Introduction to CT in Radiotherapy
Overview
Principle of radiotherapy
Radiotherapy Treatment Planning Process
Considerations of a CT simulation scan
Specialist CT equipment for RT planning
Flat couch top & positioning devices
Flat couch top & positioning devices (2)
Wide bore CT scanners
Wide bore CT scanners (2)
Wide bore CT scanners (3)
Wide bore CT scanners (4)
CT simulation software
CT simulation software (2)
CT simulation software (3)
CT simulation software (4)
CT simulation software (5)
CT simulation software (6)
External positioning lasers
Slide 20
Respiratory gated CT
Ungated CT Acquisition & Treatment
Gated CT for Un-Gated Treatment
Gated CT for Gated Treatment
Slide 25
Simulator CT
Simulator CT (2)
Simulator CT (3)
Simulator CT (4)
QC tests for radiotherapy CT scanners
QC tests for radiotherapy CT scanners (2)
In plane spatial integrity
In plane spatial integrity (2)
Couch movement & alignment
Couch movement
Couch & laser alignment test tool
Couch alignment
Laser alignment
Nuclear Associates laser alignment tool
CT numbers
CT number uniformity
CT number uniformity (2)
CT number uniformity (3)
CT number accuracy
CT no accuracy
CT number and electron density
CT number and electron density (2)
CT number and electron density (3)
Tolerance of CT number
Summary
Author: Maria Lewis
E-mail: maria@impactscan.org
Homepage: http://www.impactscan.org/
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