Virtual reality in radiation therapy training

A Boejen, C Grau - Surgical oncology, 2011 - Elsevier
Integration of virtual reality (VR) in clinical training programs is a novel tool in radiotherapy.
This paper presents a review of the experience with VR and Immersive visualization in 3D …

Utilising the virtual environment for radiotherapy training system to support undergraduate teaching of IMRT, VMAT, DCAT treatment planning, and QA concepts

C Chamunyonga, J Burbery, P Caldwell… - Journal of medical …, 2018 - Elsevier
The use of three-dimensional virtual reality technologies in education has been widely
reported in the literature. The goal of this article is to review how the virtual environment for …

VRContour: Bringing Contour Delineations of Medical Structures Into Virtual Reality

C Chen, M Yarmand, V Singh… - … on Mixed and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Contouring is an indispensable step in Radiotherapy (RT) treatment planning. However,
today's contouring software is constrained to only work with a 2D display, which is less …

Cohort-based T-SSIM visual computing for radiation therapy prediction and exploration

A Wentzel, P Hanula, T Luciani… - IEEE transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We describe a visual computing approach to radiation therapy (RT) planning, based on
spatial similarity within a patient cohort. In radiotherapy for head and neck cancer treatment …

Pilot study on virtual imaging for patient information on radiotherapy planning and delivery

J Sulé-Suso, S Finney, J Bisson, S Hammersley… - Radiography, 2015 - Elsevier
It is widely accepted that health professionals might sometimes underestimate cancer
patients' needs for information on the complex process of radiotherapy (RT) planning and …

Immersive manipulation of virtual objects through glove-based hand gesture interaction

G Lu, LK Shark, G Hall, U Zeshan - Virtual Reality, 2012 - Springer
Immersive visualisation is increasingly being used for comprehensive and rapid analysis of
objects in 3D and object dynamic behaviour in 4D. Challenges are therefore presented to …

State‐of‐the‐Art Report: Visual Computing in Radiation Therapy Planning

M Schlachter, RG Raidou, LP Muren… - Computer Graphics …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Radiation therapy (RT) is one of the major curative approaches for cancer. It is a complex
and risky treatment approach, which requires precise planning, prior to the administration of …

A survey of PKI components and scalability issues

A Slagell, R Bonilla, W Yurcik - 2006 IEEE International …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, PKI implementations, namely PKTX, SPKT and PGR are discussed. In all of
these systems, there is a need to perform both efficient enrollment and revocation. We …

Exploring Needs and Design Opportunities for Virtual Reality-based Contour Delineations of Medical Structures

C Chen, M Yarmand, V Singh, MV Sherer… - Companion of the 2022 …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Contour delineation, a critical phase in radiotherapy planning, refers to the process of
identifying and segmenting malignant tumors and/or healthy organs from medical images …

Development and validation of a cost‐effective virtual reality educational tool to reduce anxiety and improve set‐up accuracy in radiotherapy patients

Q Zhao, B Liu, Q Sun, Y Jin - Cancer Medicine, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose This study proposes a cost‐effective method for educating radiotherapy patients
through an immersive virtual reality (VR) system. Methods The VR educational tool …