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Inverse-planning: you only get what you ask for
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Inverse planning is not a magic bullet: it does not remove dose, it
redistributes it
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Talk to your computer:
- contour as much as possible
- use constraints on the low dose bath (ex V5Gy for the lung, as
low as possible for the heart)
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Be careful when reviewing the literature:
- what compromise did they accept? (contralateral lung?)
- what dose level are they looking at? (at V20 or V30, iIMRT looks
often
better than 3D-CRT… but this is not the whole picture!)
- what is their target coverage criterion (CTV/PTV)