title: The use of an optical outlining system for weekly on-set verification of patients with carcinoma of the breast.
abstract: The installation of an optical outlining system on both a simulator and treatment unit has enabled patient cross-sectional outlines to be measured throughout a radical treatment period of 5 weeks. Two studies were conducted to assess the reproducibility of positioning in treatments for breast carcinoma. The first study assessed changes in outline for 23 patients treated on a home-made tilt-board. Seven patients (32%) displayed a change in shape in excess of 1 cm during the course of treatment, which could have significant dosimetric consequences. The second study focused on the reproducibility of set-up using different tilt-boards. This included a further 19 patients treated using a commercial board, which is now in routine use.
authors.affiliation: Directorate of Oncology and Medical Physics, Freedom Fields Hospital, Plymouth, UK.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Casebow
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Jarvis
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D019583:Dose Fractionation, Radiation; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D011187:Posture; D011881:Radiotherapy, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results