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nounisocentre (plural isocentres)
plural isocentres · alternative isocenter
- medical imaging; radiation therapy; medical imaging; radiation therapyThe point through which the central ray of the radiation beam passes
In this technique, the isocentre was placed on the centre of the PTV boost.
2015 July 9, Moamen M. O. M. Aly, Gerhard Glatting, Lennart Jahnke, Frederik Wenz, Yasser Abo-Madyan, “Comparison of breast simultaneous integrated boost (SIB) radiotherapy techniques”, in Radiation Oncology (London, England), volume 10, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC
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