Advanced Brachytherapy Physics - Vienna 2016

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Modern Brachytherapy Treatment Planning Catheters/Applicators (Sources) Localisation The actual aim of the Localisation Process is: to define the 3D-positions of the sources or of the possible source dwell positions and register these to the relevant anatomy (PTV, OARs). • Localisation of the implanted Catheters/Needles/ Applicators and • Knowledge of Afterloader and Catheter/Applicator specific Information/Characteristics. This presumes:

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