Strategies to Mitigate Uncertainty
Consensus documents
Contouring
Planning protocols
Treatment procedures
Immobilization
Vac-loc, Masks, ABC
Patient Education
Cooperation
Diet
Understand the nature of the
uncertainty
Frequent Imaging
Multiple modalities
Measurement
On-line correction
Off-line correction
Gated Therapy, Tracking
Plan for uncertainty:
Appropriate use of margins
“
4D
”
optimization




