2012 Summer Project Week:NiftyReg

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  NiftyReg

Key Investigators

• SPL: Xiaojun Chen, Jan Egger, Tina Kapur, Steve Pieper
• LROC: Akila Viswanathan, Kanokpis Townamchai, Antonio Damato

Objective

The aim of this project is to support Gynecologic Radiation Treatment in AMIGO. Gynecologic malignancies, which include cervical, endometrial, and vaginal/vulvar cancers, are the 4th leading cause of death in women in the US, with 83,750 new cases in the US in 2010 and 26,930 deaths per year. Treatment consists of external beam radiation followed by brachytherapy.

Approach, Plan

A software prototype supporting Gynecologic Radiation Treatment has already been pre-developed. The pre-developed software prototype has been brought to AMIGO cases and the workflow of the prototype has been discussed with the treating physician.

Progress

Currently, a module for Slicer is under development. The module already allows the visualization of a gynecological template for brachytherapy in a preoperative patient dataset. Furthermore, interstitial needles can already be visualized for treatment planning.

Delivery Mechanism

This work will be delivered to the NA-MIC Kit as a (please select the appropriate options by noting YES against them below)

1. ITK Module
2. Slicer Module -
   1. Built-in -
   2. Extension -- commandline YES
   3. Extension -- loadable
3. Other (Please specify)

References

• Modat et al. Fast free-form deformation using graphics processing units. Comput Meth Prog Bio (2010) vol. 98 (3) pp. 278-84
• Daga et al. Accurate Localisation of Optic Radiation during Neurosurgery in an Interventional MRI Suite. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging (2012)
• Modat. Parametric non-rigid registration using a stationary velocity field. Mathematical Methods in Biomedical Image Analysis (MMBIA), 2012 IEEE Workshop on (2012) pp. 145 - 150