How do you best communicate SBRT planning directives, specifically in regard to how "hot" the plan should be?

This is where common language becomes uncommonly important. There are two languages one can speak re: doses in external beam radiation therapy. In language one, the 100% line always equals the MD's prescribed gray* dose. In language two, the 100% equals the maximum gray dose in the plan. Most of my ...

One of the most important concepts that people need to understand when planning SBRT is the tug-of-war going on between achieving optimal conformality and dose homogeneity. Most planning algorithms struggle to achieve both effectively. My top priority is conformality (close to 1 as possible) so I re...