Radiation therapy provider Nucletron has announced the first U.S. user of its Advanced Simulation System: the Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Baltimore. Advanced Simulation combines radiation therapy treatment planning and validation in one system, according to the Veenendaal, Netherlands–based firm. The system enables radiation oncologists to perform conventional, virtual, and CT-assisted simulation.
Advanced Simulation includes Nucletron's Plato Virtual Simulation System (VSS) and its Simulix treatment simulator. Plato VSS uses CT scans to define tumor volumes and beam placement for radiation oncologists, the firm said. VSS includes contour interpolation, a feature Nucletron says eliminates the need for the clinician to work on each slice. VSS also provides tools for adding margins, interpolation, and volumes of interest.
Another VSS feature, multileaf collimator optimization, provides precise coverage of the tumor volume without any user interaction. VSS and the Simulix work together, allowing virtual simulation fields to be automatically transferred to Simulix for confirmation. A live fluoroscopic image is then displayed on the VSS screen, along with a digitally reconstructed radiograph (DRR) for field placement comparison. Any changes made during the conventional verification simulation are automatically updated in VSS, according to the firm.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writersOctober 30, 2000
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