Advanced Skills in Modern Radiotherapy 2018

CBCT Image Quality

• Patient characteristics

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Size

▪ Poor image quality as the patient contour approached the limits of the FOV

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Tissue heterogeneity

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High dense structures ▪ Hip prosthesis

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Motion ▪

Increased risk of motion with slow scan time

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E.g. peristalsis, breathing and gas