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Target volumes
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The British Institute of Radiology (BIR) published a report
from an international working party attempting to do just this
… so we should discuss it too
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The BIR report (2003) is entitled:
‘Geometric Uncertainties in Radiotherapy –
Defining the Planning Target Volume’
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ICRU 71 (2004) introduced this, but had less detail
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ICRU 83 (2010) has additional advice