Dosimetric effects of setup uncertainties on breast treatment delivery

This study aimed to assess the dosimetric impact of setup errors during the delivery of radiotherapy to the breast, and use this information to make ...

Dosimetric Effects of Setup Uncertainties on Breast Treatment Delivery

For a typical patient, it is estimated that a shift of 5 mm in any one direction, or a 2° patient rotation would not cause more than a 5% change in the target ...

Dosimetric Effects of Setup Uncertainties on Breast Treatment Delivery

Request PDF | Dosimetric Effects of Setup Uncertainties on Breast Treatment Delivery | This study aimed to assess the dosimetric impact of setup errors ...

Dosimetric effect of rotational setup errors in volumetric modulated ...

Setup errors are an important factor in the dosimetric accuracy of radiotherapy delivery ... treatment of left-sided breast cancer wi …

Tolerances in setup and dosimetric errors in the radiation treatment ...

The effect of various deviations from the planned setup on the delivery of the prescribed radiation dose to the desired treatment volume was studied. Methods ...

Dosimetric effect of rotational setup errors in volumetric modulated ...

Rotational setup errors up to 3 ° were simulated by rotating the planning images, and the resulting dosimetric changes were calculated. With rotational setup ...

Setup uncertainties and the optimal imaging schedule in the prone ...

The prescription dose for the whole breast treatment was 266 cGy × 16 for all of the patients and the treatments were delivered with the SSD ...

A study of the dosimetric impact of daily setup variations measured ...

Despite these demonstrated dosimetric advantages, interfraction variability of breast tissue and the necessity of daily setup image guidance ...

Dosimetric Effects of the Interfraction Variations during ... - Frontiers

The random and systematic errors were 2.6 and 3.7 mm for the CLD, 4.3 and 6.9 mm for the ICM, respectively. No significant consequence on the PTV treatments was ...

Dosimetric Effects of a Commercial Breast Board Patient Support ...

Study evaluates dosimetric effect of prone breast board and plan robustness, highlighting significant dosimetric uncertainty. Findings recommend accounting ...

dosimetric impact of respiratory breast movement and daily setup ...

Van Mourik et al. [23] evaluated the effects of setup errors and shape changes on breast radiation therapy. They concluded that the influences ...

Dosimetric consequences of image guidance techniques on robust ...

To investigate the consequences of residual setup error on target dose distribution using various image registration strategies for breast ...

Clinical Implications of Geometric and Dosimetric Uncertainties of Inter

As modern radiation therapy (RT) with highly sophisticated techniques becomes more widely used in treating cancer patients [1], ensuring RT accuracy is becoming ...

A quantitative investigation into isotropic variations of treatment ...

Using the TPS, we set out to assess the impact of uncertainty due to patient misalignment during treatment delivery on dosimetric parameters and ...

Dosimetric analysis of six whole-breast irradiation techniques in ...

In breast cancer radiation therapy, minimizing radiation-related risks and toxicity is vital for improving life expectancy.

Impact of Positioning Errors on the Dosimetry of Breath-Hold-Based ...

Heart diseases and cardiovascular events are well-known side effects in left-sided breast irradiation. Deep inspiration breath hold (BH) ...

Dosimetric Effects of a Commercial Breast Board Patient Support ...

can add significant dosimetric uncertainty into the treatment delivery process. ... showed that setup errors in a population of breast patients ...

Master Breast Radiation Planning: Simple Guide for Radiation ...

However, to reduce treatment delivery time and improve dose distributions, partial arc VMAT was used. ... Inter and intrafraction setup errors can affect target ...

Effects of Setup Errors and Shape Changes on Breast Radiotherapy

... One of the disadvantages of the breast IMRT technique is unexpected dose deviations caused by geometric uncertainties in the patient setup and/or ...

Dosimetric effect of rotational setup errors in volumetric modulated ...

Rotational setup errors up to 3° were simulated by rotating the planning images, and the resulting dosimetric changes were calculated. With rotational setup ...