Physics Athens 2016

IMRT – Why?

IMRT or Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy is a technique that allows confinement of the high dose region to that of the target volume .

• IMRT is a further development of conformal RT. • IMRT can conform to complex and in particular concave target volumes. • IMRT can avoid normal tissue . • This can allow dose escalation. • IMRT can improve dose homogeneity. • IMRT can facilitate Simultaneous integrated boost (SIB).