<b>Assessment of geometric verification to determine the setup uncertainty margin in lung cancer patients</b>
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Keywords

geometrical verification
setup margin
lung
systematic errors
random errors
patient setup

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Kosmowska, Justyna, Zuzanna Didjurgeit, Iga Sienkiewicz, Maria Radomiak, Paulina Jasiewicz, Zuzanna Wróblewicz, Wiktoria Sońska, and Agnieszka Skrobala. 2025. “Assessment of Geometric Verification to Determine the Setup Uncertainty Margin in Lung Cancer Patients”. Letters in Oncology Science 22 (3). https://doi.org/10.21641/los.2025.22.1.260.

Abstract

The aim of the study was to evaluate the results of geometric verification by determining systematic and random errors to establish the setup margins (SM) for patient positioning uncertainty in a group of lung cancer patients.

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