Image-guided radiation therapy

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-004175",
  "term": "Image-guided radiation therapy",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A procedure that uses a computer to create a picture of a tumor to help guide the radiation beam during radiation therapy. The pictures are made using CT, ultrasound, X-ray, or other imaging techniques. Image-guided radiation therapy makes radiation therapy more accurate and causes less damage to healthy tissue. Also called IGRT.",
  "synonyms": [
    "IGRT"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/image-guided-radiation-therapy/"
}