Probabilistic treatment planning
PTV-based planning
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One single CTV is delineated
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A
margin
is added by the
planner to form PTV
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Treatment planning is based
on PTV to ensure a certain
dose coverage probability for
the CTV
CTV-based planning
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Multiple CTVs are delineated by
sampling known variations
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Robust treatment planning to
account for
all CTV instances
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Treatment planning is based
directly on dose coverage
histograms for the CTV