INDIVIDUALKOLLIMATOREN ALS HILFSMITTEL ZUR VERBESSERUNG DER EINSTELLGENAUIGKEIT UND REPRODUZIERBARKEIT DER BESTRAHLUNG UND ZUR SCHONUNG KRITISCHER ORGANE

H. J. Thiel; R. G. Muller; J. Lux; R. Fietkau; J. Dunst; M. Herbst; R. Sauer

INDIVIDUALKOLLIMATOREN ALS HILFSMITTEL ZUR VERBESSERUNG DER EINSTELLGENAUIGKEIT UND REPRODUZIERBARKEIT DER BESTRAHLUNG UND ZUR SCHONUNG KRITISCHER ORGANE

Translated title of the contribution: Individual collimators as a means to improve the precision of adjustment and the reproducibility of radiotherapy and to spare critical organs

H. J. Thiel, R. G. Muller, J. Lux, R. Fietkau, J. Dunst, M. Herbst, R. Sauer

Clinic of Radiotherapy

University of Erlangen–Nuremberg

Abstract

Despite the technical progress regarding radiotherapeutic facilities, the positioning and fixation of the patient and the reproduction of the daily irradiation geometry is still the critical point in planning and performance of radiotherapy treatments. Besides the use of irradiation masks, an improved adjustment precision and reproducibility as well as an individualization of the target volume is achieved above all by individual collimators. The use of individual absorbers offers a precise and fast adjustment of irradiation fields at the therapy unit, an optimum adaptation of the irradiation volumes to the anatomical features of the patient and the loco-regional tumor extent as well as a selective protection of radiosensitive structures. The historical method of field-shaping by standard absorbers should be abandoned.

Translated title of the contribution	Individual collimators as a means to improve the precision of adjustment and the reproducibility of radiotherapy and to spare critical organs
Original language	German
Journal	Strahlentherapie und Onkologie
Volume	164
Issue number	12
Pages (from-to)	734-745
Number of pages	12
ISSN	0179-7158
Publication status	Published - 1988

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