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Report No. 290 - AAPM Task Group Report 290: Respiratory Motion Management for Particle Therapy (2022)

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Dose uncertainty induced by respiratory motion remains a major concern for treating thoracic and abdominal lesions using particle beams. This Task Group report reviews the impact of tumor motion and dosimetric considerations in particle radiotherapy, current motion-management techniques, and limitations for different particle-beam delivery modes (i.e., passive scattering, uniform scanning, and pencil-beam scanning). Furthermore, the report provides guidance and risk analysis for quality assurance of the motion-management procedures to ensure consistency and accuracy, and discusses future development and emerging motion-management strategies. This report supplements previously published AAPM report TG76, and considers aspects of motion management that are crucial to the accurate and safe delivery of particle-beam therapy. To that end, this report produces general recommendations for commissioning and facility-specific dosimetric characterization, motion assessment, treatment planning, active and passive motion-management techniques, image guidance and related decision-making, monitoring throughout therapy, and recommendations for vendors. Key among these recommendations are that: 1) facilities should perform thorough planning studies (using retrospective data) and develop standard operating procedures that address all aspects of therapy for any treatment site involving respiratory motion; 2) a risk-based methodology should be adopted for quality management and ongoing process improvement.

Medical Physics
https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.15470

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Keywords: motion management, particle therapy
Task Group No. 290 - Respiratory Motion Management for Particle Therapy (TG290)

Heng Li, Lei Dong, Christoph Bert, Joe Y. Chang, Stella Flampouri, Kyung-Wook Ken Jee, Liyong Lin, Michael F. Moyers, Shinichiro Mori, Joerg Rottmann, Erik J. Tryggestad, Sastry S. Vedam



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