Assessment of needle bending and tracking requirements for optimized needle placement in combined intracavitary/interstitial gynecologic brachytherapy
Inserting brachytherapy needles can be substantially affected by transverse needle bending in situ, which should therefore be corrected for in prediction approaches such as optical tracking.
Authors
- Stephan Kreppner
- Ricarda Merten
- Michael Lotter
- Claudia Schweizer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1985-4116)
- Andre Karius (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3842-1375)
- Christoph Bert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8539-6600)
- Rainer Fietkau
- Vratislav Strnad
Institutions
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (DE)
- Universitätsklinikum Erlangen (DE)
- Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Strahlentherapie und Onkologie
- Published
- 2025-02-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00066-025-02367-2
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.72
Funders
- Universitätsklinikum Erlangen