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  • Title: The value of computed tomography in planning radiotherapy of intra-thoracic tumours.
    Author: Badcock PC.
    Journal: Strahlentherapie; 1984 Jan; 160(1):26-30. PubMed ID: 6701924.
    Abstract:
    The effectiveness of CT-scanning in radiotherapy planning is evaluated in 63 patients with intrathoracic tumours (59 bronchial, 4 oesophageal). The tumour target volumes are localized both by conventional techniques and with CT-scanning under conditions simulating the radiotherapy. The isodose distributions are calculated for both the conventional and CT-assisted approaches. The technique allows clearer demonstration of the loco-regional disease and exposes undesirable inhomogeneities of radiation dose. CT-scanning is found to be valuable in radiotherapy planning in 84% of the treatment series (field geometry: 54%; dosimetry: 52%).
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