IMRT

Classification of errors&uncertainties according to their stochastic nature

most deleterious!

Systematic errors: Imaging, segmentation, planning, application, patient-setup, organ-motion&deformation, …

Random errors: Application, patient-setup, organ motion&deformation, …

Non-stationary (‘trending’) errors: anatomic changes, functional changes, …

ESTRO IMRT course 2015 Adaptive Radiotherapy Brussels October 8th, 2015

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