CT Scanner Based Virtual Simulation of Radiotherapy Treatment by the PICTOR 3D® System Does not Increase Efficacy in Daily Routine Radiation Therapy
Journal Title: International Journal of Radiology and Radiation Oncology - Year 2015, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
Exact reproduction of patient position is crucial in radiotherapy. We evaluated the reproducibility of a CT based treatment simulation with the PICTOR 3D® system (LAP, Lüneburg, Germany) and examined its influence on workflow in daily routine. Ulterior motive to introduce such a simulation system is to save time at the radiation treatment machine (LINAC). Normally, treatment simulations are directly done at the LINAC (so called „virtual simulation“). However, this procedure is time consuming, and opportunity costs are much higher for the LINAC than for the treatment planning CT scanner. This explains the efforts to switch the simulation process from the LINAC to the planning CT.
Authors and Affiliations
Nitsche Mirko, Temme Nils, Carl Ulrich Martin, Hermann Robert Michael
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