A system includes movement of a treatment delivering x-ray source to a
treatment position, creation of projection images of a target using an
imaging x-ray source while the treatment delivering x-ray source is
disposed at the treatment position, and performance of digital
tomosynthesis on the projection images while the treatment delivering
x-ray source is disposed at the treatment position to generate a
cross-sectional image of the target. A characteristic of an x-ray beam to
be delivered by the treatment delivering x-ray source may be
automatically modified based on the cross-sectional image. In some
aspects, the imaging x-ray source translates in a plane normal to a beam
axis of the treatment delivering x-ray source at the treatment position,
and pivots about an axis passing through the imaging x-ray source during
creation of projection images. Creation of the projection images may
alternatively include emission of a respective x-ray beam from each of a
plurality of sources of the imaging x-ray source, wherein the imaging
x-ray source is stationary with respect to the treatment delivering x-ray
source during creation of the projection images.