[Planning for brachytherapy using a 3D-simulation model]

Nihon Igaku Hoshasen Gakkai Zasshi. 1995 Jul;55(8):603-5.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 3D-simulation model made with a milling system was applied to HDR-brachytherapy. The 3D-simulation model is used to simulate the 3D-structure of the lesion and the surrounding organs before the actual catheterization for brachytherapy. The first case was recurrent prostatic cancer in a 61-year-old man. The other case was lymph node recurrence of a 71-year-old woman's upper gum cancer. In both cases, the 3D-simulation model was very useful to simulate the 3D-conformation, to plan the treatment process and to avoid the risk accompanying treatment.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Brachytherapy*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Models, Structural*
  • Pelvic Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted*