Assessment of the quality of radiotherapy with the use of portal and simulation images - the method and the software

• Autorzy: Chmielewski L. , Kukołowicz P. , Gut P. , Dąbrowski A.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Quality assessment in external beam radiotherapy necessitates for an efficient and robust tool for comparing the planned and realised geometry of the treatment. Such a tool using the modified Hausdorff distance measure has been developed and successfully introduced to clinical practice. The majority of steps of the method are automatic. The user specifies the share of edge data extracted from the images to be used in calculations, not before, but after these calculations are actually performed. Thus, the results of the choice can be seen immediately. This mechanism makes the method extremely robust against partially erroneous or missing data.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

radiotherapy; quality assessment; portal images; simulation images; image registration

PL

radioterapia; ocena jakości; portal obrazów; obrazy symulacyjne; rejestracja obrazu

• Wydawca: University of Silesia, Institute of Informatics, Computer Systems Department
• Czasopismo: Journal of Medical Informatics & Technologies
• Rocznik: 2002
• Tom: Vol. 3
• Strony: MI171--179
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 18 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Chmielewski L.

• Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, PAS, Warsaw, Poland

autor

Kukołowicz P.

• Holycross Cancer Centre, Kielce, Poland

autor

Gut P.

• Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, PAS, Warsaw, Poland

autor

Dąbrowski A.

• Holycross Cancer Centre, Kielce, Poland

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