An analog patient model derived from computed tomograms for three-dimensional radiotherapy planning.
An analog model of the part of a patient's body containing a tumor is constructed by drawing anatomical contours obtained from computed tomograms on a set of transparent plastic sheets. The coverage of radiotherapy fields in the patient is visualized in three dimensions using the model and the light beam from the radiotherapy machine or a simulator. A clinical example is presented.
D006801:Humans; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary; D008961:Models, Structural; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D013945:Thymoma / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed