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.

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Optimizing the Patient Positioning Workflow of Patients with Pelvis, Limb, and Chest/Spine Tumors at an Ion-Beam Gantry based on Optical Surface Guidance.

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By Qubala, A., Schwahofer, A., Jersemann, S., Eskandarian, S., Harrabi, S., Naumann, P., Winter, M., Ellerbrock, M., Shafee, J., Abtehi, S., Herfarth, K., Debus, J., & Jäkel, O. (2023).

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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.

By Kang, S., Jin, H., Chang, J. H., Jang, B., Shin, K. H., Choi, C. H., & Kim, J. (2023).

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Setup margins based on the inter‐ and intrafractional setup error of left‐sided breast cancer radiotherapy using deep inspiration breath‐hold technique (DIBH) and surface guided radiotherapy (SGRT).

By Rudat, V., Shi, Y., Zhao, R. and Yu, W. (2024)

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Initial Clinical Experience of Cherenkov Imaging in External Beam Radiation Therapy Identifies Opportunities to Improve Treatment Delivery

By Jarvis, L.A., Hachadorian, R.L., Jermyn, M., Bruza, P., Alexander, D.A., Tendler, I.I., Williams, B.B., Gladstone, D.J., Schaner, P.E., Zaki, B.I. and Pogue, B.W. (2021).

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Optimizing the Patient Positioning Workflow of Patients with Pelvis, Limb, and Chest/Spine Tumors at an Ion-Beam Gantry based on Optical Surface Guidance.

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By Qubala, A., Schwahofer, A., Jersemann, S., Eskandarian, S., Harrabi, S., Naumann, P., Winter, M., Ellerbrock, M., Shafee, J., Abtehi, S., Herfarth, K., Debus, J., & Jäkel, O. (2023).

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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.

By Kang, S., Jin, H., Chang, J. H., Jang, B., Shin, K. H., Choi, C. H., & Kim, J. (2023).

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Setup margins based on the inter‐ and intrafractional setup error of left‐sided breast cancer radiotherapy using deep inspiration breath‐hold technique (DIBH) and surface guided radiotherapy (SGRT).

By Rudat, V., Shi, Y., Zhao, R. and Yu, W. (2024)

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Initial Clinical Experience of Cherenkov Imaging in External Beam Radiation Therapy Identifies Opportunities to Improve Treatment Delivery

By Jarvis, L.A., Hachadorian, R.L., Jermyn, M., Bruza, P., Alexander, D.A., Tendler, I.I., Williams, B.B., Gladstone, D.J., Schaner, P.E., Zaki, B.I. and Pogue, B.W. (2021).

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Utility of a skin marker–less setup procedure using surface-guided imaging: a comparison with the traditional laser-based setup in extremity irradiation.

Yamashita, K., Shimizu, T., Kanae Miyabayashi, Iwase, T., Gentaro Togasaki and Hara, R. (2024)

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Psychological stress associated with skin marking during radiotherapy on breast cancer patients

Yamauchi, R., Ito, R., Itazawa, T., Tomita, F. and Jiro Kawamori (2024)

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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)

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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)

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New Patient Setup Procedure Using Surface-Guided Imaging to Reduce Body Touch and Skin Marks in Whole-Breast Irradiation during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Sasaki, Makoto, et al. (2023)

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Tattoo Free Set-up for Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Regional Nodal Irradiation

Giantsoudi PhD, et al (2022)

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Feasibility of surface guided radiotherapy for patient positioning in breast radiotherapy versus conventional tattoo-based setups- a systematic review.

Naidoo, W. and Leech, M. (2022)

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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)

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Radiotherapy without tattoos: Could this work?

Rigley, J., Robertson, P. and Scattergood, L. (2020)

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Radiotherapy tattoos: Women’s skin as a carrier of personal memory—What do we cause by tattooing our patients?

Moser, T., Creed, M., Walker, R. and Meier, G. (2019)

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Eliminating Daily Shifts, Tattoos, and Skin Marks: Streamlining Isocenter Localization With Treatment Plan Embedded Couch Values for External Beam Radiation Therapy.

Sueyoshi, M., Olch, A.J., Liu, K.X., Chlebik, A., Clark, D. and Wong, K.K. (2019).

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Clinical evaluation of interfractional variations for whole breast radiotherapy using 3-dimensional surface imaging.

Shah, A.P., Dvorak, T., Curry, M.S., Buchholz, D.J. and Meeks, S.L. (2013)

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Video surface image guidance for external beam partial breast irradiation.

Chang, A.J., Zhao, H., Wahab, S.H., Moore, K., Taylor, M., Zoberi, I., Powell, S.N. and Klein, E.E. (2012)

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