CT/MRI-based system for 3-D brachytherapy treatment planning

Author

Xiang, Hui ; Zhuang, Tiange

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Shanghai Jiaotong Univ., China

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

1196

Abstract

The paper presents a 3D brachytherapy treatment planning system based on CT/MRI images. Unlike other percutaneous radiotherapy planning systems, it provides doctors with an interactive source layout function, including accurate and quick dosage distribution calculation and dynamical 2D/3D display. A special template library and an integrated planning evaluation/alert subsystem are incorporated in the system. The system successfully realizes functions such as data acquisition, registration, segmentation, image processing, 3D reconstruction and planning report output. Various automated procedures, 3-D graphics and a user-friendly GUI enable the system to be a powerful one. Clinical practice has shown it well meets the therapeutic demands.

Keywords

biomedical MRI; brachytherapy; computerised tomography; data acquisition; graphical user interfaces; image reconstruction; image registration; image segmentation; medical image processing; 3-D brachytherapy treatment planning; CT/MRI-based system; accurate quick dosage distribution calculation; clinical practice; integrated planning evaluation/alert subsystem; interactive source layout function; percutaneous radiotherapy planning systems; template library; therapeutic demands; therapeutic nuclear medicine; user-friendly GUI; Brachytherapy; Computed tomography; Data acquisition; Image processing; Image reconstruction; Image segmentation; Libraries; Magnetic resonance imaging; Power system planning; Three dimensional displays;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2002. 24th Annual Conference and the Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society EMBS/BMES Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the Second Joint

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7612-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2002.1106345

Filename

1106345