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CTV

PTV (Planning Target Volume)

OAR

PRV (Planning Organs at Risk Volume)

5 mm

ICRU

(International Comission on Radiation Units and Mesuraments

) 50 and 62

CTV margin for creating PTV:

- geometrical errors

- internal motion of CTV

- treatment technique (beam orientation)

- intra and interfractional errors (patient fixation, daily setup errors)

OAR margin for creating PRV: movements of the OAR due to the

change in size and setup uncertainities