Tetrahedral irradiation protocol for microbeam radiation therapy.
Optimizing microbeam radiation therapy requires that the patient be repositioned between exposures. Optional movements of a patient-gantry are described that would enable a lesion to be cross-fired pseudo-orthogonally in two, three or four exposures to a fixed, horizontally propagated array of vertical, parallel microplanar beams, with minimal tilting of the patient-gantry.
Slatkin
Daniel N
DN
d.slatkin@sbcglobal.net
D006801:Humans; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D011836:Radiation Tolerance; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*