Treatment Planning
Before beginning TomoTherapy treatment, the doctor will work with the dosimetrist – a specialist who assists with dose calculations and distributions – and the physicist to put together a plan using images from a combination of scanning technologies such as CT, MRI and others.
Special software will be used to establish the precise contours for each tumor and surrounding sensitive organs or tissues. The doctor will then prescribe the level of radiation needed to treat the tumor and to protect the healthy tissue nearby. Based on the doctor’s prescribed dose and your specific needs, the HI-Art treatment system will calculate the appropriate pattern, position and intensity of radiation beams to be delivered. Quality assurance will then be performed on the plan prior to your treatment to ensure proper delivery of treatment.
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