Rotation effects on the target-volume margin determination.
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چکیده
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.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Physica medica : PM : an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology : official journal of the Italian Association of Biomedical Physics
دوره 31 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015