Craniospinal irradiation techniques

Journal Article · Mon Dec 07 00:00:00 EST 2015 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4937264· OSTI ID:22494356

Scarlatescu, Ioana; Avram, Calin N. ^[1]; Virag, Vasile ^[2]

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1. Faculty of Physics, West University of Timisoara, Bd. V. Parvan 4, 300223 Timisoara (Romania)
2. County Hospital “Gavril Curteanu” - Oradea (Romania)

In this paper we present one treatment plan for irradiation cases which involve a complex technique with multiple beams, using the 3D conformational technique. As the main purpose of radiotherapy is to administrate a precise dose into the tumor volume and protect as much as possible all the healthy tissues around it, for a case diagnosed with a primitive neuro ectoderm tumor, we have developed a new treatment plan, by controlling one of the two adjacent fields used at spinal field, in a way that avoids the fields superposition. Therefore, the risk of overdose is reduced by eliminating the field divergence.

• OSTI ID: 22494356
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1694, Issue 1; Conference: TIM14 physics conference on physics without frontiers, Timisoara (Romania), 20-22 Nov 2014; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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RADIOTHERAPY
THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS