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TITLE:

THE UTILIZATION OF COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PLANNING RADIATION THERAPY TREATMENTS IN THE EFFECT OF SCAN PROTOCOL CHANGES

AUTHORS:

Dr. Shabnam Naseem, Dr. Amir Latif, Dr Ammar Zahid Sheikh

ABSTRACT:

Aim: This paper surveys distributions identified with the utilization of CT filters for radiotherapy treatment arranging, explicitly the effect of output convention changes on CT number and treatment arranging dosimetry and on CT picture quality. Methods: A pursuit on PubMed and EMBASE and an ensuing survey of references yielded 53 applicable papers. Our current research was conducted at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore from May 2019 to April 2020. Results: The limits of CT filters mainly influence the image quality. Some also influence the values of the Hounsfield (HU) unit, but this is not discussed in detail. It has been found that cylinder age changes in kilovolt and, on some scanners, field of view and re-calculations, cause significant changes in HU. The level of HU change that can be supported without changing the arrangement portion by more than 2% depends on the area and size of the body, the arrangement calculations, the energy of the treatment bar and the type of plane. A change in the HU estimate for delicate tissues has a more noticeable effect than HU changes for bone and air. The use of human appearances is suggested when evaluating HU changes. Conclusion: There is restricted distributed work on CT check convention streamlining in radiotherapy. Distributions recommend that HU resilience of +/ - 20 HU for delicate tissue and +/ - 50 HU for lung and bone would confine portion changes in the treatment plan to under 2%. Keywords: Computed Tomography Scans, Radiation Therapy Treatments, Dosimetry.

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