A new approach in the determination of patient's reference point in conformal external radiotherapy

Antonios, K; Maria, P; Dimos, B; Dimitrios, K

dc.contributor.author	Antonios, K	en
dc.contributor.author	Maria, P	en
dc.contributor.author	Dimos, B	en
dc.contributor.author	Dimitrios, K	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:49:59Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:49:59Z
dc.date.issued	2005	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/34844
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dc.subject	Image processing	en
dc.subject	Patient's set-up	en
dc.subject	Radiotherapy	en
dc.subject.other	Computer simulation	en
dc.subject.other	Computer software	en
dc.subject.other	Image processing	en
dc.subject.other	Irradiation	en
dc.subject.other	Medical imaging	en
dc.subject.other	Radiotherapy	en
dc.subject.other	Patient's set-up	en
dc.subject.other	Reference point	en
dc.subject.other	Treatment phase	en
dc.subject.other	Patient treatment	en
dc.title	A new approach in the determination of patient's reference point in conformal external radiotherapy	en
heal.type	conferenceItem	en
heal.publicationDate	2005	en
heal.abstract	Our study involves mainly patient's immobilization and imaging in conformal radiotherapy process. The goal is the accurate automatic determination of the patient's reference point in regard to table coordinates, which is very important for the successful execution of the whole treatment, as patient's set up must be literally maintained between imaging and treatment phase. The significance of the determination of the reference point, emerge in the treatment phase for the accurate transfer of the planned irradiation technique to the patient. The determination of RP to table coordinates is based mainly on detection of markers on patient's skin and in table in a DICOM image, generated during the imaging process. The results are compared with the same results acquired manually by a tape measure and by the use of commercial software for 3D simulation of external beam radiation therapy.	en
heal.journalName	Proceedings of the 3rd IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering 2005	en
dc.identifier.spage	54	en
dc.identifier.epage	58	en