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Development and Validation of an Adaptive Accurate Radiotherapy System KylinRay

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Traditional accurate radiotherapy includes accurate positioning, planning and delivery. With the development of adaptive radiotherapy techniques, it is necessary to accurately verify the dose delivered during and after the treatment. Based on the general demands in traditional accurate radiotherapy, a whole course of Four-Accuracies Radiotherapy was proposed, including accurate planning, accurate positioning, accurate delivery and accurate verification to guarantee an excellent match between the dose received by the patient and the expected dose. Furthermore, an accurate radiotherapy system KylinRay was developed to provide solutions for radiotherapy including Intensity-modulated Accurate Radiotherapy System (KylinRay-IMRT), Image-guided Accurate Positioning and Tracking System (KylinRay-IGRT), Dynamic Multi-Leaf Collimator System (KylinRay-DMLC), and Dose-guided Real-time Verification System (KylinRay-DGRT). In this paper, the architecture of KylinRay and each sub-system and the key technologies are introduced, and the key technologies are tested with international standards and clinical cases. The verification and validation results indicated that the function and performance of KylinRay can meet the needs of clinical practice.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 11605233 and 11405204), the Anhui Provincial Special project for the High Technology Industry and the Industrialization Fund. In addition, the authors appreciate the other members of the FDS Team for their support of this research.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Neutronics and Radiation Safety, Institute of Nuclear Energy Safety Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, Anhui, China

    Yican Wu, Liqin Hu, Pengcheng Long, Jing Song, Jing Jia, Huaqing Zheng & Ruifen Cao

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Wu, Y., Hu, L., Long, P. et al. Development and Validation of an Adaptive Accurate Radiotherapy System KylinRay. J. Med. Biol. Eng. 39, 498–507 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40846-018-0429-3

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