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To verify the fluence distribution and number of monitor units for dynamic treatment techniques each patient treatment plan is applied to a measuring device before first treatment. We verify Rapid Arc treatment plans patient oriented using the IMRT-MatriXX (IBA, Schwarzenbruck, Germany). Therefore we generated a verification protocol. 3 patients with cerebral metastasis, 2 patients with head and neck cancer, and 5 patients with prostate cancer receiving Rapid Arc radiotherapy were included in this study. It is poss-ible to verify the 2D fluence distribution and the number of monitor units of Rapid Arc treatment plans using IMRT-MatriXX within a few minutes. Therefore we recommend the use of the IMRT-MatriXX for Rapid Arc treatment plans in the clinical routine.
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Wagner, D.M., Vorwerk, H. (2009). First experience with patient oriented Rapid Arc treatment plan verification. In: Dössel, O., Schlegel, W.C. (eds) World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, September 7 - 12, 2009, Munich, Germany. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 25/1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03474-9_95
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