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We present the current state-of-the art of computer-assisted interstitial (fractionated) brachytherapy as a “picture-book” without wanting to give an in-depth presentation of either brachytherapy itself or of otolaryngologic aspects of oncologic treatment. However, our results show that 3D-computer-assisled navigation techniques can successfully be applied in interstitial brachytherapy to exactly plan the hollow-needle’s position(s) in order to reach a prospective planning of brachytherapy which exploits the full 3D-information of the modern imagery and incorporates state-of-the-art navigational techniques.
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Freysinger, W. et al. (1998). Computer-assisted interstitial brachytherapy. In: Wells, W.M., Colchester, A., Delp, S. (eds) Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention — MICCAI’98. MICCAI 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1496. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0056219
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