Patient-Derived Training Simulator for Image-Guided Adaptive Brachytherapy of Locally Advanced Cervical Cancers: Development and Initial Use
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Foundation of the Simulator
2.2. Patient-Derived Tumor Phantom
2.3. Trial Use of the IC/IS Training Simulator
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Applicator | Needles | Practitioner | HR-CTV D90 | Rectum D2cc | Bladder D2cc |
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Fletcher-Suit | No | Expert | 4.23 Gy | 5.99 Gy | 3.73 Gy |
Fletcher-Suit | Yes | Resident | 5.69 Gy | 5.99 Gy | 4.11 Gy |
Fletcher-Suit | Yes | Expert | 6.70 Gy | 5.98 Gy | 4.05 Gy |
Venezia | No | Expert | 4.16 Gy | 5.99 Gy | 3.55 Gy |
Venezia | Yes | Resident | 6.20 Gy | 5.99 Gy | 3.61 Gy |
Venezia | Yes | Expert | 6.45 Gy | 5.99 Gy | 3.83 Gy |
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Tomizawa, K.; Oike, T.; Ando, K.; Irie, D.; Sakai, M.; Shimada, H.; Ohno, T. Patient-Derived Training Simulator for Image-Guided Adaptive Brachytherapy of Locally Advanced Cervical Cancers: Development and Initial Use. J. Clin. Med. 2022, 11, 3103. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11113103
Tomizawa K, Oike T, Ando K, Irie D, Sakai M, Shimada H, Ohno T. Patient-Derived Training Simulator for Image-Guided Adaptive Brachytherapy of Locally Advanced Cervical Cancers: Development and Initial Use. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2022; 11(11):3103. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11113103
Chicago/Turabian StyleTomizawa, Kento, Takahiro Oike, Ken Ando, Daisuke Irie, Makoto Sakai, Hirofumi Shimada, and Tatsuya Ohno. 2022. "Patient-Derived Training Simulator for Image-Guided Adaptive Brachytherapy of Locally Advanced Cervical Cancers: Development and Initial Use" Journal of Clinical Medicine 11, no. 11: 3103. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11113103
APA StyleTomizawa, K., Oike, T., Ando, K., Irie, D., Sakai, M., Shimada, H., & Ohno, T. (2022). Patient-Derived Training Simulator for Image-Guided Adaptive Brachytherapy of Locally Advanced Cervical Cancers: Development and Initial Use. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11(11), 3103. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11113103