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The aim of improving technology in radiotherapy is to close the loop of planning, delivery, and verification. Currently, the most common way to obtain information about the treatment is to image the patient’s treatment volume on portal images. However, more accurate delivery techniques spur the need for improved patient imaging. In consequence, active research is going on in the optimization of current detector technologies combined with the modification of delivery systems. Dual-beam systems [1] and tomotherapy [2] are two approaches to achieve this goal.
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Keller, H., Glass, M., Olivera, G.H., Maekie, T.R. (2000). Monte-Carlo evaluation of a highly efficient photon detector for tomotherapy. In: Schlegel, W., Bortfeld, T. (eds) The Use of Computers in Radiation Therapy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59758-9_55
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