James W. Ward
Immersive visualization with automated collision detection for radiotherapy treatment planning
Ward, James W.; Phillips, Roger; Williams, T.; Shang, C.; Page, L.; Prest, C.; Beavis, A. W.
Authors
Roger Phillips
T. Williams
C. Shang
L. Page
C. Prest
A. W. Beavis
Abstract
Intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) is a technique for treating cancer tumours using external delivery of radiation. To create a treatment plan the directions of the external radiation beams (typically 5 to 9) need to be specified. Normally the beams are all coplanar due to the added complexity of planning and patient set-up for non-coplanar beams. RTStar provides a virtual environment of a radiotherapy (RT) treatment room that provides a range of views and visualizations that aid a treatment planner to choose non-coplanar beam directions efficiently. RTStar also automatically warns the planner when a collision would occur during patient set-up. A study was conducted on 8 prostate IMRT cancer patients using RTStar to create RT plans using noncoplanar beams. The study demonstrated that these IMRT prostate plans with non-coplanar beams had a dosimetric advantage over their coplanar conterparts.
Citation
Ward, J. W., Phillips, R., Williams, T., Shang, C., Page, L., Prest, C., & Beavis, A. W. (2007). Immersive visualization with automated collision detection for radiotherapy treatment planning. Studies in health technology and informatics, 125, 491 - 496
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Feb 23, 2007 |
Publication Date | Feb 23, 2007 |
Journal | Studies in health technology and informatics |
Print ISSN | 0926-9630 |
Publisher | IOS Press |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 125 |
Pages | 491 - 496 |
Series ISSN | 0926-9630 |
Keywords | immersive; scientific visualization; virtual reality; collision detection; collision; radiotherapy; radiation therapy; treatment planning; imrt; prostate; non-coplanar |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/405661 |
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