isocentre

English

Alternative forms

• isocenter

Etymology

From iso- +‎ centre.

Noun

isocentre (plural isocentres)

1. (medical imaging, radiation therapy) The point through which the central ray of the radiation beam passes
   • 2015 July 9, Moamen M. O. M. Aly, Gerhard Glatting, Lennart Jahnke, Frederik Wenz, Yasser Abo-Madyan, “Comparison of breast simultaneous integrated boost (SIB) radiotherapy techniques”, in Radiation Oncology (London, England)‎^[1], volume 10, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     In this technique, the isocentre was placed on the centre of the PTV boost.

Derived terms

• isocentric

Anagrams

• erections, isocenter, necrotise, neoterics, resection, secretion, tricosene