Title :
Automatic reconstruction of catheters in CT based bracytherapy treatment planning
Author :
Milickovic, Natasa B. ; Baltas, Dimos ; Zamboglou, Nikolaos
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Med. Phys. & Eng., Strahlenklinik Offenbach, Germany
Abstract :
The aim of this study was to develop an automatic reconstruction of brachytherapy catheters using CT data. Previously no such automatic facility has existed in any treatment planning software. To achieve this aim we have developed algorithms for the automatic reconstruction (which we term autoreconstruction) of plastic and metallic catheters. Our algorithms overcome a number of difficulties which arise when a large number catheters are present. These include situations with intersecting catheters and with loop techniques
Keywords :
computerised tomography; image reconstruction; medical image processing; patient treatment; CT data; automatic reconstruction; autoreconstruction; bracytherapy treatment planning; intersecting catheters; loop techniques; metallic catheters; plastic catheters; treatment planning software; Biomedical imaging; Brachytherapy; Catheters; Computed tomography; Image reconstruction; Image resolution; Modems; Physics; Plastics; Process planning;
Conference_Titel :
Image and Signal Processing and Analysis, 2001. ISPA 2001. Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Pula
Print_ISBN :
953-96769-4-0
DOI :
10.1109/ISPA.2001.938628
