What is dynamic adaptive radiotherapy, or DART?
DART- “Dynamic Adaptive Radiation” is cutting edge technology for truly “individualized” IGRT treatment delivery. This involves using up-to-the-moment “captured” image data to adapt a patient’s treatment to constantly evolving information which occurs during a 4D IG-IMRT treatment course. It is becoming increasingly well known that changes such as tumor position, size and shape occur not only during a several week treatment regimen, but also on a daily basis. DART achieves the single most important goal ever achieved in Radiation Treatment: Delivering the exact dose to the exact place at exactly the precise time, every time, even when the target (tumor) moves, shrinks or changes shape -an extraordinary accomplishment!
