A retrospective analysis of setup and intrafraction positional variation in stereotactic radiotherapy treatments.

CONCLUSIONS: Our results indicate that since patient intrafraction motion is unrelated to couch rotation and treatment duration, intrafraction patient monitoring in 6 DoF is required to minimize intracranial SRS/SRT margins.
PMID: 33140915 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics - November 3, 2020 Category: Physics Authors: Barnes M, Yeo A, Thompson K, Phillips C, Kron T, Hardcastle N Tags: J Appl Clin Med Phys Source Type: research