A clinically-useful treatment planning system for external photon beam radiotherapy must yield fast and accurate calculations of the dose distribution in the patient. The interface of the system should be "user friendly" and designed to minimize user work and errors. Visualization of the patient volume and dose calculation results should provide necessary formation without being confusing. A software module meeting these criteria has been implemented within the McGill Treatment Planning System (MPS). The MPS program is written in C code and compiled with CodeWarrior C/C++$ rm sp{TM}$ from MetroWerks Inc. The MPS program runs on the Apple Macintosh platform (either 68K or PowerPC series). This new software module permits dose calculation (modified Milan-Bentley method) and viewing of the patient volume in three dimensions. Patient anatomical data is acquired from computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance (MRI) images. The accuracy of the dose calculation has been verified through comparison of the calculated results with water tank and film measurements.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.23881 |
| Date | January 1996 |
| Creators | DeBlois, François |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Department of Medical Radiation Physics.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001495602, proquestno: MM12178, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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