Assessment of errors and quantification of the required planning target volume margins for image guided radiation therapy : a study of three major Greek hospitals

• Main Author: Κοζομπόλης, Αναστάσιος
• Other Authors: Θεοδώρου, Κυριακή
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Errors; PTV margins; IGRT; Assessment; Quantification; Hospitals; Intercomparison; Protocol optimization; Geometrical uncertainties; Radiotherapy; 3DCRT; IMRT; VMAT; Σφάλματα καθορισμού στόχου; Περιθώρια PTV; Εκτίμηση μεγέθους; Ποσοτικοποίηση; Ακτινοθεραπεία; Νοσοκομείο Πάτρας; Νοσοκομείο Λάρισας; Νοσοκομείο Θεσσαλονίκης; 615.842

The treatment process of external beam radiation therapy of tumors inevitably introduces geometrical uncertainties. These errors might be introduced during the preparation phase of the treatment (systematic errors), or during the execution of the treatment (random errors). Investigating the errors a...