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C.36.2.2.14.1 RT Accessory Holders Description
A treatmentdeliveryunit mayallowthe attachment of one ormore accessoryholders within which theusermayinstallvariousdevices for applying the beam to the patient. These installed devices may include, but not be limited to, one or more of the following items:
•custom blocks for patient-specific lateral collimation (beam limiting),
•pre-collimators for general lateral collimation (beam limiting),
•uniform thickness range shifter for modifying the range uniformly across the beam,
•two-dimensional range shifters (custom boluses) for modifying the range differentially across the defined field,
•ridge filters for creating multiple ranges within the beam,
•cross-wires for aligning the patient with the beam,
•a mirror or camera for aligning or viewing the irradiated area,
•beam monitoring detectors,
•applicator sealer for preventing fluids from entering the applicator.
The following example illustrates the use of the RT Accessory Holders Macro and the RT Accessory Device Identification Macro:
•The gantry head has a slot called Acc Mount.
•In this example, an electron applicator is mounted in that slot. The electron applicator itself has a slot called E Aperture, where other accessories can be mounted. Therefore the electron applicator is an RT Accessory Holder, which includes a slot sequence to model that slot.
•In this example, a block tray is mounted in the E Aperture slot. The block tray can support blocks, therefore it is an RT Accessory Holder, but the slot sequence is absent in the block tray definition, since the tray has no slots.
•The block is an RT Accessory, which is mounted in the block tray.
Figure C.36.2.2.14.1-1. RT Accessory Holders