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¹Department of Medical Physics, Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA. mwkissick@wisc.edu

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Helical tomotherapy (HT) is robust to respiratory motion due to beam modulation, enabling motion-robust optimization for patients unable to use active motion management.

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Background:

Clinical outcomes for helical tomotherapy (HT) without active motion management often meet expectations.
Understanding the interplay between respiratory motion and HT is crucial for radiotherapy planning.

Purpose of the Study:

To explain the robustness of HT to respiratory motion.
To identify the frequency range of interplay-type dose errors.
To demonstrate the utility of motion-robust optimization in HT treatment planning.

Main Methods:

Analytical calculation to determine the frequency range for interplay dose errors.
Experimental validation of a stable motion probability distribution function (PDF) for HT with respiratory motion.

Main Results:

Identified the specific frequency range where interplay dose errors can occur with HT.
Demonstrated a stable motion probability distribution function (PDF) during HT and respiratory motion.
Confirmed that HT beam modulation inherently samples tumor motion, contributing to robustness.

Conclusions:

Helical tomotherapy (HT) exhibits inherent robustness to respiratory motion.
Motion-robust or probabilistic optimization can be effectively integrated into HT treatment planning.
HT optimization offers a viable alternative to complex active motion management for many patients.