Three-Dimensional Display Techniques in Radiation Therapy Treatment
Planning
by Julian Rosenman,
George W. Sherouse,
Henry Fuchs,
Stephen M. Pizer,
Andrew L. Skinner,
Charles E. Mosher,
Kevin L. Novins, and
Joel E. Tepper.
International Journal of Radiation Oncology,
Biology and Physics, 16(1):263-269, January 1989.
Abstract
Good radiation treatment planning requires that the target volume be
treated with a high and uniform dose of radiation while irradiating normal
tissue as little as possible. Even if the merits of a given treatment plan
are judged only on the appearance of isodose lines in one or a few planes
it can sometimes be difficult for the experienced radiation oncologist to
select the best of several alternative plans. If consideration is given to
the entire spatial distribution of dose, however, the problem becomes far
more difficult because of the enormous amount of data that must be
evaluated. We believe that the lack of suitable methods to display these
data has greatly contributed to the slow incorporation of 3D considerations
into routine radiation treatment planning. In the past few years there
have been great advances in both the theory of how to produce effective 3D
displays and in the display hardware itself. In this paper we survey some
of the methods used at the University of North Carolina, and show specific
examples of how these displays can be used in radiation therapy treatment
planning.
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