As the radiation oncology community is faced with the challenge to achieve very conformal dose distributions while trying to improve local control through dose escalation, the precise location of the target volume and clinical structures have never been more critical. Pinnacle 3 can help you significantly streamline the planning process by incorporating multi-modality imaging right into the localization and planning process. Once the secondary image set has been fused with the primary image set you can define contours on either the primary or secondary image set. There is no need to learn where the contouring tools are in the fusion windows because they are all in the same place as the SmartSim window.
All contours defined are immediately available for any of the simulation or planning function.
Define the target volume on the most appropriate image set. For more information regarding Multi-Modality fusion please refer to PETPlan and Case Studies PET Plan ADAC Laboratories PET Plan fully integrates the functional information from PET imaging into the CT Simulation and planning process of Pinnacle 3 . Fusion of the PET data with the primary CT dataset with the patient in the treatment position allows for increased efficiency and accuracy. Because the fusion is completed on the same system that is used to plan patients' treatments, all the functional information gained from PET is available throughout the planning and evaluation process. Target definition, field and block placement as well as dose evaluation can be performed directly on the fused PET images.