Real-time collaborative environment for radiation treatment planning virtual simulation

Ntasis, E; Maniatis, TA; Nikita, KS

dc.contributor.author	Ntasis, E	en
dc.contributor.author	Maniatis, TA	en
dc.contributor.author	Nikita, KS	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:18:17Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:18:17Z
dc.date.issued	2002	en
dc.identifier.issn	0018-9294	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/14914
dc.subject	Collaborative work	en
dc.subject	Radiation treatment planning	en
dc.subject	Virtual simulation	en
dc.subject.classification	Engineering, Biomedical	en
dc.subject.other	Health care	en
dc.subject.other	Radiotherapy	en
dc.subject.other	Tomography	en
dc.subject.other	Anatomical structures	en
dc.subject.other	Biomedical engineering	en
dc.subject.other	article	en
dc.subject.other	computer program	en
dc.subject.other	environment	en
dc.subject.other	evaluation	en
dc.subject.other	latent period	en
dc.subject.other	quality control	en
dc.subject.other	radiation field	en
dc.subject.other	simulation	en
dc.subject.other	treatment planning	en
dc.subject.other	Computer Graphics	en
dc.subject.other	Computer Simulation	en
dc.subject.other	Cooperative Behavior	en
dc.subject.other	Environment	en
dc.subject.other	Humans	en
dc.subject.other	Image Enhancement	en
dc.subject.other	Online Systems	en
dc.subject.other	Pilot Projects	en
dc.subject.other	Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted	en
dc.subject.other	Remote Consultation	en
dc.subject.other	User-Computer Interface	en
dc.title	Real-time collaborative environment for radiation treatment planning virtual simulation	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1109/TBME.2002.805450	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TBME.2002.805450	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2002	en
heal.abstract	A virtual simulation (VS) system is a software system that enables the delineation of anatomical structures, and the placement of irradiation fields for the purpose of radiation treatment planning, making use of patient's tomographic data, instead of the real patient. Since patient's tomographic data can be communicated between distinct radiotherapy departments, collaborative work on VS, connecting remote health care professionals, becomes feasible. In this paper, an environment enabling real-time collaboration on VS is presented. The environment architecture is based on both offline and online communication of data under a secure framework and can be directly integrated into the infrastructure of a radiotherapy department. The online collaboration relies on the simultaneous execution of all actions at both collaborating sites, and prerequisites the offline communication of the data set on which the collaboration will be performed. Analytical description of the custom-made layered service, which supports the offline communication is given, along with a detailed presentation of the secure management of messages, which enables the real-time collaboration. The technical evaluation of the environment highlights the effectiveness of the proposed methodology, since real-time secure collaboration on VS is achieved.	en
heal.publisher	IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC	en
heal.journalName	IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1109/TBME.2002.805450	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000180216700008	en
dc.identifier.volume	49	en
dc.identifier.issue	12 II	en
dc.identifier.spage	1444	en
dc.identifier.epage	1451	en