Advanced TP

20 tips and tricks for happy IMRT planning

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start with an odd number of equidistant beams but always remember that steep dose gradients can ONLY be obtained perpendicular to beam axes just like in 3DCRT IMRT is not some magic tool, there is still always physics, photons are uncharged particles and they just don’t bend around corners no matter what

setting objectives

start optimisation

beam setup

evaluate

contouring