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Complex target

Issues to consider for matching

Superior edge of tangential field to inf edge of nodal field.

Solutions

Angulation

By inferior angulation of the tangential fields

Calculated angles for couch, gantry and collimator to keep match plane at

junction

Half beam block technique (single isocentre)

Blocking the supraclav field’s inferior half, eliminating its divergence

inferiorly

?Leave a gap

Risk of under dosing