Image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT)

Research

Investigators at Mayo Clinic are dedicated to studying novel procedures to determine their potential for treatment of cancers. Areas of radiotherapy research include:

• Evaluating new IGRT technologies and procedures such as adaptive radiation therapy and 4-D radiation simulation and treatment
• Biopsy validation of advanced imaging detection of aggressive disease
• Improving outcomes by integrating advanced imaging techniques for treatment planning to individualize radiation target volumes and allow higher doses to better-defined targets, sparing critical structures and organs
• Increasing the accuracy of radiotherapy delivery by using novel IGRT technologies and techniques for localization and verification of positioning during treatment
• Development and evaluation of best IGRT practices for proton therapy
• Using advanced imaging technologies to evaluate treatment response and guide therapy decisions
• Imaging drug-induced changes in tumors to rapidly identify patients who benefit from a particular novel therapeutic strategy
• Assessing and developing radiation oncology information systems for efficient, safe and effective use and management of IGRT information

Publications

See a list of publications by Mayo Clinic doctors on image-guided radiation therapy on PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine.