isocentre

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iso- +‎ centre

Noun

isocentre (plural isocentres)

  1. (medical imaging, radiation therapy) The point through which the central ray of the radiation beam passes
    • 2015 July 9, Aly, Moamen M. O. M.; Glatting, Gerhard; Jahnke, Lennart; Wenz, Frederik; Abo-Madyan, Yasser, “Comparison of breast simultaneous integrated boost (SIB) radiotherapy techniques”, in Radiation Oncology (London, England)‎, volume 10, number 1, DOI:10.1186/s13014-015-0452-2, ISSN 1948-7894, OCLC 1058025326:
      In this technique, the isocentre was placed on the centre of the PTV boost.

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