Transferability of patients for radiation treatment between unmatched machines.
Joseph J FoySerpil K DoganPoonam YadavBharat B MittalIndra J DasPublished in: Journal of applied clinical medical physics (2022)
Despite small differences in calculated dose, transferring patients between two unmatched Elekta machines with similar multileaf collimator (MLC)-head for target coverage and minimum changes in OAR dose is possible for a limited number of fractions (≤3) to improve clinical flexibility and institutional throughput along with patient satisfaction. A similar study could be carried out for other machines for operational throughput.