Open AccessEffects of remedies made in patient setup process on residual setup errors and margins in head and neck cancer radiotherapy based on 2D image guidance
Author(s) -
Mika Kapanen,
Marko Laaksomaa,
Tapio Tulijoki,
Pirkko-Liisa Kellokumpu-Lehtinen,
Simo Hyödynmaa
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
reports of practical oncology and radiotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2083-4640
pISSN - 1507-1367
DOI - 10.1016/j.rpor.2015.03.002
Subject(s) - residual , medicine , radiation therapy , head and neck , process (computing) , rotation (mathematics) , quality assurance , artificial intelligence , computer vision , orthodontics , nuclear medicine , computer science , radiology , surgery , algorithm , operating system , external quality assessment , pathology
Patient setup errors were aimed to be reduced in radiotherapy (RT) of head-and-neck (H&N) cancer. Some remedies in patient setup procedure were proposed for this purpose.