Joep Stroom, Sandra Vieira, Dalila Mateus, Carlo Greco, Antonella Fogliata, Giorgia Nicolini, Alessandro Clivio, Eugenio Vanetti, Luca Cozzi
BACKGROUND: To appraise the robustness of VMAT dose distributions against uncertainties in the positioning of the patients when single fraction SABRT treatments are planned. METHODS: A set of 18 patients (8 lung, 5 brain, 5 spinal or para-spinal) treated with VMAT in a single fraction of 24Gy were retrospectively analyzed. All approved plans were re-calculated by applying shifts to the isocentre of ±0.5, ±1, ±1.5, ±2 and ±3 mm along the primary X, Y and Z axes...
September 5, 2014: Radiation Oncology