Sanguineti LB. Radiother Oncol 2008
Bowel Segments
Bowel Segments + 1 cm
Intestinal cavity (“bowel
bag”)
Contouring of bowel bag proposed as a robust
method to take organ motion into account
Three Strategies to contour bowel
Fiorino C. IJROBP 2009 (modified definition) Kavanagh BD, et al. IJROBP 2010
Bowel: What to contour?
Outer contour of bowel loops including the mesenterium