Performance of an integrated multimodality image guidance and dose-planning system supporting tumor-targeted HDR brachytherapy for prostate cancer

CONCLUSION: The system supported tumor-targeting and was implemented with no demonstrable learning curve. EM reconstruction errors were small, correctable, and improved with calibration and control of external distortion sources; increasing confidence in the use of partially visible catheters. Image registration errors remained despite rotational alignment and deformation, and should be carefully considered.PMID:34861267 | DOI:10.1016/j.radonc.2021.11.026

Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - December 3, 2021 Category: Radiology Authors: David Grajales Samuel Kadoury Roozbeh Shams Maroie Barkati Guila Delouya Dominic B éliveau-Nadeau Benedicte Nicolas William Trung Le Mustafa-Karim Benhacene-Boudam Daniel Juneau Jean N DaSilva Jean-Francois Carrier Gilion Hautvast Cynthia M énard Source Type: research