Advanced Skills in Modern Radiotherapy 2018

What are the changes/compromises?

The beam has a time structure (possible impact on dosimetry)

Compact gantry →

- more couch rotations (possible impact on accuracy and treatment time) - does not allow for a 360° CBCT acquisition

Smaller field size →

Courtesy of J Habrand

- More «patched» fields are

needed

- Increased treatment time in

some cases (e.g. CSI)