Cancer is one of the main causes of natural fatalities in the
world. It is extensively treated using surgery, radiation,
chemotherapy or a combination of those. Due to its success rate and
non-invasiveness, perhaps the most promising of those is
Radiotherapy (RT). Not yet the most widely used, the lack of
training tools being possibly the main reason, followed by scarce
public awareness of RT as opposed to "scary" chemotherapy. A
Virtual Environment (VE) Simulation for Cancer Treatment intends to
be a tool that will offer potential means for training radiotherapy
personnel and increasing public awareness about RT as an option for
cancer treatment. Designed as a hypothetical state-of-the- art
Virtual RT unit containing a Linear Accelerator and Treatment Couch
with an intuitive GUI for interaction. An editable random RT plan
can be created including beams and settings for the Multi Leaf
Collimator (MLC) and the RT Device (Clinac); the MLC can be edited
at finger or jaw level. The effect of the MLC over the "radiation
beam" is visualized. CT slices can be displayed at the isocentre,
and other "special effects" were sketched. Core tools used were C++
& OpenGL.
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