Course book Advanced Treatment Planning 2018

17 tips and tricks for happy IMRT planning

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make sure your delineations are accurate

your plan outcome directly relates to DVHs and therefore to your volumes

Be careful when creating the CTV using automatic expansion tools that you do not extend into regions that are not clinically appropriate, such as bony compartments. The CTV should be trimmed to avoid targeting tissues unnecessarily

setting objectives

start optimisation

beam setup

evaluate

contouring