MRI-driven design of customised 3D printed gynaecological brachytherapy applicators with curved needle channels

Abstract Background Brachytherapy involves placement of radioactive sources inside or near the tumour. For gynaecological cancer, recent developments, including 3D imaging and image-guided adaptive brachytherapy, have improved treatment quality and outcomes. However, for large or complex tumours, ta...

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Main Authors: Rianne C. Laan, Remi A. Nout, Jenny Dankelman, Nick J. van de Berg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:3D Printing in Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41205-019-0047-x