A method of gap and field size determination for abutting a treatment field to a previously treated area

✍ Scribed by R.A. Price; K.M. Ayyangar

• Book ID: 103978870
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 304 KB
• Volume: 21
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0958-3947
• DOI: 10.1016/0958-3947(95)02054-3

✦ Synopsis

A simple method of determining the new field size and the skin gap needed when abutting to a previously treated (or simulated) field is presented. The more complex case of abutting a treatment field between two previously treated fields and determining the new field length and the skin gap at each end is also addressed. Both methods utilize a single measurement on the patient's skin and the commonly used gap formula based on similar triangles. Both methods easily lend themselves to implementation through a simple BASIC program which eases any difficulties in calculation encountered during simulation.