Advanced Brachytherapy Physics - Vienna 2016

History of 3D volumetric imaging in brachytherapy

• Long tradition in staging and for GTV/CTV definition

• Projection of isodose distributions on single images

• Treatment planning with contouring, registration of 3D

volumetric images with x-ray treatment plans, DVH

• Treatment planning directly on CT/MRI/US

• Image guided adaptive approach for application, planning and

verification