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This research aims to evaluate the use of surface-guided radiotherapy (SGRT) for managing patient motion during liver stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT).

April 15, 2026Open Access

Implementation of surface-guided radiotherapy for motion management in liver SBRT: A scoping review and clinical workflow development

Key Points

This research aims to evaluate the use of surface-guided radiotherapy (SGRT) for managing patient motion during liver stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT).
Conducted a scoping review to assess existing literature on SGRT for liver SBRT.
Developed a clinical workflow for implementing SGRT in treating patients with inconsistent breath-holding.
Analyzed the effectiveness of noninvasive positioning and intrafraction monitoring techniques.
SGRT was found to be a feasible motion management strategy for liver SBRT.
It enabled reliable breath-holding and allowed accurate treatment delivery.
Further studies are needed to confirm the reproducibility of breath-holding amplitude and its clinical outcomes.

Abstract

Patients unable to maintain reproducible EEBH were treated with a free-breathing internal target volume approach. Conclusion:SGRT is a feasible and effective motion management strategy for liver SBRT, enabling reproducible EEBH leading to accurate and precise treatment delivery.It offers a noninvasive, integrated approach to patient positioning and intrafraction monitoring.Further prospective data is required to validate reproducibility of BH amplitude and clinical outcomes.

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McKivitt et al. (Wed,) studied this question.

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