Long-time clinical experience in patient setup for several particle therapy clinical indications: management of patient positioning and evaluation of setup reproducibility and stability

摘要

Accurate patient positioning is crucial in particle therapy due to the geometrical selectivity of particles. We report and discuss the National Center for Oncological Hadrontherapy (CNAO) experience in positioning accuracy and stability achieved with solid thermoplastic masks fixed on index base plates and assessed by daily orthogonal X-ray imaging.