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For this patient, elevation of the shoulder during the repeat computed tomography (ct) scan (right) as compared with the planning ct scan (left) resulted in reduced coverage of the lower neck region because of greater attenuation of the oblique beams. The effect on the prescription isodose (orange) is significant, but influence on the coverage by the 90% isodose (green) is minimal.
