An open-source tool to visualize potential cone collisions while planning SRS cases.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To create an open-source visualization program that allows one to find potential cone collisions while planning intracranial stereotactic radiosurgery cases.

Methods

Measurements of physical components in the treatment room (gantry, cone, table, localization stereotactic radiation surgery frame, etc.) were incorporated into a script in MATLAB (MathWorks, Natick, MA) that produces three-dimensional visualizations of the components. A localization frame, used during simulation, fully contains the patient. This frame was used to represent a safety zone for collisions. Simple geometric objects are used to approximate the simulated components. The couch is represented as boxes, the gantry head and cone are represented by cylinders, and the patient safety zone can be repre

SUBMITTER: Licon AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7592959 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature