
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
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