Computer-Assisted Interstitial Brachytherapy
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We present the current state-of-the art of computer-assisted interstitial (fractionated) brachytherapy as a "picture-book" without wanting to give an in-depth presentation of either hrachytherapy itself or of otolaryngolngic aspects of oncologic treatment. However, our results show that 3Docomputer-assisted navigation techniques can successfully be applied in interstitial brachytherapy to exactly plan the hollow-needle's position(s) in order to reach a prospective planning of brachytherapy which exploits the full 3D-information of the modem imagery and incorporates state-of-the-art navigational techniques.
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تاریخ انتشار 1998