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Field size

One of the primary reasons that patients are permanently marked in radiation therapy is to help indicate

Patient evaluation during treatment in the radiation therapy process is the responsibility of the 1. Dosimetrist 2. Radiation therapist 3. Physicist 4. Oncology nurse 5. Radiation oncologist  

The monitor unit (MU) can best be described as

Your patient is lying on the treatment table and the doctor orders that the isocenter be shifted or moved caudal in the patient. Which direction would the treatment table (PSA) need to be moved?

The patient’s field size is determined by

You have a metastatic brain patient coming to your department to begin whole brain treatments. The doctor orders parallel opposed treatments to depth of midline in the brain. What is the best way to determine depth?

Describe the following effects of US AND give 2 indications for each.  Answer in the following format:  1. Effect – indication -indication 2. Effect -indication -indication  

For optimal effect, it is recommended that stretching be applied: 

A 30-year-old secretary has been evaluated by the PT following a motor vehicle accident. The PTA used US to treat the pain and muscle guarding after palpating a small nodule in the upper trapezius. During the treatment, the patient complained of a burning sensation under the transducer. What most likely caused the burning sensation?