Presentation
The Moscow-Berlin Hyperthermia Treatment Planning System
32nd Annual Meeting of the European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology
(2018)
Abstract
Introduction: A hyperthermia treatment planning system has been developed that can read a patient model directly from the patient’s computed tomography (CT) scans, simulate the treatment on one of several different deep-heating applicators, and then display the results.
Objectives: The purpose of this project is a hyperthermia treatment planning system with the following characteristics:
- The patient model is developed directly from the patient’s CT scans.
- The patient“s treatment can be simulated on different applicators, including the Sigma 60, the Sigma 30, and the Sigma Eye.
- The results of the simulations are easily accessible.
- The simulation procedure can be carried out by clinical personnel.
Methods: All of the programs are written in Python, a computer program that has its own graphics and is available free of charge [1]. The EM simulations are carried out using the FDTD method [2].
Results: An example of the model of a patient in a Sigma 60 is shown in Abb. 1. The resulting specific absorption rate (SAR) distribution is shown in Abb. 2. The power focus of the quadrants can be changed and the operator can view different levels in the patient model very easily.
Conclusion: All of the simulations described in this abstract, including the accompanying graphics, were done on a Lenova 71015 laptop computer using the Python programming language.
Disciplines
Publication Date
May, 2018
Location
Berlin, Germany
Comments
Poster presentation.
Extended abstract: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00066-018-1295-1
Citation Information
Dennis Sullivan, Jennifer Houle, J. Nadobny, B. Chrzon, et al.. "The Moscow-Berlin Hyperthermia Treatment Planning System" 32nd Annual Meeting of the European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology (2018) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jennifer-houle/7/