Rotation effects on the target-volume margin determination

Qinghui Zhang, Weijun Xiong, Maria F. Chan, Yulin Song, Chandra Burman

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Abstract

Rotational setup errors are usually neglected in most clinical centers. An analytical formula is developed to determine the extra margin between clinical target volume (CTV) and planning target volume (PTV) to account for setup errors. The proposed formula corrects for both translational and rotational setup errors and then incorporated into margin determination for PTV.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)80-84
Number of pages5
JournalPhysica Medica
Volume31
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015

Keywords

  • Margin
  • Radiotherapy
  • Rotation
  • Setup errors
  • Target volume

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biophysics
  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
  • Physics and Astronomy(all)

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