Future Areas of Study
- The debate between the benefits of on-line versus off-line strategies continues to be contended.
- Whether further research into biological functions and movements can create a better understanding of tumour movement in the body before, between and during treatment.
- When rules or algorithms are used, large variations in PTV margins can be reduced. Margin “recipes” are being developed that will create linear equations and algorithms that account for “normal” variations. These rules are created from a normal population, and are applied to the treatment plan off-line. Possible side effects include random errors from uniqueness of the target
- With a greater amount of data being collected, how systems must will be established for the categorizing and storing of information.
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