isocentre

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Etymology

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, Moamen M. O. M. Aly, Gerhard Glatting, Lennart Jahnke, Frederik Wenz, Yasser Abo-Madyan, “Comparison of breast simultaneous integrated boost (SIB) radiotherapy techniques”, in Radiation Oncology (London, England)‎, volume 10, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:
      In this technique, the isocentre was placed on the centre of the PTV boost.

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