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Applications of Computed Tomography in Radiotherapy Treatment Planning

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Progress in Medical Radiation Physics

Part of the book series: Progress in Medical Radiation Physics ((PIMR,volume 1))

Abstract

In the early 1970s, computed tomography was a laboratory curiosity and a speculative industrial venture. Today, with a Nobel prize awarded to Cormack and Hounsfield, computed tomography (CT) is an accepted, almost venerable, technique. In parallel with the rapid clinical assimilation of computed tomographic scanners, there has been serious public concern about the economic implications of their widespread proliferation. This, in turn, has fostered an almost unprecedented effort to assess the clinical role and value of CT. The application of CT to the patient with malignant disease has been extensively investigated. CT has proven to be of major value in this application. In this paper, the role of body CT in the radiotherapeutic management of such patients will be reviewed with regard both to the clinical impact of CT and its influence on technical factors of treatment.

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