IMRT SX1

Name (ID): Z002444-ANAL, AAPM (AAPM Z002444-ANAL)
Plan or PlanSum ID: IMRT9field1

Nine (9) field IMRT plan with manually selected gantry positions which followed the shape of the targets in the transverse view and unique collimator rotations selected for each field during an evaluation of the low dose target shape from the beams eye view.  This plan came together relatively quickly with the biggest challenge proving to be controlling the dose comformality of the highly irregular low dose target.  Surprisingly, even with 1cm leaves (the effect of which seems to be negated by rotating the collimator to unique angles per gantry position) this plan scores higher than 100% of the 157 plans submitted in that year’s plan study.  Due to the slender isolated “dose island” type of target the lower dose nodal volume created, employing the VMAT technique would likely have resulted in a plan which would struggle to score as high as this static field IMRT plan.

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