2017_SBRT_Course Book

AAPM TG 179: SBRT Requirements

▪ SBRT is characterized by the accurate delivery of high doses of radiation in five or fewer fractions ▪ The relatively high dose per fraction increases the potential for normal tissue damage or serious target underdosing ▪ The AAPM TG 101 recommends the use of image guidance for all SBRT treatments to eliminate the risk of a geometric miss

▪ AAPM TG 179: “Perhaps, the most important application of CBCT has been the simplification of hypofractionated, SBRT”

Med. Phys. 37 (8) August 2010 DOI: 10.1118/1.3438081