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isocenter

isocenter is the alternative form of isocentre.

Meaning of isocentre

Noun

isocentre (plural isocentres)

  1. (medical imaging, radiation therapy) The point through which the central ray of the radiation beam passes
    • In this technique, the isocentre was placed on the centre of the PTV boost.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...

Forms of isocenter

pluralisocenters

Origin of isocenter

From iso- + center.

Questions about isocenter

What is isocenter the alternative form of?
Isocenter is the alternative form of isocentre.

Words near isocenter in the dictionary

  1. isocaudomers
  2. isocausal
  3. isocausality
  4. isocedrane
  5. isocellular
  6. isocenter
  7. isocenters
  8. isocentre
  9. isocentres
  10. isocentric
  11. isocentrically

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