In the future, ultrasound guidance in radiotherapy will become a clinical standard

In modern radiotherapy, imaging is an important component in the treatment process where it is used for planning the doses to be delivered and for verifying and monitoring the position of the target during treatments. Recent developments in imaging have contributed to advancing radiotherapy techniques’ such as image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) for intrafraction motion management and adaptive radiation therapy (ART). This is has resulted in the ability to deliver highly conformal radiation doses with increased precision, which has enabled the safe increase in the dose that can be delivered to the tumour, resulting in improvements in clinical outcomes and the implementation of hypofractionated radiotherapy regimens.