Modeling Internal Radiation Therapy

Egon van den Broek; Theo E. Schouten

Modeling Internal Radiation Therapy

Egon van den Broek
, Theo E. Schouten

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Abstract

A new technique is described to model (internal) radiation therapy. It is founded on morphological processing, in particular distance transforms. Its formal basis is presented as well as its implementation via the Fast Exact Euclidean Distance (FEED) transform. Its use for all variations of internal radiation therapy is described. In a benchmark trial, FEED proved to be truly exact as well as faster than a comparable technique. These features can be of crucial importance in radiation therapy as the balance between maximization of treatment effect and doses that cause unwanted damage to healthy tissue is fragile. This balance can be secured using the modeling technique presented here.

Original language	Undefined
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the International Conference on Bioinformatics Models, Methods and Algorithms
Editors	M. Pellegrini, A. Fred, J. Filipe, H. Gamboa
Place of Publication	Portugal
Publisher	INSTICC PRESS
Pages	228-233
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	978-989-8425-36-2
Publication status	Published - 26 Jan 2011
Event	International Conference on Bioinformatics Models, Methods and Algorithms - Rome, Italy Duration: 26 Jan 2011 → 29 Jan 2011

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Name
Publisher	INSTICC Press

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Bioinformatics Models, Methods and Algorithms
Period	26/01/11 → 29/01/11
Other	26-29 Jan 2011

Keywords

METIS-277523
Modeling
Exact
IR-75882
HMI-CI: Computational Intelligence
FEED
Distance transform
EWI-19529
HMI-VRG: Virtual Reality and Graphics
Radiation therapy

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van den Broek, E & Schouten, TE 2011, Modeling Internal Radiation Therapy. in M Pellegrini, A Fred, J Filipe & H Gamboa (eds), Proceedings of the International Conference on Bioinformatics Models, Methods and Algorithms. INSTICC PRESS, Portugal, pp. 228-233, International Conference on Bioinformatics Models, Methods and Algorithms, 26/01/11. <http://www.bioinformatics.biostec.org/>

Modeling Internal Radiation Therapy. / van den Broek, Egon; Schouten, Theo E.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Bioinformatics Models, Methods and Algorithms. ed. / M. Pellegrini; A. Fred; J. Filipe; H. Gamboa. Portugal: INSTICC PRESS, 2011. p. 228-233.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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