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Stereotactic radiosurgery planning with ictal SPECT images.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15580843     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
This paper is motivated by a clinical requirement to utilise ictal SPECT images for target localisation in stereotactic radiosurgery treatment planning using the xknife system which only supports CT and MRI images. To achieve this, the SPECT images were converted from raw (pixel data only) format into a part 10 compliant DICOM CT fileset. The minimum requirements for the recasting of a raw format image as DICOM CT or MRI data set are described in detail. The method can be applied to the importation of raw format images into any radiotherapy treatment planning system that supports CT or MRI import. It is demonstrated that the combination of the low spatial resolution SPECT images, depicting functional information, with high spatial resolution MRI images, which show the structural information, is suitable for stereotactic radiosurgery treatment planning.
Authors:
T Ackerly; M Geso; G O'Keefe; R Smith
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Evaluation Studies; Journal Article; Validation Studies    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Australasian physical & engineering sciences in medicine / supported by the Australasian College of Physical Scientists in Medicine and the Australasian Association of Physical Sciences in Medicine     Volume:  27     ISSN:  0158-9938     ISO Abbreviation:  Australas Phys Eng Sci Med     Publication Date:  2004 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2004-12-07     Completed Date:  2005-01-04     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8208130     Medline TA:  Australas Phys Eng Sci Med     Country:  Australia    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  136-47     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Sciences, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Trevor.Ackerly@petermac.org
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Algorithms
Epilepsy / radiography,  radionuclide imaging*,  surgery*
Humans
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods*
Preoperative Care / methods
Radiosurgery / methods*
Radiotherapy Dosage
Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted / methods
Radiotherapy, Computer-Assisted / methods*
Software
Subtraction Technique
Surgery, Computer-Assisted / methods*
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / methods*
User-Computer Interface

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