Fig. 2
From: Current state of the art of regional hyperthermia treatment planning: a review
Hot spot prediction by HTP. Example of the calculated SAR (left) and temperature (right) distribution for a cervical carcinoma patient where clinical intolerances were observed during locoregional hyperthermia. The patient complained of discomfort in the vaginal and symphyseal regions, which was correctly predicted by the retrospective planning calculations. This picture was reproduced from Sreenivasa G, Gellermann J, Rau B, Nadobny J, Schlag P, Deuflhard P, Felix R, Wust P: Clinical use of the hyperthermia treatment planning system HyperPlan to predict effectiveness and toxicity. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys 2003, 55:407–419. copyright © 2003, Elsevier. Reproduced with permission of Elsevier