Respiratory Gating
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We use respiratory gating to accurately target tumors by adjusting for tumor motion during intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) .
Tumors, such as those near the lungs, often move, as a result of breathing and other involuntary movement in the body. In the past, radiation oncologists have had to expand the treatment area to ensure the moving target is irradiated. In the process, healthy tissue near the tumor is also affected, leading to a high rate of side effects.
Respiratory gating enables us to “paint” optimal doses of radiation onto tumors with greater accuracy. The system senses and accounts for motion as the patient breathes in and out, helping us to target the tumor and protect healthy tissues from receiving unnecessary radiation.
Learn more about how we perform respiratory gating using the Trilogy™ system.
Radiation Therapy
- 3D Conformal Radiation
- Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation (APBI)
- BrainLAB SRS
- Calypso® 4D Localization System™
- Contura™
- Cyberknife (see Stereotactic Radiosurgery)
- Deep Tissue Hyperthermia
- External Beam Radiation Therapy (EBRT)
- Gamma Knife (see Stereotactic Radiosurgery)
- High-Dose Rate (HDR) Brachytherapy
- Hyperthermia (also see Local Hyperthermia, Deep Tissue Hyperthermia)
- Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
- Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)
- Intraoperative Radiation Therapy (IORT)
- LightSpeed RT
- Local Hyperthermia
- MammoSite® RTS
- Radioactive Protectants
- Rapid Arc™
- Respiratory Gating
- Radioiodine Ablation (see Systemic Radiation Therapy)
- Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS)
- Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT)
- Systemic Radiation Therapy
- TheraSphere®
- TomoTherapy® HI-ART
- Total Body Irradiation (TBI)
- Total Marrow Irradiation (TMI)
- Trilogy™
