title: Cone beam CT assisted irradiation of painful vertebral metastases without prior virtual simulation: a quick and patient friendly procedure.
abstract: A procedure is described using diagnostic CT and/or MRI scans to simulate treatment fields for painful vertebral metastases. Cone beam CT guidance subsequently corrects patient setup. Our first 100 patients are analyzed and compared to another 100 patients after conventional simulation. This procedure proved to be quick and patient friendly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiotherapy, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. r.haas@nki.nl
authors.forename: Rick L M
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Haas
authors.forename: Anja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Betgen
authors.forename: Maarten
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wolfrat
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Panneman
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Remeijer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D054893:Cone-Beam Computed Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D061089:Radiotherapy, Image-Guided / Q000379:methods*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000556:secondary*