Tuesday, July 29, 2008

First day - a total of 10 radiation fields


The green part of the image on the left shows the area, which should receive radiation. You need to think of image as looking at the neck. 

The white area on the top shows the teeth.  The area was planned by the radio ontologist. The volume of radiation was planned by health physicists.

To make the radiation more tailored the area is being divided into multiple fields. In my case 10 fields. The radiation for every field takes less than one minute. From field to field the system is being repositioned. 

Besides maybe feeling a bit claustrophobic I didn't feel anything. Today I've also received the plan for all sessions. It looks like I have 35 sessions. Need to find out why. 

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