ESTRO course on Image Guided Radiotherapy in Clinical Practice 2018

Introduction – Plan of the Day

Largest uncertainty:

Upper-anterior side No correlation with bladder but rectum filling! Choice & Number margins: o Encompass largest uncertainty o Feasible workload for treatment planning o Complexity of selection at Linac

Systematic error, Σ

Slides courtesy of R de Jong

ESTRO IG and Adaptive Course Parikh Budapest 2018

Nijkamp et al. (2012),