Publications
There are more than 250 peer-reviewed publications reporting studies that involve the use of Vision RT’s technology for SGRT. These span a wide range of indications from brain to breast to sarcoma. In addition, Vision RT supports the SGRT Community, an organization dedicated to education on SGRT by users, for users, which holds biannual meetings and communicates through a dedicated website.
Below you can find a list of the journal papers and conference proceedings that detail the use of the technology. Click on the links to view abstracts and full papers where available Use the menu directly below to see the publications listed and organized by treatment site.
Postoperative radiotherapy for right breast cancer with regional nodal irradiation utilizing the surface-guided radiotherapy based deep inspiration breath hold technique on a TrueBeam HD linear accelerator: A case report
Li, C., Wu, D., Guo, S., Zhang, B., Wei, Q. and Zhang, T. (2024)
Intrafraction Motion in Surface-Guided Breast Radiation Therapy and its Implications on a Single Planning Target Volume Margin Strategy
Malone, C., Ryan, S., Nicholson, J., McArdle, O., Brennan, S., McCavana, P., McClean, B. and Duane, F. (2025)
Psychological stress associated with skin marking during radiotherapy on breast cancer patients
Yamauchi, R., Ito, R., Itazawa, T., Tomita, F. and Jiro Kawamori (2024)
Permanent Indian ink tattoos for breast cancer radiotherapy: A United Kingdom study of the emotional impact on patients following radiotherapy
Wickers, S., Taylor, R.M., Royle, G. and Gaze, M.N. (2024)
Accuracy and Efficiency of Patient Setup Using Surface Imaging versus Skin Tattoos for Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation.
Mueller, B., Song, Y., Chia-Ko, W., Hsu, H.-Y., Zhai, X., Tamas, P., Powell, S., Cahlon, O., McCormick, B., Khan, A., Gillespie, E., Cervino, L., Zhao, B., Hong, L. and Braunstein, L.Z. (2023)
Evaluation of initial patient setup methods for breast cancer between surface-guided radiation therapy and laser alignment based on skin marking in the Halcyon system.
Kang, S., Jin, H., Chang, J. H., Jang, B., Shin, K. H., Choi, C. H., & Kim, J. (2023).
Benchmarking the AlignRT surface deformation module for the early detection and quantification of oedema in breast cancer radiotherapy.
Sorgato, V., Ghazouani, K., Queffelec, Y., Julia, F., Clement, S., Fric, D. and Farah, J. (2022)
Prerequisites for the clinical implementation of a markerless SGRT-only workflow for the treatment of breast cancer patients.
Sauer, T.-O., Ott, O.J., Lahmer, G., Fietkau, R. and Bert, C. (2022)
Evaluation of image-guided and surface-guided radiotherapy for breast cancer patients treated in deep inspiration breath-hold: A single institution experience.
Penninkhof, J., Fremeijer, K., Offereins-van Harten, K., van Wanrooij, C., Quint, S., Kunnen, B., Hoffmans-Holtzer, N., Swaak, A., Baaijens, M. and Dirkx, M. (2022)
Patient setup accuracy in DIBH radiotherapy of breast cancer with lymph node inclusion using surface tracking and image guidance. In Medical dosimetry
Rossi, Maija; Laaksomaa, Marko; Aula, Antti (2022)
A uniform and versatile surface‐guided radiotherapy procedure and workflow for high‐quality breast deep‐inspiration breath‐hold treatment in a multi‐center institution
Li, G., Lu, W., O’Grady, K., Yan, I., Yorke, E., Arriba, L.I.C., Powell, S. and Hong, L. (2022)
Surface-guided radiation therapy for breast cancer: more precise positioning.
González-Sanchis, A., Brualla-González, L., Fuster-Diana, C., Gordo-Partearroyo, J.C., Piñeiro-Vidal, T., García-Hernandez, T. and López-Torrecilla, J.L. (2021)
Region of interest optimization for surface guided radiation therapy of breast cancer.
Sauer, T., Ott, O.J., Lahmer, G., Fietkau, R. and Bert, C. (2021)
Permanent marker free surface-guided breast radiotherapy: Implementing a new technique
Goldsmith, C., Dobson, D., Littler, A., Sawyer, E.J., Moriggi, G. and Chauhan, R. (2021)
Comparison of three differently shaped ROIs in free breathing breast radiotherapy setup using surface guidance with AlignRT®
Laaksomaa, M., Moser, T., Kritz, J., Pynnönen, K. and Rossi, M. (2021)
The effectiveness of the DIBH technique in protecting the heart of radiotherapy breast cancer patients treated at the American University of Beirut Medical Center in Lebanon.
Ibrahim Duhaini, Bilal Shahine, Youssef Zeidan, Abbas Mkanna, Ahmad Maarouf & Mahmoud Korek (2021).
Evaluation of a 3D surface imaging system for deep inspiration breath-hold patient positioning and intra-fraction monitoring
Hamming, V.C., Visser, C., Batin, E., McDermott, L.N., Busz, D.M., Both, S., Langendijk, J.A. and Sijtsema, N.M. (2019)
Radiotherapy setup displacements in breast cancer patients: 3D surface imaging experience.
Cravo Sá, A., Fermento, A., Neves, D., Ferreira, S., Silva, T., Marques Coelho, C., Vaandering, A., Roma, A., Quaresma, S. and Bonnarens, E. (2018)
Surface-guided radiation therapy as a replacement for patient marks in treatment of breast cancer.
