Press Releases from Fraunhofer MEVIS (2 total)
Customized Therapy for Breast Cancer Patients
Researchers in the VPH-PRISM project develop new procedures to improve treatment of breast cancer using multidisciplinary image data.
Every tenth woman is afflicted with breast cancer during her lifetime.The diagnosis and treatment of a patient involves the collaboration of a wide range of specialists. The broad range of software platforms for storage and visualization of medical imaging data used by radiologists, pathologists, oncologists, radiotherapists and surgeons, brings challenges for communication and…
Intelligent Software for Patient-Friendly Radiation Therapy - The SPARTA Researc …
X-rays can provide much more than radiography for diagnosing bone fractures or internal disease. In the form of high-energy photon beams, cancer can be treated by exposing tumors to a strong dose of targeted radiation. This type of radiation therapy is currently one of the most important treatment methods for cancer; about half of all tumor patients are now treated with photon or particle beams. The novel, interdisciplinary SPARTA project…
