Varian Medical Systems Inc
Brachytherapy Applicator Formation Method and Apparatus

Abstract:

A brachytherapy applicator is formed to use when administering therapeutic radiation to a particular patient's targeted area via brachytherapy. This process accesses image information for a patient that includes the targeted area and at least some adjacent non-targeted area. A control circuit uses that image information with prescribed dosing information for that patient to automatically generate a brachytherapy applicator design specifically to treat the particular patient's targeted area via brachytherapy. A corresponding brachytherapy applicator is then manufactured as a function, at least in part, of the brachytherapy applicator design to provide a manufactured brachytherapy applicator.