily CBCT repositioning.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOctavius -4D is a very effective device in radiotherapy treatment quality assurance (QA), due to its simple set-up and analysis package. However, even if it is widely used, its main characteristics and criticalities were only partially investigated. Taking start from its commissioning, the aim of this work was to study the main dependencies of the device response.
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