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October 13, 2017

Imaging for pelvic radiotherapy

Three dimensional (3D) imaging is key to the successful planning and delivery of pelvic radiotherapy treatment and is integrated into every step of the radiotherapy treatment pathway. Diagnostic and therapeutic imaging technology has evolved in the last decade, increasing the complexity of imaging choices available for target localisation, and introducing soft tissue visualisation into the […]

Ingrid White, Susan Lalondrelle

Institute of Cancer Research and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

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May 19, 2017

Image guidance in radiotherapy

Imaging has been integral to radiotherapy for decades. However, it has been within the last 20 years that phrases such as ‘image guidance’ have become part of mainstream radiotherapy vocabulary, and the use of all available imaging modalities within radiotherapy more common. So what is meant by ‘image guidance in radiotherapy’? This was one of […]

Dr Ellen Donovan

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

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May 19, 2017

Image-guided radiotherapy for prostate cancer using transperineal ultrasound

During a course of external beam radiotherapy the prostate gland moves both between radiotherapy fractions (interfractional motion) and during treatment (intrafractional motion). Some of this motion is related to changes in rectal and bladder filling, and movements are more marked in the antero-posterior direction as a result of rectal filling variability, compared to laterally and […]

Dr Serena Hilman, Petra Jacobs

Bristol Cancer Institute

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