Ultrasound Image Registration for Patient Setup in Conformal Radiotherapy of Prostate Cancer

Author

Betrouni, N. ; Pasquier, David ; Dewalle, A.S. ; Jounwaz, R. ; Dubois, P. ; Lopes, Roseli ; Lartigau, Eric

Author_Institution

INSERM, Lille II Univ.

fYear

2006

fDate

Aug. 30 2006-Sept. 3 2006

Firstpage

3795

Lastpage

3798

Abstract

The goal of 3D conformal radiotherapy (CRT) is to conform the high dose region to the target volume while sparing surrounding normal tissue. Knowledge about the mobility of organs relative to the bony anatomy and to the reference position is of great importance when daily positioning patient. In this work we present a method to monitor patient setup during CRT of prostate cancer. The method is based on ultrasound tracking and matching with planning modality

Keywords

biological organs; biomedical ultrasonics; cancer; image matching; image registration; medical image processing; radiation therapy; tumours; 3D conformal radiotherapy; bony anatomy; high dose region; image Guided therapy; organs mobility; patient positioning; patient setup; patient setup monitoring; prostate cancer; ultrasound image registration; ultrasound matching; ultrasound tracking; Cathode ray tubes; Computed tomography; Image registration; Linear accelerators; Medical treatment; Optical imaging; Patient monitoring; Probes; Prostate cancer; Ultrasonic imaging; Conformal radiotherapy; Image Guided therapy; matching; ultrasound;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006. EMBS '06. 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

New York, NY

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0032-5

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260455

Filename

4462626