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The Phantoms of Medical and Health Physics pp 53–75Cite as

Motion Phantoms for Radiotherapy

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In both diagnostic and therapeutic applications of medical radiation, there are issues related to patient or organ motion. Motion can degrade image quality or interfere with the delivery of the desired dose distribution. In either case, phantoms are used to explore the issues related to motion before the procedure is applied to the patient.

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Kissick, M., McCaw, T. (2014). Motion Phantoms for Radiotherapy. In: DeWerd, L., Kissick, M. (eds) The Phantoms of Medical and Health Physics. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8304-5_4

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