title: [CT/MRI-based software for 3-D brachytherapy planning system].
abstract: The paper presents a 3D Brachytherapy Planning System based on CT/MRI images. Unlike other percutaneous radiotherapy planning systems, it provides doctors with an interactive source layout function, including accurate and quick dosage distribution calculation and dynamical 2D/3D display. A special template library and an integrated planning evaluation/alert subsystem are incorporated in the system. The system successfully has many functions such as data acquisition, registration, segmentation, image processing, 3D reconstruction and planning report output. Various automated procedures, 3-D graphics and a user-friendly interface GUI enable the system to be a powerful and practical one meeting well the chinical therapeutic demands.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Jiaotong University, Shanghai.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.forename: Tian-ge
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Zhuang
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012984:Software; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed