Course book Advanced Treatment Planning 2018

Planning constraints

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Objectives

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What we would like to achieve

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We should try to meet them

▪ Allow greater dose (or volume) if no alternative

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Constraints ▪

What we must achieve

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These are like a ‘wall’

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We must meet them

▪ Absolute limits (e.g. no areas of higher dose)