PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S) IMRT allows dose escalation for large lung tumors, but respiratory motion may compromise delivery. A treatment plan that modulates fluence predominantly in the transversal direction and leaves the fluence identical in the direction of the breathing motion may reduce this problem. MATERIALS/METHODS Planning-CT-datasets of 20 patients with Stage I-IV non small cell lung can...

We developed a four-dimensional volumetric modulated arc therapy (4D VMAT) planning technique for moving targets using a direct aperture deformation (DAD) method and investigated its feasibility for clinical use. A 3D VMAT plan was generated on a reference phase of a 4D CT dataset. The plan was composed of a set of control points including the beam angle, MLC apertures and weights. To generate ...

Understanding shapes has been a challenging issue for many years, firstly motivated by computer vision and more recently by many complex applications in diverse fields, such as medical imaging, animation, or product modeling. Moreover, the results achieved so far prompted a significant amount of work in very innovative research fields such as semantic-based knowledge systems dealing with multi-...

In this paper, we present a new conceptual model for a full 3D cadastral registration system. Two important components are: (1) the 'surface parcel partition' based on a detailed elevation model and (2) the volume parcel and its representation. Technological solutions for both parts are not yet available in commercial Geo-ICT software, and therefore solutions have been investigated, designed an...

A 3D floor plan is a non-overlapping arrangement of blocks within a large box. Floor planning is a central notion in chip-design, and with recent advances in 3D integrated circuits, understanding 3D floor plans has become important. In this paper, we study so called mosaic 3D floor plans where the interior blocks partition the host box under a topological equivalence. We give representations wh...

The study compares the physical and biologically effective doses (BED) received by the heart and cardiac substructures using three-dimensional conformal RT (3D-CRT), intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), and simple IMRT (s-IMRT) in postoperative radiotherapy for patients with left-sided breast cancer. From October 2008 to February 2009, 14 patients with histologically confirmed left-sided br...

Introduction: The commonly used technique of radiation therapy for vulvar cancer consists of anteroposterior (AP) and posteroanterior (PA) fields. This is the first study that reports the dosimetric comparison between the AP-PA techniques and the new 3D advanced conformal technique (3D-ACT) based on the multiplicity of treatment fields in patients with squamous cell ca...

Nowadays three dimension (3D) architectural visualisation has become a powerful tool in the conceptualisation, design and presentation of architectural products in the construction industry, providing realistic interaction and walkthrough on engineering products. Traditional ways of implementing 3D models involves the use of specialised 3D authoring tools along with skilled 3D designers with bl...

The PROBADO project is a research effort to develop Digital Library support for non-textual documents. The main goal is to contribute to all parts of the Digital Library workflow from content acquisition over semi-automatic indexing to search and presentation. PROBADO3D is a part of the PROBADO framework designed to support 3D documents, with a focus on the Architectural domain. This demonstrat...

BACKGROUND To integrate 3D MR spectroscopy imaging (MRSI) in the treatment planning system (TPS) for glioblastoma dose painting to guide simultaneous integrated boost (SIB) in intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). METHODS For sixteen glioblastoma patients, we have simulated three types of dosimetry plans, one conventional plan of 60-Gy in 3D conformational radiotherapy (3D-CRT), one 6...