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Call for Papers:   Computer Aided Surgery

Special Issue on  Planning and Image-Guidance in Radiation Therapy


Algorithms for inverse planning in radiation therapy and radiosurgery attempt at optimizing plans with respect to a variety of physical, geometrical and biological constraints. Although new algorithms for conformal planning and optimization have made substantial improvements in treatment planning, their use in clinical practice has remained limited.

One of the factors limiting clinical use is the problem of target localization and tracking during treatment. In the absence of precise localization of the lesion to be treated, it is difficult to take advantage of the value of a closely designed 3D conformal treatment plan. Finally, the adequacy of optimization of the plan to treatment constraints (be they biological, probabilistic, geometric or physical) cannot be verified.

Indeed, earlier approaches have been concerned with the reproduction of a patient position from imaging to simulation and to treatment. This problem is known as patient set-up. New image fusion techniques allow to be more accurate by the direct determination of the position of a clinical target. This special issue addresses new research on treatment planning and computer aided localization techniques. Emphasis will be given to original contributions and new approaches with demonstrated clinical potential in the following areas:

- Clinical experience with new methods for 3D conformal planning

- Image-guidance in radiotherapy and radiosurgery

- Compensation of organ motion

- Planning for micro-multileaf collimators

- Verification of targeting precision in conventional and stereotaxic procedures

- Algorithms for forward and inverse planning

- Clinical experience with new radiation systems

- Image fusion: methods and clinical evaluation



Full length papers should be sent to the guest editors by October 31, 1999 to one of the addresses below.
Authors interested in contributing are encouraged to contact the guest editors in advance (preferably by email).

Jocelyne Troccaz 
TIMC-IMAG,
Faculte de Medecine, 
Domaine de la Merci,
Institut Albert Bonniot, Medecine 
F-38706 La Tronche Cedex, France 
Tel.:   +33 (0) 4 76549508 
Fax:   +33 (0) 4 76549555 
Secr: +33 (0) 4 76549506
email:  jocelyne.troccaz@imag.fr
www:  http://www-cami.imag.fr/~troccaz

Achim Schweikard 
Informatik 
Technische Universität München 
Orleansstr. 34 
D-81667 München 
Tel.: +49 89 48095 122 
Fax: +49 89 48095 203 
email:  schweika@in.tum.de
www:  http://wwwradig.in.tum.de/people/schweikard


Submission of full length papers (five copies): October 31, 1999

Notification of acceptance: January 31, 2000

Submission of revised manuscripts: March 15, 2000

Special issue publication date: September issue 2000


Jocelyne Troccaz
Achim Schweikard

Christoph Zierl Last modified: Wed Dec 15 15:58:35 MET 1999