Development of an improved approach to radiation treatment therapy using high-definition patient-specific voxel phantoms
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
Through an internally funded project at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a high-resolution phantom was developed based on the National Library of Medicine`s Visible Human Data. Special software was written using the interactive data language (IDL) visualization language to automatically segment and classify some of the organs and the skeleton of the Visible Male. A high definition phantom consisting of nine hundred 512 x 512 slices was constructed of the entire torso. Computed tomography (CT) images of a patient`s tumor near the spine were scaled and morphed into the phantom model to create a patient-specific phantom. Calculations of dose to the tumor and surrounding tissue were then performed using the patient-specific phantom.
- OSTI ID:
- 644232
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-980606-; ISSN 0003-018X; TRN: 98:008164
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Vol. 78; Conference: Annual meeting of the American Nuclear Society, Nashville, TN (United States), 7-12 Jun 1998; Other Information: PBD: 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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