Digital radiotherapy simulator

We describe a prototype digital radiotherapy simulator which consists of a conventional simulator gantry, digital spot imager, and image correction and reconstruction software. The ability of the digital spot imager to acquire a diagnostic quality image directly in digital format during simulation o...

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Published in:Computerized medical imaging and graphics 1998-01, Vol.22 (1), p.1-7
Main Authors: Cho, Pau S., Lindsley, Karen L., Douglas, James G., Stelzer, Keith J., Griffin, Thomas W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Computer Simulation
Computer software
Computer Systems
Computerized tomography
Cone-beam CT
Digital imaging
Digital spot imager
Humans
Image enhancement
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Image quality
Image reconstruction
Medical computing
Medical sciences
Online Systems
Optical collimators
Phantoms, Imaging
Radiation Oncology - instrumentation
Radiographic Image Enhancement
Radiology Information Systems
Radiotherapy
Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted - instrumentation
Radiotherapy simulator
Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects)
Remote Consultation
Software
Technology, Radiologic - instrumentation
Technology. Biomaterials. Equipments. Material. Instrumentation
Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods
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Summary:We describe a prototype digital radiotherapy simulator which consists of a conventional simulator gantry, digital spot imager, and image correction and reconstruction software. The ability of the digital spot imager to acquire a diagnostic quality image directly in digital format during simulation offers unique possibilities in clinical practice. Applications include prescription of multileaf collimator, on-line patient setup verification, rernote consultation and treatment planning. In addition, we discuss the possibility of using the digital simulator as a volume-CT scanner capable of obtaining three-dimensional anatomical information in a single scan.
ISSN:0895-6111
1879-0771
DOI:10.1016/S0895-6111(97)00041-4