From DICOM to GRID: a dosimetric system for brachytherapy born from HEP

Author

Foppiano, F. ; Guatelli, S. ; Moscicki, J. ; Pia, M.G.

Author_Institution

National Inst. for Cancer Res., Genova, Italy

Volume

3

fYear

2003

fDate

19-25 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

1746

Abstract

In brachytherapy software defines the experimental configuration of radioactive seeds appropriate to achieve the desired dose distribution in the patient. We will show you how nowadays it is possible to develop a software for brachytherapy which achieves the goal of high accuracy and speed thanks to the combination of various software toolkits: Geant4 simulation toolkit, AIDA analysis toolkit, GRID and the Web. Geant4-based brachytherapy application calculates dose distribution in tissues with great accuracy, in a realistic experimental set-up derived from CT data. The AIDA analysis toolkit provides the elaboration of simulation results. It is possible to run Geant4-based brachytherapy application through a Web portal, sharing distributed computing resources thanks to the integration in the GRID, making possible even to modest size hospitals to profit of advanced treatment planning tools.

Keywords

biological tissues; brachytherapy; dosimetry; medical computing; portals; AIDA analysis toolkit; DICOM; GRID; Geant4 simulation toolkit; HEP; Web portal; advanced treatment planning tools; brachytherapy; computerised tomography; distributed computing resources; dosimetric system; modest size hospitals; patient dose distribution; radioactive seeds; software toolkits; tissues; Analytical models; Application software; Brachytherapy; Computational modeling; DICOM; Data analysis; Distributed computing; Hospitals; Portals; Software tools;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2003 IEEE

ISSN

1082-3654

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8257-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2003.1352216

Filename

1352216