Title :
A multimodal image fusion framework applied in radiotherapy
Author :
Riefenstahl, N. ; Krell, G. ; Calow, R. ; Michaelis, B. ; Walke, M.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Electron., Magdeburg Univ. of Technol., Germany
Abstract :
The monitoring of patients position during treatment in radiotherapy requires suitable real-time vizualization tools which provide a maximum of information. Often, only Electronic Portal Images (EPIs), which are of poor quality, exist for the dynamical verification of position deviations, whereas static image material of higher quality is available from diagnostics and treatment planning. A framework for the fusion of static and dynamic multimodal image data is proposed, which is based on the several image sources existing in radiotherapy
Keywords :
medical image processing; patient treatment; radiation therapy; sensor fusion; Electronic Portal Images; diagnostics; multimodal image fusion; position deviations; radiotherapy; real-time vizualization tools; treatment planning; Computed tomography; Data visualization; Digital images; Image fusion; Medical treatment; Optical imaging; Optical sensors; Patient monitoring; Portals; X-ray imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Information Visualisation, 2001. Proceedings. Fifth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1195-3
DOI :
10.1109/IV.2001.942055
