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Forced shallow breathing: body frames

AAPM TG 101 recommendation:

Ø

“Body frames and fiducial systems are OK for immobilization

and coarse localization”

Ø

“They shall

NOT

be used as sole localization technique”

Deviations of 12 mm have

been observed

Applying a safety margin of 5

mm, 12-16% of the target

might be partially missed

(Wulf

et al.

)

CT prior to treatment is a pre-

requisite

Lax

et al.

Stereotactic Body Frame, Lax

et al.

… still requires IGRT

Lax

et al.

Acta Oncol 1994

Benedict

et al.

Med Phys 2010

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