Herron E, et al (2018)
Utility of Deep Inspiration Breath Hold for Left-Sided Breast Radiation Therapy in Preventing Early Cardiac Perfusion Defects: A Prospective Study.
Zagar, T.M., Kaidar-Person, O., Tang, X., Jones, E.E., Matney, J., Das, S.K., Green, R.L., Sheikh, A., Khandani, A.H., McCartney, W.H., Oldan, J.D., Wong, T.Z. and Marks, L.B. (2017)
Exposure of the Heart in Breast Cancer Radiation Therapy: A Systematic Review of Heart Doses Published During 2003 to 2013.
Taylor, C.W., Wang, Z., Macaulay, E., Jagsi, R., Duane, F. and Darby, S.C. (2015)
Quantifying Patient Motion During Deep-Inspiration Breath-Hold Using the ABC System with Simultaneous Surface Photogrammetry.
Cheung, Y., Rahimi, A. & Sawant, A., (2015).
Deep inspiration breath-hold technique in left-sided breast cancer radiation therapy: Evaluating cardiac contact distance as a predictor of cardiac exposure for patient selection.
Rochet, N., Drake, J.I., Harrington, K., Wolfgang, J.A., Napolitano, B., Sadek, B.T., Shenouda, M.N., Keruakous, A.R., Niemierko, A. and Taghian, A.G. (2015)
Prospective assessment of deep inspiration breath-hold using 3-dimensional surface tracking for irradiation of left-sided breast cancer
Tanguturi, S.K., Lyatskaya, Y., Chen, Y., Catalano, P.J., Chen, M.H., Yeo, W.-P., Marques, A., Truong, L., Yeh, M., Orlina, L., Wong, J.S., Punglia, R.S. and Bellon, J.R. (2015)
Dosimetric effect due to the motion during deep inspiration breath hold for left-sided breast cancer radiotherapy.
Tang, X., Cullip, T., Dooley, J., Zagar, T., Jones, E., Chang, S., Zhu, X., Lian, J. and Marks, L. (2015)
Breast cancer therapy-associated cardiovascular disease.
Zagar, T.M., Cardinale, D.M. and Marks, L.B. (2015)
Assessment of interfractional variation of the breast surface following conventional patient positioning for whole-breast radiotherapy.
Padilla, L., Kang, H., Washington, M., Hasan, Y., Chmura, S.J. and Al-Hallaq, H. (2014)
Improving Intra-Fractional Target Position Accuracy Using a 3D Surface Surrogate for Left Breast Irradiation Using the Respiratory-Gated Deep-Inspiration Breath-Hold Technique.
Rong, Y., Walston, S., Welliver, M.X., Chakravarti, A. and Quick, A.M. (2014)
Image-Guided Radiotherapy for Cardiac Sparing in Patients with Left-Sided Breast Cancer.
Lemanski, C., Thariat, J., Ampil, F.L., Bose, S., Vock, J., Davis, R., Chi, A., Dutta, S., Woods, W., Desai, A., Godinez, J., Karlsson, U., Mills, M., Nguyen, N.P. and Vinh-Hung, V. (2014)
Risk of Ischemic Heart Disease in Women after Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer.
Darby, S.C., Ewertz, M., McGale, P., Bennet, A.M., Blom-Goldman, U., Brønnum, D., Correa, C., Cutter, D., Gagliardi, G., Gigante, B., Jensen, M.-B., Nisbet, A., Peto, R., Rahimi, K., Taylor, C. and Hall, P. (2013).
The Accuracy of AlignRT Guided Set-Up for Whole Breast and Chestwall Irradiation.
Wiant, D., Pursley, J. and Sintay, B. (2012)
A Voluntary Breath-Hold Treatment Technique for the Left Breast With Unfavorable Cardiac Anatomy Using Surface Imaging.
Gierga, D.P., Turcotte, J.C., Sharp, G.C., Sedlacek, D.E., Cotter, C.R. and Taghian, A.G. (2012)
Validation of Align RT System for Breast Radiation Therapy with Deep Inspiration Breath Hold (DIBH) Technique.
Lyatskaya, Y., Cormack, R. and Bellon, J. (2011)
Inter-fraction and Intra-fraction Breast Motion Localized using AlignRT for Early Breast Cancer.
Miller, D. et al., 2008
Position Verification of Breast Treatment with Breath-Hold Technique Using 3D-Surface and Fluoroscopic Imaging.
Flampouri, S., Snead, F., Huh, S., Symonds-Tayler, R., Louis, D.N., Li, Z.B. and Palta, J.R. (2008)
Late cardiac mortality and morbidity in early-stage breast cancer patients after breast-conservation treatment.
Harris, E.E.R., Correa, C., Hwang, W.-T., Liao, J., Litt, H.I., Ferrari, V.A. and Solin, L.J. (2006)
The incidence and functional consequences of RT-associated cardiac perfusion defects.
Marks, L.B., Yu, X., Prosnitz, R.G., Zhou, S., Hardenbergh, P.H., Blazing, M.A., Hollis, D., Lind, P., Tisch, A., Wong, T.Z. and Borges-Neto, S. (2005)
Effects of radiotherapy and of differences in the extent of surgery for early breast cancer on local recurrence and 15-year survival: an overview of the randomised trials.
Clarke M, et al. (2005)
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