Plus, interplant transforms prostate brachytherapy into an efficient, online treatment. The result is a system designed to deliver radiation seed treatment faster and more accurately. Dicom format files are read by the interplant Post-implant Analysis System. An automatic seed locator algorithm determines seed locations, and isodoses, DVH, and DRRs may be viewed, stored and printed. External beam radiation requires patients to go to a medical center for daily treatment over the course of six weeks.
Recovery time is two to three days.
Efficacy and complication rates are expected to be in line with current brachytherapy. Efficacy reported in the literature is equal to that of radical prostatectomy.