Open AccessLens sparing technique using multi‐leaf collimators in irradiation of the unilateral retro‐orbital space for benign disease
Author(s) -
Middleton Mark Geoffrey,
Medwel Stephen Paul,
Bennie David Nicol,
Fogarty Gerald Blaise
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
radiographer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 2051-3909
pISSN - 0033-8273
DOI - 10.1002/j.2051-3909.2005.tb00024.x
Subject(s) - lens (geology) , nuclear medicine , medicine , optics , physics
The authors present a case of a 30‐year old woman with pseudolymphoma of the left medial rectus muscle. A multi‐field technique was planned for irradiating the unilateral retro‐orbital space to 20 Gray (GY) in 15 fractions while keeping the average dose to the lens of 8 Gy and the peak dose to the lens of 11 Gy using multi‐leaf collimators is described.