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Radiotherapy motion management: DIBH and gating explained
Explains how radiation teams manage tumour movement during treatment, including breath-hold and gating techniques used to reduce radiation exposure to healthy organs.
Source
- Source channel
- Doctor explainers
- Published
- Duration
- 480 seconds
- Evidence type
- trusted_source
- Review status
- approved
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-04T23:38:22.705913+00:00
- Reviewer role
- launch-library
- Applicability
- General education; individual applicability depends on the clinical situation.
Topics
- radiotherapy
- radiation therapy
- DIBH
- gating
- tumour motion
- radiation oncology
- breath hold radiation
- what is DIBH in radiotherapy
- radiation therapy breath hold
- tumour movement during radiation
- gating radiation therapy
Transcript
Motion Management in Radiotherapy explains techniques used to manage tumour motion during breathing, including Deep Inspiration Breath Hold, respiratory gating, tumour tracking, and abdominal compression. These approaches help deliver radiation while reducing exposure to healthy organs.
Educational information only. Confirm decisions with your treating clinician.