Advances in Bioengineering and Biomedical Science Research(ABBSR)

Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Publications

• Research Article   
  A Report of Radiotherapy Setup Errors in Pelvic and Mediastinal Tumors
  Author(s): Nafise Hasoomi*, Azam Azizi and Somayeh Amin Ranjbar
  
  Introduction: Radiation therapy as an important step in treatment of cancer which demands accuracy. Patient setup is a challenging job in the radiation therapy process. The Variation in random setup error for specific sites is different among clinics, even from one radiation therapist technologist to other in a same clinic. The purpose of this study is to investigate and report about the setup margins in the pelvic and mediastinal sites. Method &Material: 34 patients (20 males and 14 females) in the supine and prone positions (24 supine positions and 10 prone positions) were selected. Internal protocol and custom-made positioning devices were utilized. The variation of Anterior-Posterior movements (AP) in daily setup is recorded based on the vertical information which is shown on the arian 2100C/D Linear Accelerators monitor. The correla.. Read More»
  

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