In fact, patient motion is a source of positioning error which radiation therapist tries to eliminate.
Most notable are clinical programs for medical doctors and radiation therapists.
For each treatment, the radiation therapist will help you onto the treatment table and into the correct position.
The radiation therapist will take a port film, also known as an X-ray, on the first day of treatment and about every week thereafter.
Port films do not provide diagnostic information, so radiation therapists cannot learn about your progress from these films.
Small marks resembling freckles will be made on your skin along the treatment area by the radiation therapist.
Both are radiation therapists who share ownership of a home in a "prosperous suburban community," the ruling said.
Other contributors are groups representing surgeons, radiation therapists, nurses and the drug industry.
The process of producing the final plan rests with a group of specialized radiation therapists called dosimetrists.
Dosimetrists are commonly radiation therapists with several years of experience and have undergone in-house training.