A patient is being treated isocentrically for cervical cancer. The patient is in the 3rd week of treatment. The patient is being treated on a machine that is calibrated at 100 SSD. The tumor is 9.2 cm below the anterior surface of the patient. The tumor is also located 10.2 cm medial from the patient’s left side. The patient is 26.4 cm thick (AP/PA) and from right to left lateral the patient is 34.6cm. The doctor prescribes a total dose of 64.8 Gy to be delivered in fractions of 1.8 Gy. The patient is being treated using a four field box technique. What is the patient’s right lateral SSD?
Which statement is false concerning source to axial distance…
Which statement is false concerning source to axial distance treatment techniques?
Which of the following components of the linear accelerator…
Which of the following components of the linear accelerator are not located in the gantry head?
Beam gantry angle and portal shape is mostly determined
Beam gantry angle and portal shape is mostly determined
Which of the following lymph nodes groups are part of the ex…
Which of the following lymph nodes groups are part of the external iliac node chain?
All of the following statements about the definition of moni…
All of the following statements about the definition of monitor units is true except
A patient has been prescribed a total dose of 72 Gy to be de…
A patient has been prescribed a total dose of 72 Gy to be delivered in fractionated doses of 2 Gy. What is the patient’s total dose equivalent?
When discussing the 4R’s of radiobiology, which concept appl…
When discussing the 4R’s of radiobiology, which concept applies to the cancer/tumor?
If a field size measures 15 cm x 20 cm at a distance of 80 c…
If a field size measures 15 cm x 20 cm at a distance of 80 centimeters from the radiation source, what will the field size be at a distance of 95 centimeters?
The thoracic duct starts at the level of L-2 as the
The thoracic duct starts at the level of L-2 as the