Beam position uncertainties along the beam trajectory arise from the accelerator, beamline, and scanning magnets (SMs). They can be monitored in real time, e.g.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe magnitude of inter- and intrafractional patient motion has been assessed for a broad set of immobilization devices. Data was analyzed for the three ordinal directions--left-right (x), sup-inf (y), and ant-post (z)--and the combined spatial displacement. We have defined "rigid" and "non-rigid" immobilization devices depending on whether they could be rigidly and reproducibly connected to the treatment couch or not.
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