The Clinical Application of IMRT

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Comparison of dose distribution for 3D-CRT (left) and IMRT (right) treatment plan.

 

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Comparison of 3D-CRT (dashed line) and IMRT (continual line) treatment plan on the base of dose-volume-histogram for head and neck tumour.

 

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Seven uniformly arranged fields for head and neck IMRT.

 

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DRR of field segments use for head and neck IMRT..

 

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Treatment plan is made for re-irradiation of head and neck cancer in a 4 different transversal CT image. Red is a new PTV and dark green is an old PTV. The 95% of isodose curve is represented by the green line.

 

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Treatment plan for prostate cancer: 3D-CRT (left side) and IMRT (right side).

 

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ART IMRT: conformal dose distribution for head and neck tumour..

 

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Irradiation with Cyberknife.

 

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