Radiation Oncology/RT Techniques

Radiation Therapy Treatment Techniques

• External Beam
  • Cranial stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS)
  • Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT)
  • Whole brain RT (WBRT)
  • Cranio-Spinal Irradiation (CSI)
  • Total Body Irradiation (TBI)
  • Total Marrow Irradiation (TMI)
  • Total Scalp Irradiation (TSI)
  • Total skin electron beam therapy (TSEBT)
  • Three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3DCRT)
  • Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)
  • Image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT)
  • Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT)
  • Helical Tomotherapy
  • Adaptive radiotherapy
  • FLASH radiotherapy (FLASH-RT)
  • Superficial x-ray radiation therapy (SXRT)
• Brachytherapy
  • Image-Guided Brachytherapy (IGBT)
• Intraoperative RT (IORT)
• Unsealed sources
• Radioimmunotherapy
• Protons
  • Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy (IMPT)
  • Image-Guided Proton Therapy (IGPT)
  • Radiation Oncology/Protons/Proton Boron Capture Therapy (PBCT)
  • Proton Boron Fusion Therapy (PBFT)
• Heavy Charged Particles
• Pion Therapy
• Neutrons
  • Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT)
    • Accelerator-Based BNCT (AB-BNCT)
    • Reactor-Based BNCT (RB-BNCT)
  • Gadolinium Neutron Capture Therapy (GdNCT)
• Hyperthermia
• Hyperbaric Oxygen
• Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)
• High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU)
• Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)
• Cryotherapy
• Laser Therapy
• Immobilization devices
• Virtual Reality