Daily positioning accuracy of frameless stereotactic radiation therapy with a fusion of computed tomography and linear accelerator (focal) unit: evaluation of z-axis with a z-marker.

Uematsu, M; Sonderegger, M; Shioda, A; Tahara, K; Fukui, T; Hama, Y; Kojima, T; Wong, J R et al. · Radiother Oncol · 1999

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Abstract

To evaluate quantitative positioning errors of frameless stereotactic radiation therapy with a fusion of computed tomography (CT) and linear accelerator unit, Z-type CT markers were attached to patients, and CT images were obtained before and after daily treatment. In 40 verification tests, geometrical errors were never more than 1 mm.

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