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SBRT Treatment Planning: Practical Considerations

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<strong>SBRT</strong> planning principles are very similar to<br />

Cranial SRS planning principles<br />

• Inhomogeneous Dose inside PTV<br />

• Sharp Dose Fall Off outside PTV<br />

• Multiple non-coplanar beams or arcs are<br />

needed to create conformal dose<br />

distributions.<br />

Much more limited non-coplanar beam<br />

clearance compared with cranial SRS for<br />

LINAC based <strong>SBRT</strong>.

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