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Treatment planning techniques include patient immobilization, imaging, radiation field design, verification and evaluation. Modern radiotherapy takes advantage of many different imaging modalities, including traditional radiography, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance (MR), positron emission tomography (PET) and ultrasound (US). Once target and avoidance volumes are defined, radiation fields may be planned using 2D, 3D, or IMRT techniques, and evaluated using dose volume histograms (DVHs). Additional imaging may be performed on the day of treatment to verify that the patient is properly positioned.
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Chang, D.S., Lasley, F.D., Das, I.J., Mendonca, M.S., Dynlacht, J.R. (2014). Advanced Treatment Planning for EBRT. In: Basic Radiotherapy Physics and Biology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06841-1_12
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