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Which one of these is NOT a good example of
systematic uncertainty?
A. A junior physician contouring
the target volume (might
under- or over-estimate the
CTV)
B. A patient with a large BMI,
who doesn’t fit comfortably in
the “breast board” fixation
C. A nervous patient, who
“tenses up” during simulation
D. An outdated dose calculation
algorithm, which will
underestimate the dose
received by the lung tissue.
03/01/13